Silvies, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Seneca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97873. It lies near Charlie Smith Butte. The Survey maps it on the Silvies quadrangle. It stands 4,600 feet above sea level.

Silvies within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1955 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1978 USGS John Day quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Silvies quadrangle1:24000
1999 USGS Silvies quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Silvies between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,701 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 4 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
Natural	38
Recreation and ceremony	7
Arson/incendiarism	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2003	Natural	4.0 acres	John Day Unit	SILVIES RIVER
25 September 1996	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	John Day Unit	SILVIES STORE
25 September 1996	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	John Day Unit	SILVIES RIVER
20 September 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	QUARTZ GULCH
15 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	John Day Unit	FISK GULCH
13 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Malheur National Forest	OR-MAF-311
11 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Malheur National Forest	OR-MAF-2307
8 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Malheur National Forest	BIFZ #2406

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Silvies: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Welch Creek Mine	Stone	Past Producer	Vein
Welch Creek Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Seneca	7.3 miles	12
Izee	24.0 miles	12
Canyon City	24.6 miles	15
John Day	26.4 miles	15
Mount Vernon	28.2 miles	14
Prairie City	32.0 miles	14
Three Forks	40.6 miles	15
Beech Creek	42.0 miles	13

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 Q112311668

The 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 1149514. 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.