Mitchell, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Mitchell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97750. It stands on Keyes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mitchell quadrangle. 138 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,777 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresMitchell fell from 170 to 138 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 | 170 | |
| 2010 | 130 | -40 (-24%) |
| 2020 | 138 | +8 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1926 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Stephenson Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Mitchell between 1992 and 2018, burning about 782 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 1 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | John Day Unit | LEWIS ROCK |
| 29 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Prineville District | GABLE CRK |
| 22 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SHOEMAKER |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ochoco National Forest | 1529 |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | GABECRKRNC |
| 9 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | John Day Unit | NELSON CREEK |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Prineville District | 0743 |
| 26 August 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MAXWELL SPRING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mitchell: 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gage Ranch | Mercury | Occurrence | 1940 | |
| Gage Ranch Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Uranium Occurrence | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Uranium Occurrence | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mitchell in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2019: 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Mitchell | $5,000 | Total rainfall of 1.67 inches was recorded just east of Mitchell. This heavy rain over a short period of time triggered a flash flood through Huddleston Heights and Nelson Street, and off of High Street and Rosenbaum with mud and debris blocking roads in and around the town of Mitchell. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Mitchell | - | Hail accompanied by heavy rainfall and downed one tree limb. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Mitchell | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mitchell | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Mitchell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spoos Mill | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Twickenham | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Waldron (historical) | 12.7 miles | 12 | |
| Caleb (historical) | 13.1 miles | 10 | |
| Richmond | 14.2 miles | 10 | |
| Waterman (historical) | 14.4 miles | 10 | |
| Service Creek | 17.7 miles | 11 | |
| Antone (historical) | 19.3 miles | 15 |
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 Mitchell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3296990 | 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 1146370. 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.







