Susanville, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Prairie City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97817. It stands on North Fork Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Susanville quadrangle. It stands 3,849 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1949 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Bates quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Susanville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,925 acres in total. 104 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 | 104 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | 313 OR-MAF-19313 |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | 310 OR-MAF-19310 |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | 276 OR-MAF-19276 |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | 13416 |
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-199 |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | 13398 |
| 4 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-2010-10315 |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Malheur National Forest | OR-MAF-194 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 73 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 73 workings within 5 miles of Susanville: 24 past producers, 23 occurrences, 13 prospects, 8 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Mercury, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badger Group | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Badger Group | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Big Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Big Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Butler Claims | Antimony, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Chattanooga | Gold, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Lead | Producer | Vein | |
| Chattanooga | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Compton Mine | Gold, Platinum, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Lead | Producer | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Compton Mine | Gold, Arsenic, Zinc, Silver, PGE, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Copper Prospect | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galena | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Range | 15.8 miles | 13 | |
| Robinsonville | 15.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bates | 16.8 miles | 12 | |
| Long Creek | 17.0 miles | 13 | |
| Austin | 17.0 miles | 14 | |
| Prairie City | 17.7 miles | 14 | |
| Caverhill (historical) | 18.2 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.
| Wikipedia article on Susanville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7648827 | 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 1150711. 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.






