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Culver, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Culver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97734. The Survey maps it on the Culver quadrangle. 1,602 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,640 feet above sea level.

Culver within Jefferson County

On record in Culver

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 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Culver grew from 802 to 1,602 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
2000802
20101,357+555 (+69%)
20201,602+245 (+18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

77 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Culver between 1993 and 2020, burning about 507 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 2 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
Natural22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
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
6 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acrePrineville District1141
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOchoco National Forest0786
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrineville District0616
24 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrineville UnitCOVE #1
2 September 2015Smoking1.0 acresOchoco National Forest573
19 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOchoco National Forest1090
15 September 2012Natural4.5 acresOchoco National Forest0562
12 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresPrineville District0586

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Culver: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Culver QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Opal SpringStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Culver QuarryStonePast Producer
Opal SpringStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

17 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Culver in 17 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004LightningCulver$40,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCulver$10,000Public estimated 50-60 mph sustained winds. A tree fell on top of a vehicle.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindCulver$1,000Tree branches up to 6 inches in diameter blown off by thunderstorm winds.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCulver-A concentrated swath of destructive straight line winds affected the Culver and Metolius areas of Jefferson County. Within this swath there were numerous large trees uprooted and snapped, hundreds of yards of irrigation line dislodged and/or mangled, and several snapped power poles. Some of the most significant damage included destruction of a handful of agricultural out buildings and partial or total roof removals of at least two manufactured homes.
July 2012Heavy RainCulver-Two spotters reported up to 1.35 inch in 1 hour and small hail to 1/4 inch.
July 2012HailCulver-At Lake Billy Chinook, a family member of NWS employee reported quarter sized hail and 6 inches of water running through the campground due to heavy rainfall.
August 2009HailCulver-Also, minor flooding was reported due to brief heavy rainfall.
August 2008HailCulver-Hail accompanied by heavy rainfall.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCulver-Trees down. Reported by law enforcement.
August 2003HailCulver-Hail from a thunderstorm in Jefferson county led to some crop damage in Culver, Metolius, as well as the Agency Plains. Crops that were damaged from the storm include potatoes, wheat, carrots, and onions.
June 2002WildfireCulver-Lightning on June 13th started the Geneva Fire which burned 194 acres.
July 2001HailCulver-A spotter reported penny-sized hail on the west side of Lake Chinook.
May 2005HailCulver-no account filed
June 2004Funnel CloudCulver-no account filed
August 2003HailCulver-no account filed
August 2003HailCulver-no account filed
August 2002HailCulver-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Metolius4.6 miles13
Opal City5.6 miles17
Grandview6.9 miles16
Crooked River Ranch7.1 miles17
Madras8.7 miles14
Geneva10.1 miles16
Lamonta (historical)10.2 miles17
Grizzly15.7 miles10

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 CulverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3458905The 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 1140541. 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.