Enterprise, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Enterprise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97828. It stands on Little Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Enterprise quadrangle. 2,052 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,757 feet above sea level.
On record in Enterprise
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 11 records
Burnaugh Buildinglisted 1993
Enterprise IOOF Halllisted 2012
Enterprise Mercantile and Milling Company Buildinglisted 2012
Enterprise Public Librarylisted 2013
Gotter Hotellisted 1994
Lick Creek Guard Stationlisted 1986
Wallowa County Chieftain Buildinglisted 2012
Wallowa County Courthouselisted 2000
William P. Warnock Houselisted 1984
William P. Warnock House (Boundary Increase)listed 2011- O.K. Theatrelisted 2012
Population over time
3 figuresEnterprise grew from 1,895 to 2,052 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 | 1,895 | |
| 2010 | 1,940 | +45 (+2%) |
| 2020 | 2,052 | +112 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Enterprise between 1992 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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 | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GWYNN |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Wallowa Unit | ANT |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CENTURY LANE |
| 5 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | SUNRISE ROAD |
| 4 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ANT FLAT |
| 24 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ALDER |
| 17 August 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HURRICANE |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | EGGLESN ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Enterprise: 20 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Airport Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Joseph Airport Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mp 38.9 Hwy 11 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 38.9 Hwy 11 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mp 62 Wallowa-Lake | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 62 Wallowa-Lke | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oregon State Pit 32-16-5 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Pit 32-16-5 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enterprise in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2009: 4 hail, 3 lightning, 2 funnel cloud, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Lightning | Enterprise | $40,000 | Lightning struck a 75 foot radio antenna and short-circuited many electronic devices such as faxes, computers and phones, which were located next to the tower. One business owner estimated total losses of over 25 thousand dollars. Other lightning strikes cut power to 800 customers in the nearby towns of Wallowa Lake and Joseph. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Enterprise | - | Spotter reported the ground was white with hail and small branches were knocked down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enterprise | - | Large tree blocking the road to Freezeout Trail. |
| August 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Enterprise | - | Brief landspout tornado observed moving north by several golfers at Alpine Meadows Golf Course northwest of Enterprise. Tornado hit trees and broke off branches up to 2 inches in diameter. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Enterprise | - | Lightning struck a tree southeast of Enterprise, knocking it into a power line. Power was then lost for around 5 hours to sections of Enterprise, Joseph, and Wallowa Lake. |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Enterprise | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enterprise | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Enterprise | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Enterprise | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Enterprise | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Enterprise | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Enterprise | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alder (historical) | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Joseph | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lostine | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Evans | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Armin (historical) | 16.5 miles | 11 | |
| Wallowa | 16.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lewis | 20.7 miles | 12 | |
| Zumwalt | 21.6 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 Enterprise | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q533374 | 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 1141885. 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.




