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Weatherby, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Huntington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97907. It lies near Arrastra Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Lime quadrangle. It stands 2,415 feet above sea level.

Weatherby within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Weatherby between 1992 and 2019, burning about 749 acres in total. 16 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
Natural16
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresVale DistrictWEATHERBY
29 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreVale DistrictRR 8
24 September 1995Smokingunder an acreVale DistrictREST AREA
10 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreVale DistrictSHIRT TAIL
6 August 2016Natural104 acresVale DistrictESTRADA GULCH
4 August 2009Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictPLANO ROAD
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictQUARY FIRE
29 August 2002Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictSISLEY CRK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of Weatherby: 27 past producers, 21 occurrences, 12 unknowns, 12 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Tungsten, Stone. 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
DurkeeGold, Platinum, Titanium, Metal, Tin, ChromiumProducerStream Placer
Gold HillGold, Lead, Zinc, SilverProducerVein
Gold ProspectGold, Manganese, TungstenUnknown
Little Bonanza MineGold, LeadProducerVein
Nelson SpringGeothermalProducer
Placers of Lower Burnt RiverGold, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Scheelite PropertyTungsten, GoldOccurrenceVein
Section 24 Gold OccurrenceGold, Tungsten, ManganeseOccurrence
Ash Grove Cement WestLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Durkee TravertineTravertineOccurrenceTravertine

Every working recorded in Baker County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weatherby in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 1 heavy rain, 1 debris flow. 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
July 2025Debris FlowWeatherby-Baker County emergency management conducted a ground survey the day following the storm. Evidence was found that water had flowed across Rye Valley Lane and Mormon Basin Road. In addition, rocks, mud and debris were deposited on these roads in at least two locations, indicating that debris flow activity also occurred. Nearby residences reported heavy rainfall, consistent with radar estimates of 1.13 inches of rain falling in less than 30 minutes. Exact location and timing were estimated using hydrophobic unit flow.
June 2023Heavy RainWeatherby-The mesonet station, MGFO3, 10 miles southeast of Durkee, OR measured 0.94 inches of heavy rain.

Every storm recorded in Baker 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
Jett (historical)5.9 miles11
Rye Valley6.1 miles11
Lime7.1 miles11
Durkee7.6 miles14
Conner Creek (historical)10.7 miles13
Huntington11.6 miles11
Clarksville16.4 miles10
China Town17.4 miles10

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 WeatherbyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7978263The 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 1136882. 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.