Wagontire, Oregon
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Diamond census division. The Survey maps it on the Locust Butte quadrangle.
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
- 1984 USGS Locust Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Harney Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Wagontire between 1999 and 2017, burning about 10 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | WHITE HOUSE |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Burns District | TANK CREEK |
| 18 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Burns District | WAGONTIRE |
| 27 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Burns District | WAGON |
| 6 June 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lakeview District | MP 34 |
| 27 June 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Burns District | WAGONTIRE MUTUAL AID |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wagontire: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wagontire in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Wagontire | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136873. 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.




