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Prineville, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Prineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97754. It lies near Putnam Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Prineville quadrangle. 10,736 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,868 feet above sea level.

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Prineville within Crook County

On record in Prineville

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 5 records

Population over time

3 figures

Prineville grew from 7,356 to 10,736 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.

YearPeople Change
20007,356
20109,253+1,897 (+26%)
202010,736+1,483 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Prineville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 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
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictMGRATH RD
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acrePrineville UnitSUNSET HILLS
23 August 2002Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictBARNES BT
16 August 2018Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKEYSTONE
7 July 2006Naturalunder an acrePrineville District0418 TUFFTIN
4 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOCHOCO VIEWPOINT 0354
4 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreCrook County Fire & Rescue0343 RS
4 July 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPRINEVILLE FIREWORKS

Every fire recorded in Crook County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Prineville: 24 past producers, 13 producers, 1 unknown. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Bentonite. 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
Crook County Cinder PitPumiceProducer
Oregon Emerald Tuff QuarryVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Barnes ButteMercuryPast Producer1940
Barnes Butte MineMercuryPast Producer1940, 1941
Prineville BentoniteBentonitePast Producer
Prineville BentoniteBentoniteUnknown
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Crook County Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oregon Emerald Tuff QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Crook County

Storms near this place

46 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prineville in 46 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 30 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 3 lightning. 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
June 2006HailPrineville$20,000,000no account filed
August 2019Flash FloodPrineville$15,000House flooded with 4 feet of water in basement. Time estimated from radar.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindPrineville$2,000Six to eight inch diameter tree branches were blown down across power lines causing power outage to southwest part of Prineville.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPrineville$1,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPrineville$100no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPrineville-Thirty foot tall tree blown down.
August 2019HailPrineville-Hail covering the ground with standing water on some flood prone roadways.
July 2012HailPrineville-Hail accompanied by wind gust to 40 mph.
June 2009Heavy RainPrineville-Water covering the road at the entrance to Prineville due to heavy rainfall.
July 2009HailPrineville-Hail 3/4 inch to 1 inch fell for 15 minutes.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindPrineville-Two inch diameter tree limbs blown down. Tree limb 1 foot in diameter also blown down.
July 2008HailPrineville-Hail size between dime and quarter size.
July 2006HailPrineville-Quarter sized hail producing dents in car.
August 1999HailPrineville-Wind gusts up to 27 mph and frequent lightning accompanied this storm
May 1998HailPrineville-Thunderstorms moved through Crook County with strong wind, hail, and heavy rain. In the town of Post, 0.70 inches of rain fell in 50 minutes with 1/3 inch hail and wind gusts to 30 mph. In Prineville, 1/4 to 1 inch hail covered the ground to a depth of one inch in places, up to 1.15 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes, and the wind gusted to 60 mph. The road from Post to Prineville had rock and mud slides on it.
May 1998HailPrineville-A thunderstorm produced up to 1 inch hail, heavy rain, and wind gusts to between 50 and 60 mph. 1/2 inch hail covered the ground to a depth of one inch. 1.13 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes. Highway 26 east of Prineville had mud slides on it.
May 1998Heavy RainPrineville-Two inches of rain fell in 24 hours.
April 1998LightningPrineville-A thunderstorm moved through Deschutes, Crook, and Wheeler counties. Lightning caused a power pole to catch fire 3 miles northeast of Prineville. One quarter to one half inch hail covered the ground in eight miles north of Bend. Five eighths inch hail and 30 mph wind were reported in the town of Post. Heavy rain, strong wind, and pea-sized hail were reported in the town of Fossil. The storm moved through the town of Spray with heavy rain and strong wind gusting to 40-50 mph.
May 1998Heavy RainPrineville-A spotter reported 0.75 inches of rain in twenty minutes. Another spotter reported wind gusts to 45 mph with this thunderstorm.
June 1998Heavy RainPrineville-Spotters in Prineville reported up to two inches of rain in 20 minutes, hail up to 1/2 inch, and wind gusts to 30 mph.
July 1998Heavy RainPrineville-Close to one inch of rain fell in half an hour causing local flooding. Highway 126 had water over it.
July 1998HailPrineville-A spotter 15 miles north of Prineville reported 3/4 inch hail and a heavy downpour that lasted 45 minutes. Allen Creek over flowed its banks. Some roads were washed out.
August 1997HailPrineville-A weather spotter at Prineville Resevoir State Park reported dime sized hail and up to an inch of rain in 30 minutes. Another spotter three miles north of Prineville Resevoir reported marble sized hail.
July 1997LightningPrineville-A lightning strike touched off a one and a half acre fire on a residential hillside in Prineville. Homeowners were able to fight the fire with garden hoses. No homes were damaged.
August 1997HailPrineville-Weather spotters reported hail between .5 and .75 of an inch...covering the ground in places. One spotter reported 0.70 of an inch of rain in twenty minutes.
July 2014HailPrineville-no account filed
August 2013HailPrineville-no account filed
July 2012HailPrineville-no account filed
July 2009HailPrineville-no account filed
July 2009HailPrineville-no account filed
July 2008HailPrineville-no account filed
August 2008HailPrineville-no account filed
August 2008HailPrineville-no account filed
August 2008HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
July 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
July 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindPrineville-no account filed
June 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2006HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2004HailPrineville-no account filed
June 2004Flash FloodPrineville-no account filed
August 2000LightningPrineville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crook 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
Juniper Canyon8.9 miles9
Powell Butte10.3 miles16
Forest Crossing13.5 miles15
Roberts17.0 miles11
Post20.6 miles11
Paulina47.6 miles14
Suplee63.4 miles14

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 PrinevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q330678The 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 1154317. 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.