Athena, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Athena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97813. It lies near Waterman Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Athena quadrangle. 1,209 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,710 feet above sea level.
On record in Athena
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
M. L. Watts Houselisted 1988
Population over time
14 figuresAthena grew from 495 to 1,209 between 1890 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 495 | |
| 1900 | 703 | +208 (+42%) |
| 1910 | 586 | -117 (-17%) |
| 1920 | 621 | +35 (+6%) |
| 1930 | 504 | -117 (-19%) |
| 1940 | 513 | +9 (+2%) |
| 1950 | 750 | +237 (+46%) |
| 1960 | 950 | +200 (+27%) |
| 1970 | 872 | -78 (-8%) |
| 1980 | 965 | +93 (+11%) |
| 1990 | 997 | +32 (+3%) |
| 2000 | 1,221 | +224 (+22%) |
| 2010 | 1,126 | -95 (-8%) |
| 2020 | 1,209 | +83 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Athena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Athena between 1992 and 2018, burning about 775 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | not named |
| 9 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 241 acres | Umatilla Agency | KIRK ROAD |
| 8 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | RAINVILLE |
| 7 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Pendleton Unit | SLEEPY GROVE |
| 26 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | GRAVEL PIT |
| 2 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Umatilla Agency | MANN ROAD |
| 15 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | CHARLIE |
| 11 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.9 acres | Umatilla Agency | REDFORD LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Athena: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catron Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Catron Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rogers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rogers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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 Athena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2596206 | 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 1167693. 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.



