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Sheaville, Oregon

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jordan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97910. It lies near Thomas Creek Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Sheaville quadrangle. It stands 4,574 feet above sea level.

Sheaville within Malheur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Sheaville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 284,406 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2017Natural57 acresVale DistrictBAXTER CREEK
3 September 1995Natural270 acresVale DistrictHOOKER CR
15 September 2011Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictWHISKEY CREEK
5 August 1994Smokingunder an acreVale DistrictHWY95 12
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictSPRING MTN
26 August 1996Natural600 acresVale DistrictTHOMAS CR
26 August 1996Natural2.0 acresVale DistrictWILSON CR
15 August 2006Natural4.0 acresVale DistrictTHOMAS CREEK RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Malheur County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Sheaville: 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Zeolites, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite, Pumice. 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
Mp 8.9 I.O.N. HwyStonePast Producer
Mp 8.9 I.O.N. HwyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cow CreekPerliteOccurrence
Cow Creek #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cow Creek #1 Community PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hillcrest 1 - 9, 11GemstonePast Producer
Hillcrest MineGemstoneProducer
Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Sheaville PumicePumiceOccurrence
Sheaville PumicePumiceProspect

Every working recorded in Malheur County

Storms near this place

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheaville in 1 storm report in 2004: 1 flash flood. 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 2004Flash FloodSheaville-Leslie road wahed out...see narrative for Idaho this date.

Every storm recorded in Malheur 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
Jordan Valley10.6 miles9
Danner19.9 miles9
Watson (historical)25.5 miles8
Arock29.1 miles9
Rome36.5 miles9
Adrian42.4 miles11
Owyhee46.1 miles11
Crowley46.1 miles6

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.

Wikidata item Q112263040The 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 1158475. 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.