Ordnance, Oregon

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hermiston-Umatilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97838. The Survey maps it on the Ordnance quadrangle. It stands 587 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ordnance within Umatilla County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1908 USGS Umatilla quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Ordnance quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Hermiston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Ordnance quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ordnance (historical) between 2007 and 2016, burning about 3,000 acres in total. None 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	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
22 June 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge	HERMISTON ASSIST
23 May 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	3,000 acres	Umatilla Agency	1605230053

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Umatilla County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Ordnance (historical): 30 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bannister	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Bannister Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
County Line	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
County Line	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Umatilla County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bucks Corners	4.8 miles	15
Hinkle	5.5 miles	15
Hermiston	7.4 miles	15
Charlestown	9.0 miles	15
Umatilla	9.2 miles	15
Power City	10.0 miles	15
Stanfield	10.6 miles	13
McNary	10.8 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 Ordnance (historical)	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7100869	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 1136600. 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.