Suplee, Oregon

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Crooked River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97751. It lies near Colpitts Butte. The Survey maps it on the Suplee quadrangle. It stands 4,564 feet above sea level.

Suplee within Crook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1932 USGS Dayville quadrangle1:125000
1936 USGS Dayville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Dayville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Suplee quadrangle1:24000
1992 USGS Suplee quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Suplee between 1992 and 2015, burning about 54 acres in total. 20 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	20
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
4 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Ochoco National Forest	0959
4 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	John Day Unit	GREEN MOUNTAIN
18 September 2014	Natural	46 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	SOULEY RIDGE
3 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Ochoco National Forest	0641
3 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Ochoco National Forest	1038
24 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	John Day Unit	WINDY RIDGE
18 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	John Day Unit	SWAMP CREEK
14 August 2014	Natural	under an acre	Ochoco National Forest	0801

Every fire recorded in Crook County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Suplee: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Limestone, General. 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
Suplee Limestone Area	Limestone, General	Unknown
Weberg Springs	Geothermal	Producer
Suplee Area Iron	Iron	Occurrence
Suplee Area Iron	Iron	Occurrence
Weberg Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Weberg Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Suplee Limestone Area	Stone	Past Producer
Weberg Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Weberg Pit	Stone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Crook 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
Paulina	15.8 miles	14
Post	43.6 miles	11
Roberts	53.4 miles	11
Juniper Canyon	59.5 miles	9
Prineville	63.4 miles	10
Powell Butte	72.1 miles	16
Forest Crossing	76.9 miles	15

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 Suplee	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28912571	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 1150695. 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.