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Pendleton, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Pendleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97801. It stands on Nelson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pendleton quadrangle. 17,107 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,200 feet above sea level.

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Pendleton within Umatilla County

On record in Pendleton

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 12 of 17 shown

Every listing in Umatilla County

Population over time

16 figures

Pendleton grew from 243 to 17,107 between 1870 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.

YearPeople Change
1870243
1880703+460 (+189%)
18902,506+1,803 (+256%)
19004,406+1,900 (+76%)
19104,460+54 (+1%)
19206,837+2,377 (+53%)
19306,621-216 (-3%)
19408,847+2,226 (+34%)
195011,774+2,927 (+33%)
196014,434+2,660 (+23%)
197013,197-1,237 (-9%)
198014,521+1,324 (+10%)
199015,126+605 (+4%)
200016,354+1,228 (+8%)
201016,612+258 (+2%)
202017,107+495 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

What the histories say of this town

1,607 words

1 chapter about Pendleton from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield CountHistoric Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon (1882)1,607 words

Fires near this place

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Pendleton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,242 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 were 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
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Smoking3
Fireworks3
Other causes2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUmatilla AgencyPOWERPOLE
9 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUmatilla AgencyUPRR7
7 September 2006Other causesunder an acreUmatilla AgencyHAYSTACK
5 September 2019Natural63 acresUmatilla AgencyTUTUILLA CREEK
4 September 2018Debris and open burning5.8 acresUmatilla AgencyLLYOD ROAD
3 September 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresUmatilla AgencyMCCOY
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use100 acresUmatilla AgencyDOGSLEEP
18 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution225 acresUmatilla AgencyELIZABETHAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Umatilla County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Pendleton: 29 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
404 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
404 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pendleton MissionSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pendleton Mission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pendleton Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boggotti PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Umatilla County

Storms near this place

27 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pendleton in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 3 funnel cloud, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019FloodPendleton$5,000,000A combination of high flows from rain and snow melt coming out of the Blue Mountains and record releases out of McKay Reservoir produced field and roadside flooding downstream of Pendleton through Echo, Hermiston and Umatilla. A footbridge at Umatilla was damaged by the high flows and erosion.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPendleton$50,000Semi-truck and pickup with camper were flipped over on Interstate 84.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPendleton$15,000Thunderstorm winds toppled an old concrete and wood wall in Pendleton, crushing several cars under the falling debris. Tall trees were also blown down in SE Pendleton.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPendleton$7,000Damage to roof and dozens of large branches downed. Two trees uprooted near the Pendleton High School.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindPendleton$5,000Shingles blown off roof during thunderstorm.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindPendleton$5,000Downed tree branches caused power outage. A 20 foot tall lilac bush was uprooted and shingles were torn off roofs.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPendleton$5,000Umatilla Electric Coop reports trees blown down on power lines in several locations between Pendleton and Nolin.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPendleton$5,000An area of vigorous thunderstorms hit the Pendleton area in mid-afternoon. Trees were blown down and visibility at the airport was reduced to one-quarter mile in blowing dust by winds gusting to 55 mph.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindPendleton$5,000Thunderstorm wind blew sheets of metal roofing off of a gas station at U.S. Highway 30 and Airport Road. No injuries were reported.
February 2000Heavy RainPendleton$4,000Steady rain fell all day and washed mud and other debris on several city streets. Both Coombs Canyon and Adams Roads were briefly closed as maintenance crews unplugged some drains. This rain, which totaled 0.93 inches at the Pendleton Airport, also washed out a section of Wildhorse Road near Weston.
August 2004LightningPendleton$1,000no account filed
May 2011LightningPendleton$500Lightning struck the attic of a residence and blew out the power and sent sheetrock flying off the walls downstairs. The lightning also struck a bathroom vent on the neighbor's house.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPendleton-Measured gust to 64 mph by the ASOS at the Pendleton airport.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindPendleton-Public reported trees snapped or uprooted due to high winds from a thunderstorm.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindPendleton-Downed trees, damage to a home, power lines down, and a barn destroyed.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindPendleton-Gust of 64 mph was measured by the weather station at the Pendleton WFO.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindPendleton-Three foot diameter tree split from high winds, part of the tree fell onto a pickup truck bed.
April 2011Funnel CloudPendleton-Public reported a shaft of rotation along with a wall cloud in a thunderstorm.
April 2010HailPendleton-Dime size hail reported.
May 2000Funnel CloudPendleton-A small funnel cloud that descended a couple hundred feet from a thunderstorm was observed from the National Weather Service forecast office by an off duty forecaster. This funnel lasted for around 15 seconds.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindPendleton-Thunderstorm wind gusted to 59 mph at the Pendleton Airport.
May 1997LightningPendleton-A power pole cought fire and caused power and cable TV outages in southeast Pendleton.
May 2020HailPendleton-no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindPendleton-no account filed
March 2014FloodPendleton-no account filed
August 2004Funnel CloudPendleton-no account filed
May 2000HailPendleton-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Glendale2.7 miles12
Riverside2.7 miles11
Pendair Heights3.1 miles12
Green Meadows3.9 miles10
Rieth4.5 miles12
Fulton4.5 miles11
Mission5.6 miles11
Tutuilla5.8 miles11

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 PendletonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q944507The 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 1125283. 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.