Suntex, Oregon
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Burns census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97758. The Survey maps it on the Suntex quadrangle. It stands 4,308 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Suntex quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Burns quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Suntex between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Burns District | 8357 |
| 7 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | BEST MAYO |
| 22 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | 3217 |
| 20 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | OKESON |
| 8 July 1994 | Natural | 30 acres | Burns District | CHICKAHOMI |
| 6 July 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Burns District | CHICKAHOMINY |
| 31 July 2014 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Burns District | DYLAN |
| 31 July 2014 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Burns District | DRY ROCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Suntex: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Ridge Perlite | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Juniper Ridge Perlite | Perlite | Unknown | ||
| Pit #5 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pit #5 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| West Riley Site | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| West Riley Site | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Wagontire | 26.9 miles | 7 | |
| Hines | 29.2 miles | 10 | |
| Indian Village | 29.2 miles | 10 | |
| Burns | 30.5 miles | 10 | |
| Narrows | 41.4 miles | 8 | |
| Harney | 43.0 miles | 11 | |
| Trout Creek | 43.3 miles | 10 |
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 Suntex | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22072970 | 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 1129842. 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.




