Lostine, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Wallowa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97857. The Survey maps it on the Lostine quadrangle. 241 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,373 feet above sea level.
On record in Lostine
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
Lostine Pharmacylisted 2014
Population over time
3 figuresLostine fell from 263 to 241 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 | 213 | -50 (-19%) |
| 2020 | 241 | +28 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Lostine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Lostine between 1994 and 2020, burning about 703 acres in total. 25 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GWYNN |
| 22 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | BOAT TRAILER |
| 13 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 249 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | THATCH |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | LITTLE BEAR |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | ALLEN CANYON |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa Unit | VALLEY VIEW |
| 29 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 62 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SCHOOL FLAT |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | 303 acres | Wallowa Unit | GREEN BASIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Lostine: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Occurrance | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Mp 55.4 Wallowa-Lake | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 55.4 Wallowa-Lake | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lostine in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lostine | - | Public reported several downed trees and power outages. Wind speed estimated from damage. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Lostine | - | COOP observer sent in pictures and a brief video of the short lived tornado. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Lostine | - | Rainfall of 1.1 inches was measured in 20 minutes. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Lostine | - | Lightning started a barn fire which was quickly extinguished by neighbors and the Lostine Volunteer Fire Department. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Lostine | - | Water overflowed banks of Hurricane Creek. Mudslides in Lostine Canyon covered a few places along the road. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Lostine | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Lostine | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evans | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Wallowa | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Enterprise | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Alder (historical) | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Joseph | 14.0 miles | 12 | |
| Minam | 18.1 miles | 10 | |
| Maxville | 19.1 miles | 11 | |
| Eustis (historical) | 21.6 miles | 11 |
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 Lostine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2355783 | 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 1156652. 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.




