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Whitney, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Hereford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97877. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitney quadrangle. It stands 4,160 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Whitney within Baker County

On record in Whitney

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 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Whitney (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 75 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
Natural75
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking5
Debris and open burning3

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 September 2006Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestCAMP CREEK
5 September 2018Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestMAGGIE
29 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMalheur National ForestOR-MAF-356
25 September 2008Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestMORIN SPRING
2 September 2017Natural8.5 acresWallowa-Whitman National ForestHIGHWAY
2 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestPATRICK CREEK
19 September 1994Smokingunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National Forestnot named
19 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Whitney (historical): 12 past producers, 6 unknowns, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Gold, Silver. 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
Hindman PlacerGold, Platinum, SilverPast ProducerStream Placer
Hindman PlacerGold, Silver, PlatinumProspect
Lazy JimIron, Silver, GoldUnknown
Lazy JimIron, Gold, SilverPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
DominionGold, SilverPast Producer
DominionGold, SilverUnknown
Jay Gould GroupGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Jay Gould GroupGold, SilverUnknown
Porterville MineGold, SilverPast Producer1864
Caps Lode ClaimManganeseProspect

Every working 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
Carroll (historical)3.2 miles13
Parkersville (historical)7.3 miles14
Audrey (historical)7.3 miles13
Sumpter7.6 miles13
McEwen10.3 miles13
Greenhorn11.1 miles14
Cracker City (historical)12.2 miles14
Bourne12.4 miles14

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 Whitney (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473352The 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 1152282. 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.