Cove, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97824. It stands on Bobington Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cove quadrangle. 620 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,870 feet above sea level.
On record in Cove
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
Ascension Episcopal Church and Rectorylisted 1974
Population over time
3 figuresCove grew from 594 to 620 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 | 594 | |
| 2010 | 552 | -42 (-7%) |
| 2020 | 620 | +68 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Telocaset quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Cove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Cove quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Cove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 441 acres in total. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | LaGrande District | DEER ROAD |
| 10 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | HIGH VALLEY |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | FANNY |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | ORCHARD |
| 5 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | EVEREST |
| 4 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | not named |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | STUMP |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | 170 acres | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | BRIDGE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cove: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cove Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Hay Creek Rock Production | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hay Creek Rock Production | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mp 14.5 Cove Hwy | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 14.5 Cove Hwy | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cove in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cove | $5,000 | Winds from a dry microburst downed tree limbs up to 5 inches thick. A tree fell on a power line, causing a brief power outage. Blowing dust at one point reduced visibilities to just 50 feet. |
| May 2000 | Lightning | Cove | $3,000 | A power pole fire resulting from lightning knocked out power to around 500 residents. Power was restored by mid-afternoon. |
| May 2018 | Heavy Rain | Cove | - | A thunderstorm produced heavy rain in and around Cove, in Union county. One half inch to one inch of rain fell on this area over approximately a one and half hour period. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Cove | - | Hail accompanied by heavy rainfall. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cove | - | Thunderstorm winds broke tree limbs 6 inches in diameter across power lines. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cove | - | Tree limbs 4 inches in diameter fell due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Cove | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Cove | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Cove | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Cove | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cove | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hot Lake | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Alicel | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Island City | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Telocaset | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Imbler | 13.9 miles | 13 | |
| La Grande | 15.0 miles | 10 | |
| Indian Valley (historical) | 15.8 miles | 10 |
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 Cove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2593095 | 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 1136181. 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.





