Cayuse, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Umatilla Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97801. It stands on Moonshine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cayuse quadrangle. 66 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,417 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCayuse grew from 59 to 66 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 59 | |
| 2010 | 68 | +9 (+15%) |
| 2020 | 66 | -2 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1935 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Cayuse quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Cayuse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,654 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Umatilla Agency | BLAKELY |
| 8 September 1993 | Fireworks | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | CAYUSE |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | N CAYUSE |
| 7 September 1994 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Umatilla Agency | LITTLE |
| 6 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 110 acres | Umatilla Agency | TM 230.5 |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | RIVER BANK |
| 4 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | CEMETARY |
| 4 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | CAYUSERDM8 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cayuse: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuse Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cayuse Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Grubbs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grubbs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sampson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sampson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cayuse in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Cayuse | $50,000 | Storm observed by farm workers at Ruggs Ranch. One hundred foot section of workshop metal roof torn off and carried up to 1/2 mile. Fifty-gallon drums thrown up to 1/4 mile. Trees uprooted and limbs down. Wooden plank driven through metal building. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cayuse | - | Minor tree damage reported. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cayuse | - | Several branches up to 5 inches in diameter blown down. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Cayuse | - | no account filed |
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 Cayuse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2520164 | 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 1136129. 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.




