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Wingville, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Wingville-Haines census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97814. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wingville quadrangle. It stands 3,402 feet above sea level.

Wingville within Baker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Wingville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 10 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
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning12
Natural10
Other causes3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPOCAHANTAS
24 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreBaker UnitPHILLIPS ROCK
23 September 2014Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRUNNING IRON
21 September 1992Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National Forestnot named
17 September 1999Other causesunder an acreBaker UnitHAYSTACK #2
16 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRODON
10 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreBaker UnitMARBLE CREEK
9 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreBaker UnitBLUE SPRUCE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Wingville: 32 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 producers, 4 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Gold, 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
Bald Mountain MineGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blue Mountain Lime MillCalciumProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
ShamrockGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
BrooklynGold, SilverOccurrence
BrooklynGold, SilverProspect
Carpenter Hill MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Rouen GulchSilver, GoldOccurrence
Tom Paine-Old Soldier GroupSilver, GoldProducerVein

Every working recorded in Baker County

Storms near this place

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wingville in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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
May 2024Heavy RainWingville-The mesonet station, EKCO3, measured 0.91 inches of rain.
June 2023Heavy RainWingville-The mesonet station, EKCO3, seven miles west of Baker City, OR measured 0.76 inches of rain.
May 2018HailWingville-A Baker County Sheriff deputy reported quarter size hail 9 miles northwest of Baker City.

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
Pocahontas (historical)3.2 miles15
Haines5.0 miles14
Estes (historical)5.5 miles15
Baker City6.4 miles15
Rock Creek7.9 miles13
Hutchinson9.6 miles14
Auburn (historical)9.8 miles16
McEwen13.6 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 WingvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8025341The 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 1129233. 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.