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Ontario Heights, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Ontario census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97914. It lies near Canyon Number 1. The Survey maps it on the Malheur Butte quadrangle. It stands 2,356 feet above sea level.

Ontario Heights within Malheur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Ontario Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,562 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Fireworks1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
20 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVale DistrictDRY CR
18 August 2016Debris and open burning4.6 acresVale DistrictMALHEUR BUTTE ROAD
17 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined700 acresVale District3 MIL HILL
11 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresVale DistrictMP 369
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined182 acresVale DistrictMALHEUR BUTTE
2 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,597 acresVale DistrictMP368
13 July 2020Firearms and explosives use6.3 acresVale DistrictBUTTE
12 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined31 acresVale DistrictJACOBSON GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Malheur County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Ontario Heights: 24 past producers, 20 producers, 1 occurrence. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal. 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
Jensen Clay MineBrick Clay, KaolinPast ProducerIllite
Malheur Butte SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Allen SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Allen SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Canyon HillsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Canyon Hills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Ontario4.4 miles16
Cairo5.2 miles10
Arcadia10.3 miles11
Annex11.9 miles16
Nyssa Heights12.2 miles10
Home (historical)12.7 miles12
Vale12.9 miles12
Nyssa13.4 miles11

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 Q112226548The 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 1158407. 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.