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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1901 USGS Baker quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Baker City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Wingville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Baker quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Wingville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | POCAHANTAS |
| 24 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Baker Unit | PHILLIPS ROCK |
| 23 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RUNNING IRON |
| 21 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Other causes | under an acre | Baker Unit | HAYSTACK #2 |
| 16 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RODON |
| 10 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Baker Unit | MARBLE CREEK |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Baker Unit | BLUE SPRUCE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 48 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain Mine | Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Mountain Lime Mill | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Shamrock | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brooklyn | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Brooklyn | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Carpenter Hill Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Rouen Gulch | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Tom Paine-Old Soldier Group | Silver, Gold | Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Wingville | - | The mesonet station, EKCO3, measured 0.91 inches of rain. |
| June 2023 | Heavy Rain | Wingville | - | The mesonet station, EKCO3, seven miles west of Baker City, OR measured 0.76 inches of rain. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Wingville | - | A Baker County Sheriff deputy reported quarter size hail 9 miles northwest of Baker City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocahontas (historical) | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Haines | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Estes (historical) | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Baker City | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Rock Creek | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hutchinson | 9.6 miles | 14 | |
| Auburn (historical) | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| McEwen | 13.6 miles | 13 |
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 Wingville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8025341 | 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 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.






