Rye Valley, Oregon

Rye Valley, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Rye Valley, Oregon is located in Oregon
Rye Valley, Oregon
Rye Valley, Oregon
Rye Valley, Oregon is located in the United States
Rye Valley, Oregon
Rye Valley, Oregon
Coordinates: 44°27′50″N 117°28′39″W / 44.46389°N 117.47750°W / 44.46389; -117.47750
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyBaker
Elevation
3,189 ft (972 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1131852[1]

Rye Valley is an unincorporated community in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] It lies along Dixie Creek, a tributary of the Burnt River, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Baker City.[2] It is slightly west of Interstate 84 near Weatherby and Dixie.[3]

The community is named for a native grass used as forage for pack animals important to the region's immigrants and miners in the 1860s. A Rye Valley post office opened on September 27, 1869, and operated intermittently between then and September 14, 1935. Nayson S. Whitcomb was the first postmaster.[2]

On July 24, 2014, a wildfire started by lightning happened in Rye Valley. The lightning first struck on Bureau of Land Management lands; however, winds quickly drove it onto forestlands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry. The fire took three days to fully contain.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rye Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  2. ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 833. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  3. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
  4. ^ "Rye Valley Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved November 9, 2016.


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