BlockNyssa Heights, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Nyssa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97913. It stands on Sheep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cairo quadrangle. It stands 2,211 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1906 USGS Mitchell Butte quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cairo quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Vale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Nyssa Heights between 1999 and 2012, burning about 1,962 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 253 acres | Vale District | LINCOLN BE |
| 3 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | LINCOLN |
| 6 July 2012 | Natural | 115 acres | Vale District | LINCOLN BENCH |
| 11 July 2001 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Vale District | LOCKET GUL |
| 24 June 1999 | Natural | 1,415 acres | Vale District | LINCOLN |
| 10 June 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 176 acres | Vale District | IMPERIAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Nyssa Heights: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Loe Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Loe Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Loe Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Loe Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 260.7 King Avenue | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 260.7 King Avenue | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nyssa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q112226537 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1130326. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.