Imbler, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97841. The Survey maps it on the Imbler quadrangle. 245 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,725 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresImbler fell from 284 to 245 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 | 284 | |
| 2010 | 306 | +22 (+8%) |
| 2020 | 245 | -61 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Telocaset quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Imbler quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Imbler quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Imbler between 1993 and 2019, burning about 718 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | LaGrande District | INDIAN CREEK CAMP FIRE |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | BEE SWARM |
| 10 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | GEIGER BUTTE |
| 7 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | LaGrande District | HARRIS ROAD |
| 7 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 680 acres | LaGrande District | RHINEHART |
| 30 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | WIRE FIRE |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | MT HARRIS II |
| 27 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | CLARK CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Imbler: 14 past producers, 5 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Diatomite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Elgin Rock Production | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Indian Creek | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Indian Creek Diatomite | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Wagner Well | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| West Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Elgin Rock Production | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Imbler in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 4 hail, 3 lightning, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1999 | Lightning | Imbler | $46,000 | Early morning thunderstorms in the Grande Ronde valley produced frequent lightning and small hail. 800 customers in the towns of Elgin, Summerville and Imbler lost power for several hours. Two costly fires were started by lightning...one of which was a house fire which damaged a home in Imbler. The second fire started in a haystack and caused 46 thousand dollars worth of damage. |
| September 2001 | Lightning | Imbler | $5,000 | Lightning struck a power pole, knocking out power to around 260 customers of the Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative for around 3 hours. Other small outages affected around 50 residences near Elgin. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Imbler | $5,000 | Lightning struck a power pole in the town of Imbler, cutting power to around 260 customers of the Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative for around 3 hours. Other brief outages nearby in Elgin affected fewer than 50 residents. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Imbler | $1,000 | Wind gusts ranging from 30 to 40 MPH from a thunderstorm uprooted 4-6 small trees. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Imbler | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Imbler | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Imbler | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Imbler | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summerville | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Alicel | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Valley (historical) | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Elgin | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Island City | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Elk Flat (historical) | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| La Grande | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Perry | 13.3 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 Imbler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2355800 | 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 1143998. 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.





