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Richmond, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Mitchell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97874. It stands on Cary Creek. The Survey maps it on the Richmond quadrangle. It stands 3,215 feet above sea level.

Richmond within Wheeler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Richmond between 1992 and 2018, burning about 12,916 acres in total. 35 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
Natural35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreJohn Day UnitLOST BREATH
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreJohn Day UnitCARY CREEK
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreJohn Day UnitCARY CREEK II
7 August 2008Natural61 acresJohn Day UnitHORSESHOE
6 August 2001Natural5.0 acresJohn Day UnitWILLIAM CREEK
5 August 1999Natural15 acresJohn Day UnitDIPPEN RIG CREEK
4 August 2000Debris and open burning7,900 acresJohn Day UnitTAMARACK CREEK
31 August 2007Natural1.3 acresPrineville District0818

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wheeler County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Richmond: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Richard Rock/Mitchell-Service Cr.StoneProducer
Richland Rock/Mitchell-Service Creek HwyStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Wheeler County

Storms near this place

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richmond in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 1 heavy rain, 1 wildfire, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2007Flash FloodRichmond$6,000Rainfall of 1.75 inches in 2 hours and 2.60 inches storm total. Public property damage occurred due to several county roads being washed out in the Twickenham area.
July 2022HailRichmond-An amateur radio operator reported hail stones up to 1 inch in diameter 3 miles N of Spray, OR.
July 2002WildfireRichmond-The Priest Hole Fire was a lightning sparked fire which consumed 680 acres.
May 1998Heavy RainRichmond-Heavy rain caused a mudslide that closed both lanes of Highway 26 thirty-eight miles east of Mitchell at mile post 26.

Every storm recorded in Wheeler 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
Waldron (historical)2.0 miles12
Service Creek4.7 miles11
Waterman (historical)9.4 miles10
Twickenham9.6 miles12
Spray12.7 miles10
Mitchell14.2 miles13
Spoos Mill14.7 miles10
Caleb (historical)14.9 miles10

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 RichmondAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q544682The 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 1136684. 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.