BlockLexington, Oregon
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ione-Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97839. It lies near Blackhorse Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lexington quadrangle. 238 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,450 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLexington fell from 263 to 238 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 | 263 | |
| 2010 | 238 | -25 (-10%) |
| 2020 | 238 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Heppner quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lexington: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Canyon Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Clark Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cutsfordh Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cutsforth Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mp 39 Heppner/Willow Creek Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 39 Heppner/Willow Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lexington in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Lexington | $500 | EF0 tornado, which was spotted by a resident, caused damage to a pump house on the farm south southwest of Lexington. Insulation was seen twisting up in the air and 2x4s from the pump house landed 100 yards to the southeast. Pea sized hail was seen prior to the damage and thunder was heard 10 minutes prior to the damage. Trees, grass, and weeds were seen blowing in various directions. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Lexington | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Lexington | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Lexington | - | 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.
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 Lexington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2156765 | 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 1136476. 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.
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.