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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.

Westfall within Malheur County

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 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

5 since 1997

Regional 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.1 acresVale DistrictWESTFALL FIRE
2 August 2009Naturalunder an acreVale DistrictBULLY CREEK ROAD
3 July 2006Natural50 acresVale DistrictMESA FIRE
29 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresVale DistrictVALE RFPA 1
21 July 1997Natural2.0 acresVale DistrictBUCKBRUSH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Malheur County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Westfall DepositDiatomite, SilicaPast Producer
BullyManganeseOccurrence
BullyManganeseProspect
Indian CreekStonePast Producer
Indian Creek Community PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Iron HillIronPast Producer1952
Iron HillIronProspect
La Rae No. 1IronOccurrence1956

Every working recorded in Malheur County

Storms near this place

6 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1997Thunderstorm WindWestfall$800A 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 2011FloodWestfall-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 1998Flash FloodWestfall-A spotter reported 6 to 8 inches of mud on the Harper-Westfall Road north of Harper, evidence of a flash flood.
June 1997Flash FloodWestfall-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 2006HailWestfall-no account filed
June 2004HailWestfall-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Malheur 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
Harper10.3 miles8
Warm Springs (historical)13.3 miles11
Clover (historical)13.4 miles9
Bohna (historical)15.8 miles9
Caviness (historical)17.6 miles9
Bonita19.2 miles9
Jamieson19.5 miles11
Willowcreek20.1 miles12

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 WestfallAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7988607The 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.