Moro, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Moro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97039. The Survey maps it on the Moro quadrangle. 367 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,799 feet above sea level.
On record in Moro
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 2 records
John and Helen Moore Houselisted 1994- Sherman County Courthouselisted 1998
Population over time
3 figuresMoro grew from 337 to 367 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 | 337 | |
| 2010 | 324 | -13 (-4%) |
| 2020 | 367 | +43 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Moro quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Condon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Moro between 2007 and 2017, burning about 21,067 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 5,175 acres | Prineville District | 0650 SAYRS 2 |
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Prineville District | 1051 |
| 3 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15,591 acres | Prineville District | 0621 |
| 19 July 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.2 acres | Prineville District | 0292 |
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 Moro: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Rock | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hockman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hockman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moro in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 hail. 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 2013 | Hail | Moro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Moss Springs | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Erskine | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Monkland | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Boardman (historical) | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Wasco | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Locust Grove | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Grass Valley | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Klondike | 9.2 miles | 9 |
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 Moro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2384490 | 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 1124367. 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.




