Lebanon, Oregon
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lebanon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97355. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon quadrangle. 18,447 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.
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On record in Lebanon
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 10 records
Hiram Baker Houselisted 1996
Dr. J. C. Booth Houselisted 1980
Louis A. Crandall Houselisted 1990
Henry and Mary Cyrus Barnlisted 2015
Elkins Flour Milllisted 1995
Lebanon Pioneer Cemeterylisted 1998
Lebanon Southern Pacific Railroad Depotlisted 1997
Joseph and Barbara Maurer Houselisted 1996
John and Lottie Ralston Cottagelisted 1998
Rock Hill Schoollisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresLebanon grew from 15,518 to 18,447 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 | 15,518 | |
| 2020 | 18,447 | +2,929 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 23 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.
- 1911 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:31680
- 1921 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:48000
- 1924 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1976 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Lebanon between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | SODAVILLE |
| 26 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | CASCADE DRIVE # 3 |
| 2 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | MIDDLE RIDGE #1 |
| 12 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 20 POWER |
| 31 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | CASCADE DRIVE # 2 |
| 3 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | 099 |
| 25 August 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SANTIAM HWY 966 |
| 25 August 2010 | Other causes | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | SODAVILLE/WATERLOO RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Lebanon: 18 producers, 17 past producers, 2 occurrences. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Antimony. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suing | Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Suing Farm | Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| C & S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| C & S Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lebanon Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lebanon Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Truelove Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Trulove Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lebanon in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 2 funnel cloud, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Lebanon | $20,000 | Storm survey found tornado off of Tennessee School Drive was on the ground for 5-10 minutes, with a path a little less than a mile in length, and maximum width 350 yards. Tornado tracked northwest to southeast over open fields and then in trees. Six farm buildings damaged, mostly roof damage. Estimated 90-100 mature trees damaged, with 20-30 of them snapped off low in the trunk, and 6 to 8 uprooted. One tree fell on farmhouse sustaining minor damage. Rated EF0 on enhanced Fujita scale, with gusts 75 to 85 mph. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Lebanon | $5,000 | Half-inch hail was reported at the farmhouse the tornado hit. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | $3,000 | Photos of a 4-8 inch diameter tree limbs blown down and an uprooted tree. |
| September 2020 | Flood | Lebanon | - | A video of street flooding was posted on social media. |
| April 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Lebanon | - | Photo of funnel cloud in Lebanon shared on Twitter by KEZI Meteorologist. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon | - | Thunderstorms spread through the Willamette Valley, generating strong wind gusts that resulted in reports of downed trees and power lines and local damage. A large section of metal roof was peeled back between Lebanon and Sweet Home. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Lebanon | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Lebanon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville (historical) | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| South Lebanon | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Crowfoot | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Whitaker | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Sodaville | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Waterloo | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Crabtree | 6.8 miles | 20 |
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 Lebanon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1998390 | 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 1136468. 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.















