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Parkersville, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Hereford census division. It stands on Cub Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenhorn quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Parkersville within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

160 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Parkersville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 132 started naturally. 1 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
Natural132
Recreation and ceremony21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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 2006Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCAMP CREEK
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestBACKFIRE
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreMalheur National Forest13446
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestWINTERVILLE
5 September 1994Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National Forestnot named
5 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National Forestnot named
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestZEUS
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestBIG DOUG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 109 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 109 workings within 5 miles of Parkersville (historical): 46 past producers, 26 occurrences, 25 prospects, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Mercury. 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
BanzetteGold, Copper, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceVein
BanzetteGold, Lead, CopperProspect
Big Serpentine DykeAsbestosUnknown
DiademGold, Mercury, Lead, CopperProspect
Diadem and Brindle HorseLead, Gold, Silver, Mercury, CopperOccurrenceVein
DodoGold, CopperProspect
Gold ProspectSilver, GoldOccurrencePyrite
Golden Gate MineSilver, Gold, ZincPast Producer1896
Greenhorn PlacersGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producerplacer
Harrison GroupGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, ChromiumProducerChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Baker 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
Greenhorn3.9 miles14
Carroll (historical)4.5 miles13
Whitney (historical)7.3 miles13
Sumpter12.3 miles13
Audrey (historical)13.6 miles13
Cableville (historical)14.1 miles13
Cracker City (historical)14.7 miles14
Bourne15.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1153834. 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.