La Pine, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sisters-Millican census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97739. It stands on Long Prairie Slough. The Survey maps it on the La Pine quadrangle. 2,512 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,236 feet above sea level.
On record in La Pine
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 1 record
- Ed and Genevieve Deedon Homesteadlisted 2013
Population over time
3 figuresLa Pine fell from 5,799 to 2,512 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 | 5,799 | |
| 2010 | 1,653 | -4,146 (-71%) |
| 2020 | 2,512 | +859 (+52%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1930 USGS Maiden Peak quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1934 USGS Maiden Peak quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS La Pine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS La Pine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
340 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 340 fires within 5 miles of La Pine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 853 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 49 |
| Natural | 40 |
| Smoking | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Other causes | 11 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
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 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DEEDON 0881 |
| 9 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Sisters Unit | FINLEY BUTTE # 2 |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LA PINE WAY #574 |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Sisters Unit | ANIMAL HOSPITAL |
| 8 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0925 |
| 8 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Sisters Unit | DICK RD |
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 0956 NE |
| 6 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | COACH 0856 |
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of La Pine: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finley Butte Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Finley Butte | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Finley Butte | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Burgess Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Burgess Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Finley Butte Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sun Country | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sun Country Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Pine in 28 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 20 hail, 3 lightning, 2 heavy rain, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2009 | Lightning | La Pine | 1 hurt | A 14 year boy was struck by lightning while standing outside the gymnasium at LaPine High School. He was hospitalized with burns to his chest and ankle areas and also suffered eye injury and a perforated eardrum. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Pine | - | Trees down and 1.00 inch hail. |
| May 2018 | Heavy Rain | La Pine | - | Slow moving thunderstorms caused heavy rain in and around La Pine, in Deschutes county. Rain fall of up to 1.3 inches occurred with ponding of water on driveways and property due to poor drainage of relatively flat ground. Small hail occurred, piling to a depth of 1 inch, 4 miles SW of La Pine causing standing water. |
| July 2012 | Hail | La Pine | - | Quarter sized hail dropped temperature from 90 degrees to 66 degrees. |
| July 2012 | Hail | La Pine | - | Nickel sized hail accompanied by heavy rainfall for 10 minutes. |
| August 2008 | Hail | La Pine | - | Penny hail covering the ground. |
| July 2001 | Hail | La Pine | - | Penny sized hail completely covered the ground. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | La Pine | - | Lightning from dry thunderstorms started several fires that burned 350 acres just east of the Crane Prairie Reservoir. This blaze brought smoky skies to the city of Bend and forced the evacuation of the Round Mountain lookout tower and the Sheep Bridge campground. |
| July 2001 | Flood | La Pine | - | 0.68 of an inch of rain fell in 20 minutes. The runoff flooded several low lying intersections to a depth of 6 inches. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | La Pine | - | Lightning from several dry thunderstorms started numerous fires in the Vale district of the Bureau of Land Management. The most serious fire was located in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. It spread to 500 acres and threatened several campsites. |
| September 1998 | Hail | La Pine | - | Dime to golfball sized hail fell in La Pine. Windows were broken out. |
| May 1998 | Heavy Rain | La Pine | - | A thunderstorm that moved through Deschutes County produced heavy rain and strong wind. The rain was falling so hard that cars had to pull off the road on Highway 97. A spotter reported 0.50 inches of rain. |
| July 1998 | Hail | La Pine | - | A spotter eight miles northwest of La Pine reported dime sized hail that made theground white. 0.60 inches of rain fell in half an hour. |
| June 2020 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | La Pine | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | La Pine | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers | 10.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sunriver | 15.1 miles | 14 | |
| Deschutes River Woods | 23.5 miles | 17 | |
| Elk Lake | 26.8 miles | 18 | |
| Bend | 28.6 miles | 19 | |
| Millican | 34.1 miles | 10 | |
| Tumalo | 34.3 miles | 16 | |
| Deschutes | 36.0 miles | 16 |
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 La Pine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1003838 | 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 1144724. 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.







