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Porterville, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Prairie City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97877. It stands on Corral Creek. The Survey maps it on the Granite quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Porterville within Grant 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Porterville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 106 started naturally. 2 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
Natural106
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle 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
9 September 2017Naturalunder an acreUmatilla National ForestBOUNDARY
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreUmatilla National ForestPOOR BOY
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCRANE CREEK
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestBIG DOUG
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreUmatilla National ForestDAWN
24 September 2001Naturalunder an acreUmatilla National ForestMC HAIL
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreUmatilla National Forestnot named
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 171 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 171 workings within 5 miles of Porterville (historical): 55 occurrences, 55 prospects, 49 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Chromium. 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
Buffalo MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Bull Run Creek PlacersSilver, Gold, Platinum, IridiumPast ProducerStream Placer
Cap Martin MineGold, Silver, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceVein
Cap Martin MineGold, Zinc, Silver, LeadProspect
Granite PlacersGold, Silver, PlatinumProducerSTREAM PLACER
Granite PlacersGold, Silver, PGEPast Producer
Granite polymetallic veinsGold, PGE, SilverPast Producer
Griffith PlacerGold, PGEPast Producer
Ibex & Bald MountainMercury, Copper, AntimonyProducerVein
Ibex MineGold, Silver, Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, CopperProducerCinnabar, Marcasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Granite1.5 miles14
Cabell City7.0 miles13
Robinsonville7.4 miles14
Austin14.4 miles14
Bates15.2 miles12
Susanville21.4 miles12
Galena23.1 miles12
Prairie City28.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1147914. 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.