Gibbon, Oregon
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Umatilla Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97810. It stands on Meacham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gibbon quadrangle. It stands 1,759 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Gibbon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Gibbon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
80 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Gibbon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,352 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 27 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | {TM 237.5 |
| 6 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | M.P.236.5 |
| 27 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Pendleton Unit | BINGHAM ROAD |
| 22 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROCK SLIDE |
| 22 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | INC 1277 |
| 22 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | WILDHORSE |
| 19 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | RYAN GRADE |
| 11 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | WILDHORSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gibbon: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squaw Creek | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Thornhollow | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Squaw Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Thornhollow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gibbon in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Flood | Gibbon | - | Umatilla near Gibbon - Flood stage 7.0 feet. River went above flood stage at 1000 PST on the 4th, cresting at 7.5 feet at 1845 PST on the 4th, then went below flood stage at 230 PST on the 5th. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Gibbon | - | The Umatilla river near Gibbon (flood stage 7.0) crested at 7.8 feet around 0500 on March 16th. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Gibbon | - | Minor to moderate flooding along the Umatilla River from Gibbon to Echo. The gauge at Gibbon crested at 7.21 which was .21 above flood stage. The gauge at Pendleton crested at 10.31 which was 2.51 above flood stage. |
| March 2014 | Flood | Gibbon | - | 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.
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 Gibbon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5558893 | 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 1142712. 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.




