BlockJordan Valley, Oregon
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jordan Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97910. It stands on Baxter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jordan Valley quadrangle. 130 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,385 feet above sea level.
On record in Jordan Valley
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
Pelota Frontonlisted 1972- Birch Creek Ranch Historic Rural Landscapelisted 1997
Population over time
3 figuresJordan Valley fell from 239 to 130 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 | 239 | |
| 2010 | 181 | -58 (-24%) |
| 2020 | 130 | -51 (-28%) |
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.
- 1955 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Jordan Valley between 1994 and 2017, burning about 92 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 58 acres | Boise District | HOKIE CREEK |
| 15 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | SOUTH POLE |
| 29 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | PLEASANT2 |
| 12 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Vale District | VALE RFPA 5 |
| 5 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Vale District | JV DUMP |
| 27 July 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Vale District | DINWITTY |
| 26 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | SHEEP |
| 19 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Vale District | PHARMACY |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Jordan Valley: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canter's Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Idaho Perlite Inc | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| Dentel | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dentel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mp 21.9 I.O.N. Hwy | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 21.9 I.O.N. Hwy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jaca Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jaca Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 Jordan Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2717205 | 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 1122534. 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.