Juntura, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Juntura census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97911. It stands on Butte Creek. The Survey maps it on the Juntura quadrangle. 39 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,963 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJuntura fell from 57 to 39 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 57 | |
| 2020 | 39 | -18 (-32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Burns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Juntura quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Stinkingwater Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Juntura between 1995 and 2018, burning about 15,453 acres in total. 17 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | STEMLER |
| 22 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | CHINA CREEK |
| 17 August 2014 | Natural | 4.3 acres | Vale District | SWEETWATER |
| 13 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Vale District | BALER |
| 10 August 1997 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Vale District | BONEY BS |
| 9 July 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Vale District | BEULAH RD |
| 9 July 1998 | Natural | 15 acres | Vale District | BONEYBASIN |
| 31 July 2013 | Natural | 3,026 acres | Vale District | STEMLER RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Juntura: 9 producers, 6 past producers. 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoot Owl | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hoot Owl Community Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Juntura Warm Spring #1 | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Juntura Warm Spring #2 | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Mp 192 Central Oregon Hwy | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 192 Central Oregon Hwy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Upper Dugout | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Upper Dugout Community Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Juntura in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Juntura | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Flood | Juntura | - | Ice jams on the Malheur River caused flooding along U.S. Highway 20 from Juntura to Vale. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Juntura | - | Very heavy rainfall, estimated at more than one inch in 15 minutes, filled drainage ditches and sent mud and water across Highway 20 in Juntura, Oregon. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Juntura | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Wildfire | Juntura | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Juntura | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah | 11.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bohna (historical) | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Riverside | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Creston | 17.2 miles | 8 | |
| Westfall | 26.0 miles | 8 | |
| Harper | 26.2 miles | 8 | |
| Clover (historical) | 29.0 miles | 9 | |
| Crowley | 32.8 miles | 6 |
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 Juntura | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709639 | 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 1136429. 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.




