Echo, Oregon
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Hermiston-Umatilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97826. It lies near Alkali Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Echo quadrangle. 632 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
On record in Echo
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 10 records
Bank of Echo Buildinglisted 1982
Joseph Cunha Farmsteadlisted 1997
Echo City Halllisted 1997
Echo Methodist Churchlisted 1997
James Edwards Buildinglisted 1997
J.H. Koontz Buildinglisted 1997
James H. and Cynthia Koontz Houselisted 1997
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Churchlisted 1997
Umatilla Masonic Lodge Halllisted 1997- Arlington Hotellisted 1997
Population over time
12 figuresEcho grew from 400 to 632 between 1910 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 400 | |
| 1920 | 501 | +101 (+25%) |
| 1930 | 311 | -190 (-38%) |
| 1940 | 280 | -31 (-10%) |
| 1950 | 457 | +177 (+63%) |
| 1960 | 456 | -1 (-0%) |
| 1970 | 479 | +23 (+5%) |
| 1980 | 624 | +145 (+30%) |
| 1990 | 499 | -125 (-20%) |
| 2000 | 650 | +151 (+30%) |
| 2010 | 699 | +49 (+8%) |
| 2020 | 632 | -67 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1908 USGS Umatilla quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Echo quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Hermiston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What the histories say of this town
1,082 words1 chapter about Echo from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Count | Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon (1882) | 1,082 words |
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Echo: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ransier Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ransier Pit | 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
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Echo in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 2 funnel cloud, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 wildfire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2003 | Wildfire | Echo | $40,000 | High winds in the Echo area contributed to a wildfire which ignited a haystack, consisting of 2,000 tons of alfalfa. Two flatbed truck trailers were also destroyed by the flames. The fire was caused by a controlled burn earlier in the day next to an irrigation ditch. The property damage from this event is estimated at $40,000. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Echo | - | Outflow from thunderstorms downed several large limbs in Echo. |
| April 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Echo | - | Funnel cloud observed near Echo. |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Echo | - | A funnel cloud was spotted near the Interstate 84 and Highway 207 interchange. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Echo | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Echo | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Echo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanfield | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Nolin | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hinkle | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bucks Corners | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hermiston | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cold Springs | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Charlestown | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Cold Springs Junction | 12.2 miles | 14 |
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 Echo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2317450 | 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 1120378. 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.
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.




