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Condon, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Condon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97823. The Survey maps it on the Condon quadrangle. 711 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,831 feet above sea level.

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Condon within Gilliam County

On record in Condon

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 4 records

Population over time

3 figures

Condon fell from 759 to 711 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.

YearPeople Change
2000759
2010682-77 (-10%)
2020711+29 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Condon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,781 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
25 July 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution781 acresPrineville DistrictBARNETT RD
18 July 1992Natural2,000 acresPrineville DistrictBUCKHOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilliam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Condon: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Condon Rock Products PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
30 Mile Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
30 Mile CreekStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Condon Rock ProductsStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Gilliam County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Condon in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash 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
August 2003Flash FloodCondon$7,000A thunderstorm produced very heavy rain in a short period of time in Condon. A cooperative observer reported 1.12 inches of rain in about 15 minutes, which led to flash flooding. The flash flood resulted in flooding on Main Street, while mud, rocks, and water spilled over roadways inside, and in the vicinity of Condon, flooding some buildings, and shorting out power lines. The basement of the North Central Education Service District Building collected water that rain gutters couldn't contain. Gilliam county Road Department Employees aided in cleaning and repairing county roads. The property damage from this event is estimated at $7,000.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCondon-Tree down and damage to a home.
June 2019HailCondon-Hailstones up to the size of nickels were reported with accumulations of up to 2 inches on the ground.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCondon-Power lines down across northern half of county between Arlington and Condon.
July 1998Heavy RainCondon-A thunderstorm moved through Condon and produced heavy rain and strong wind. Local rain gages measured up to 2.25 inches of rain in less than two hours. Several basements and downtown businesses, including the post office, were flooded. The wind also broke tree branches.
May 2004HailCondon-no account filed
August 2003HailCondon-no account filed
August 1999HailCondon-no account filed
July 1995HailCondon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gilliam County

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Thirtymile4.7 miles12
Igo (historical)5.2 miles11
Alville (historical)9.0 miles11
Mayville10.5 miles11
Trail Fork (historical)11.0 miles11
Clem12.9 miles11
Mikkalo16.5 miles11
Olex18.2 miles11

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 CondonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2252119The 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 1119195. 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.