Westfall, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Brogan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97920. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Westfall quadrangle. It stands 2,995 feet above sea level.
On record in Westfall
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Harper quadrangle1:62500
- 1990 USGS Westfall quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Vale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Westfall between 1997 and 2016, burning about 60 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.1 acres | Vale District | WESTFALL FIRE |
| 2 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | BULLY CREEK ROAD |
| 3 July 2006 | Natural | 50 acres | Vale District | MESA FIRE |
| 29 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Vale District | VALE RFPA 1 |
| 21 July 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Vale District | BUCKBRUSH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Westfall: 7 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westfall Deposit | Diatomite, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Bully | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Bully | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Indian Creek | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Indian Creek Community Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Hill | Iron | Past Producer | 1952 | |
| Iron Hill | Iron | Prospect | ||
| La Rae No. 1 | Iron | Occurrence | 1956 |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westfall in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2011: 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westfall | $800 | A downburst caused minor damage to a Westfall, Oregon homestead by ripping shingles off of a roof and peeling pieces of siding off of a barn. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Westfall | - | Numerous roads from Harper and Westfall to Vale and Ontario were flooded when the Malheur River rose above flood stage and crested at 12.5 feet. |
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Westfall | - | A spotter reported 6 to 8 inches of mud on the Harper-Westfall Road north of Harper, evidence of a flash flood. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Westfall | - | A slow moving thunderstorm dumped heavy rain near the town of Westfall, Oregon. This caused a flash flood which left debris and mud on Bully Creek Road, normally dry washes flowing with water and a flooded barn. A power failure was also reported. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Westfall | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Westfall | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harper | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Warm Springs (historical) | 13.3 miles | 11 | |
| Clover (historical) | 13.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bohna (historical) | 15.8 miles | 9 | |
| Caviness (historical) | 17.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bonita | 19.2 miles | 9 | |
| Jamieson | 19.5 miles | 11 | |
| Willowcreek | 20.1 miles | 12 |
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 Westfall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7988607 | The 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 1136892. 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.






