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Rieth, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Pendleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97801. It stands on Birch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pendleton quadrangle. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.

Rieth within Umatilla County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Rieth between 1992 and 2019, burning about 224 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUmatilla AgencySOUTH HILL
30 August 2016Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresUmatilla AgencyRIVER
5 July 2016Fireworksunder an acreUmatilla AgencyFISH POND
24 July 2019Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresUmatilla AgencyOVERLOOK
24 July 1995Smoking1.0 acresMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexWATERHOLE
2 July 2018Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresUmatilla Agency#364
16 July 1995Smoking1.0 acresMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexBASSRAMP
1 July 2018Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresUmatilla AgencyWESTGATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Umatilla County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Rieth: 29 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
404 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
404 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barnhart Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Boggotti PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
German Hall PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Job 75Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kulm PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pendleton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Umatilla County

Storms near this place

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rieth in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2009: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2009Thunderstorm WindRieth-Trees downed from thunderstorms winds in two locations at Reith.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindRieth-Tree limbs 2-3 inches in diameter blowing off trees.

Every storm recorded in Umatilla 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
Pendair Heights2.3 miles12
Glendale2.8 miles12
Pendleton4.5 miles12
Green Meadows4.9 miles10
Riverside7.2 miles11
Fulton8.1 miles11
Tutuilla9.5 miles11
Mission10.0 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.

Wikipedia article on RiethAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7333174The 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 1126008. 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.