Monument, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Long Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97864. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monument quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
3 figuresMonument fell from 151 to 115 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 | 151 | |
| 2010 | 128 | -23 (-15%) |
| 2020 | 115 | -13 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1951 USGS Monument quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Monument quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Monument quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Monument quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Monument between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,754 acres in total. 56 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 | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | John Day Unit | LOWER ALKALI FLATS |
| 17 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | John Day Unit | CUPPER CREEK |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 18 acres | John Day Unit | BRILEY MOUNTAIN |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | John Day Unit | COCKRAN CREEK II |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | 193 acres | John Day Unit | TWO CABIN III |
| 7 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | 043 MONUMENT LOOKOUT |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | John Day Unit | MILK RANCH |
| 6 August 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | John Day Unit | RIVER FIRE |
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 Monument: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monument in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monument | $15,000 | Winds from a thunderstorm toppled several trees and caused minor damage to several buildings. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monument | $1,000 | Large trees blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Monument | - | Heavy rain caused rock slides and water run off along Highway 402 between Long Creek and Monument in Grant county. The slides and flooding occurred at mile post 29 and between mile posts 18 and 22. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Monument | - | Lightning started several fires which became the Monument Complex fire. This fire grew to 33,000 acres before being contained on the 23rd of August. At its peak, 1200 firefighters were assigned to this blaze, which forced the evacuation of several buildings in the town of Monument. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Monument | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Monument | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Monument | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Kimberly | 12.5 miles | 11 | |
| Courtrock | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Ritter | 15.5 miles | 13 | |
| Caverhill (historical) | 17.1 miles | 13 | |
| Long Creek | 18.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fox | 18.8 miles | 13 | |
| Beech Creek | 20.0 miles | 13 |
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 Monument | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458939 | 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 1146400. 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.





