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Ortley, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in The Dalles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97058. It lies near Sevenmile Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lyle quadrangle. It stands 1,824 feet above sea level.

Ortley within Wasco County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

305 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 305 fires within 5 miles of Ortley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,656 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 9 were 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/undetermined58
Debris and open burning49
Equipment and vehicle use44
Railroad operations and maintenance36
Recreation and ceremony27
Smoking24
Fireworks23
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural8
Other causes8
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSHOOTING RANGE
9 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaRIVER RD
9 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 September 1998Smokingunder an acreThe Dalles UnitSTATE ROAD
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.6 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROWENA CREEK
8 September 2003Smoking4.0 acresThe Dalles UnitMEMALOOSE CAMPGROUND
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSEVENMILE 2
7 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSTAR POINT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 54 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Ortley: 31 past producers, 22 producers, 1 plant. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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
(Facility) the Dalles Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Douthit PitClayProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
DickinsonStonePast Producer
Foley LakesStonePast Producer
HarveyStonePast Producer
MarshStonePast Producer
MartinStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Wasco 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
Rowena1.5 miles16
Chenoweth3.1 miles17
Cherry Heights4.4 miles17
Mosier6.1 miles15
The Dalles7.2 miles17
Petersburg11.6 miles15
Endersby13.4 miles13
English (historical)15.2 miles15

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 OrtleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14709178The 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 1136603. 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.