Thornberry, Oregon

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.

• 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
• 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
• 1957 USGS Wishram quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1977 USGS Biggs Junction quadrangle1:24000
• 1980 USGS Goldendale quadrangle1:100000
• 1994 USGS Biggs Junction quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Thornberry between 2003 and 2018, burning about 9,545 acres in total. None 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.

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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Rufus
• Biggs Junction
• Locust Grove

Every fire recorded in Sherman County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Thornberry: 9 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gemstone, 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.

Every working recorded in Sherman County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

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.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136827. 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.