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Nyssa, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nyssa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97913. It lies near Prati Island. The Survey maps it on the Nyssa quadrangle. 3,198 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,192 feet above sea level.

Nyssa within Malheur County

On record in Nyssa

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 5 records

Population over time

3 figures

Nyssa grew from 3,163 to 3,198 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20003,163
20103,267+104 (+3%)
20203,198-69 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Nyssa between 1995 and 2014, burning about 2,296 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1995Natural2,221 acresBoise DistrictD LINE
3 August 2009Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictLINCOLN
11 July 2001Natural3.0 acresVale DistrictLOCKET GUL
3 June 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresBoise DistrictPEARL
14 October 1999Equipment and vehicle use70 acresBoise DistrictRADIOTWR 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Malheur County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Nyssa: 6 past producers, 6 producers, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Snake River PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Loe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Loe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Malheur County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nyssa in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Thunderstorm WindNyssa-A microburst affected the city of Nyssa, bringing severe winds to the region with multiple impacts. The city of Nyssa was without power for several hours. Multiple powerlines & polls were down. Numerous residential and commercial roof damages were reported with roof damage and window breaks. There was also some crop damage and flattening in nearby fields.
July 1997HailNyssa-A thunderstorm produced 7/8 inch hail at Owyhee Dam in Malheur County.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindNyssa-no account filed
September 1997Flash FloodNyssa-no account filed
May 1996Heavy RainNyssa-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindNyssa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Malheur County

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Nyssa Heights2.0 miles10
Arcadia3.3 miles11
Owyhee6.5 miles11
Cairo8.3 miles10
Adrian10.2 miles11
Ontario10.5 miles16
Ontario Heights13.4 miles14
Vale14.8 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on NyssaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2340646The 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 1124870. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.