Crane, Oregon
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Drewsey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97732. It stands on Crane Butte. The Survey maps it on the Crane quadrangle. 116 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,134 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCrane fell from 129 to 116 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 129 | |
| 2020 | 116 | -13 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Crane quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Malheur Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Crane quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Crane between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,782 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 129 acres | Burns District | 9273 |
| 14 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Central Oregon Rangeland Protection Association | PIGTAIL |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | 309 acres | Burns District | GORMAN CRK |
| 10 August 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Burns District | WINDY PT |
| 31 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 acres | Burns District | WINDY POINT |
| 20 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69 acres | Burns District | CRANE CRK |
| 19 July 1994 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 129 acres | Burns District | CRANE BT |
| 15 June 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Burns District | COUNTY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Crane: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crane Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Crane Rock | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 24.6 Steens Hwy. | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Mp 26.9 Steens Highway | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Crane Rock | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mp24.6 Steens Hwy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mp26.9 Steens Hwy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crane in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crane | $200,000 | Harney County Sheriff Department reported 52 broken or downed power poles along state highway 78, damaged roofs, several outbuildings partially destroyed, and a mobile home blown 3 feet off the foundation. |
| June 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Crane | - | A member of the public submitted a photo of a funnel cloud near Crane, OR. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Crane | - | A thunderstorm with heavy rain produced flash flooding near Crane, Oregon. A spotter reported 1.8 inches of rain fell in 35 minutes, causing dry creek beds to flow with 2 1/2 feet of water. No damage was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Princeton | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Princeton (historical) | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lawen | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Venator | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Buchanan | 15.9 miles | 9 | |
| Voltage | 16.1 miles | 8 | |
| Dunnean | 16.8 miles | 8 | |
| Harney | 20.4 miles | 11 |
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 Crane | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459550 | 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 1119506. 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.





