BlockBefore

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.

Wagontire within Harney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 1999

Regional 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
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 August 2017Naturalunder an acreBurns DistrictWHITE HOUSE
7 August 2011Natural8.0 acresBurns DistrictTANK CREEK
18 August 1999Naturalunder an acreBurns DistrictWAGONTIRE
27 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBurns DistrictWAGON
6 June 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLakeview DistrictMP 34
27 June 2017Natural1.0 acresBurns DistrictWAGONTIRE MUTUAL AID

Every fire recorded in Harney County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
WagontireStonePast Producer
WagontireStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Harney County

Storms near this place

1 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2006Tornado (F0)Wagontire-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harney 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Suntex26.9 miles7
Riley28.2 miles7
Hines47.4 miles10
Indian Village48.2 miles10
Narrows48.5 miles8
Burns49.4 miles10
Voltage56.7 miles8
Lawen58.6 miles8

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.