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Wapinitia, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Dufur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97037. The Survey maps it on the Wapinitia quadrangle. It stands 2,044 feet above sea level.

Wapinitia within Wasco County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Wapinitia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69,350 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
23 September 1992Smoking18 acresThe Dalles UnitWHITE RIVER
12 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use245 acresWarm Springs AgencyCHINA HAT
8 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use68,135 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNENA SPRINGS
4 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWarm Springs AgencyVEHICLE FIRE
26 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distribution4.3 acresThe Dalles UnitNENA CREEK
19 August 2010Natural150 acresWarm Springs AgencyNELSON
18 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreThe Dalles UnitWHITE RIVER CROSSING
17 August 2010Naturalunder an acreWarm Springs AgencyNENA CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wapinitia: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. 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
DullingStonePast Producer
Dulling PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Sorenson QuarryStonePast Producer
Sorenson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wasco 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
Pine Grove5.7 miles13
Wamic7.9 miles15
Pine Hollow9.1 miles15
Dant9.2 miles12
Maupin10.2 miles14
Tygh Valley10.2 miles14
East Maupin10.4 miles14
Sportsmans Park10.4 miles13

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 WapinitiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7968252The 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 1151877. 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.