Rye Valley, Oregon facts for kids
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Rye Valley, Oregon
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 Rye Valley, Oregon
Location in Oregon
Rye Valley, Oregon
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Baker |
| Elevation | 3,189 ft (972 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1131852 |
Rye Valley is an unincorporated community in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It lies along Dixie Creek, a tributary of the Burnt River, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Baker City. It is slightly west of Interstate 84 near Weatherby and Dixie.
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.
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.
