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Photograph of John Day Compound
Photograph by Norm Steggell, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

John Day Compound, Supervisor's Warehouse

Built in 1936 (rustic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“The John Day Compound, Supervisor's Warehouse is a complex of work buildings, employee residences, and related infrastructure owned an operated by the Malheur National Forest in John Day, Oregon, United States. Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936-1946, it is the headquarters for field operations in the national forest and is typical of projects carried out by the CCC on behalf of the Forest Service.”

Wikipedia article John Day Compound, Supervisor's Warehouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Grant County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1936, rustic architecture, by United States Forest Service.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 9 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Malheur National Forest, John Day, 97845
  • When was it listed? April 1986
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Depression-Era Buildings Oregon and Washington TR
  • Census division. John Day
  • When was it built? 1936
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • Architect. United States Forest Service
  • National Register reference number. 86000836 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of John Day Compound, Supervisor's Warehouse between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,069 acres in total. 18 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
Natural18
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreJohn Day UnitLITTLE BEECH CREEK
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreJohn Day UnitDRY GULCH #2
29 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreJohn Day UnitDAVIS CREEK
16 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreJohn Day UnitBEECH CREEK
15 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBYRAM GULCH
15 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreJohn Day UnitLITTLE PINE CREEK
13 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreJohn Day UnitLITTLE CANYON MOUNTAIN
11 September 1997Naturalunder an acreJohn Day UnitEAGLE PEAK

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 155 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 155 workings within 5 miles of John Day Compound, Supervisor's Warehouse: 70 past producers, 31 occurrences, 26 prospects, 16 producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Byram GulchRhodium, Platinum, PalladiumOccurrenceStream Placer
Byram GulchPalladium, Rhodium, PlatinumProspect
Canyon Creek District PlacersSilver, GoldPast ProducerPLACER
Koffee Kup 1Gemstone, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Koffee Kup 1Gold, Silver, GemstoneProducer
Little Pine CreekSilver, Platinum, Palladium, GoldOccurrenceStream Placer
Little Pine CreekGold, Silver, Platinum, PalladiumPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, PlatinumOccurrenceChromite
Beggs ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Beggs ProspectManganeseProspect1937

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this property

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names John Day, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 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
June 2017Thunderstorm WindJohn Day$2,000Multiple power outages due to thunderstorms between John Day and Long Creek. Damage amounts are estimated.
January 2011FloodJohn Day-Only minor flooding observed. The John Day River gauge at John Day crested at 8.42 feet, which was .42 feet above flood stage.
August 2000LightningJohn Day-Lightning started a fire in the Graham Creek area, which is on the slope of Slide Mountain. This fire consumed over 400 acres. It was contained August 9th.
May 2004HailJohn Day-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindJohn Day-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindJohn Day-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Kam Wah Chung Company Building0.1 miles1973
Advent Christian Church0.3 miles1992
Supervisor's House No. 10010.7 miles1986
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church2.3 miles1974

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86000836 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Grant CountyAll 9 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.