Simnasho, Oregon
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Warm Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97761. The Survey maps it on the Simnasho quadrangle. It stands 2,411 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1928 USGS Madras quadrangle1:125000
- 1931 USGS Madras quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Simnasho quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madras quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Simnasho between 1992 and 2019, burning about 174,301 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 11 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 | 51 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Warm Springs Agency | ANOTHER ISLAND FIRE |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Warm Springs Agency | ISLAND |
| 30 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Warm Springs Agency | SIMNASHO WAY |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Warm Springs Agency | OUTHOUSE |
| 28 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Warm Springs Agency | SIMNASHOBT |
| 27 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Warm Springs Agency | SCHOLISHED |
| 25 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Warm Springs Agency | BEAVER CRK |
| 23 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.1 acres | Warm Springs Agency | ISLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Simnasho: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Perlite, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Candy Stone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Indian Candy Stone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Simnasho | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Simnasho Perlite Deposit | Perlite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Simnasho in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 1 wildfire, 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.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Wapinitia | 10.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dant | 13.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sportsmans Park | 17.2 miles | 13 | |
| Wamic | 18.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Hollow | 18.9 miles | 15 | |
| Criterion (historical) | 19.3 miles | 8 | |
| Maupin | 19.9 miles | 14 |
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 Simnasho | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20712182 | 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 1126986. 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.






