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Perry, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the La Grande census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97850. It stands on Robbs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hilgard quadrangle. It stands 2,897 feet above sea level.

Perry within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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.

Fires near this place

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Perry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony29
Natural17
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1

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 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National Forest5 POINTS
7 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROBS HILL
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestPYRAMID
4 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestTIE SPRING
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictPEACH CREEK I
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictFREEWAY
2 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLaGrande DistrictPREDATOR
2 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLaGrande DistrictROCKY FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Perry: 10 past producers, 7 producers, 2 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum. 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
La GrandePGEOccurrence
La Grande PitSand and Gravel, Construction, PlatinumOccurrenceSand and Gravel
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
La Grande PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Dry BeaverStonePast Producer
Dry Beaver PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mp 258 Old Oregon TrailStonePast Producer
Mp 258 Old Oregon TrailStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

7 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perry in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 3 hail, 3 flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2011HailPerry1 hurt, $200Campers at Morgan Lake reported quarter sized hail that destroyed tents and then afterward, winds gusting to 70 mph blew them over. Hail completely covered the ground. One of the campers received minor injuries from the hail.
May 2011FloodPerry$2,000,000Heavy rainfall on above average snow pack produced record flood stage of 7.7 feet on the Grande Ronde River at Perry. Additional flooding occurred on Little Creek, Wolf Creek, Ladd Creek, and Catherine Creek. Flooding impacted 12 thousand acres of crops and dozens of homes and businesses. Twenty-county roads and state roads were covered including Highway 204 west of LaGrande. Flooding also occurred at Hilgard and Red Bridge State Parks west of LaGrande.
February 2020FloodPerry$750,000There was moderate flooding along the Grande Ronde River from near Hilgard Junction through La Grande and Island City and Imbler to Elgin. In addition, the rapid snowmelt and heavy rain cause widespread flooding along a number of small streams and creeks with water over roads and filling fields. Highways 237 and 244 were closed due to flooding and plugged culverts due to rock slides. Damage was estimated at 750,777 dollars. Grande Ronde near Perry - Flood stage is 6.6 feet. The river rose above flood stage on February 6th at 245 pm, crested at 8.54 feet on Feb 7th at 1 am, then fell below flood stage on February 8 at 1245 am. There was moderate flooding along the Grande Ronde River from near Hilgard Junction through La Grande and Island City and Imbler to Elgin.
August 2021HailPerry-Spotter UN-114 relayed a report of ping pong sized hail east just east of La Grande, OR.
May 2020FloodPerry-Highway 237 near MP19 closed due to high water. Grande Ronde River near Perry flooded, cresting 8.3 feet at 1130 pm on 5/20/20. Flood stage is 6.6 feet.
July 2012HailPerry-Hail size ranged from quarter to less than golf ball.
July 2002LightningPerry-Lightning knocked out power to 100 residents in the Perry and Hilgard areas.

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Hilgard3.3 miles10
La Grande4.5 miles10
Island City6.5 miles10
Alicel10.6 miles13
Summerville13.0 miles10
Hot Lake13.2 miles12
Imbler13.3 miles13
Starkey16.3 miles9

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 PerryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7169698The 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 1136624. 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.