Redmond, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Redmond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97756. The Survey maps it on the Redmond quadrangle. 33,274 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,077 feet above sea level.
On record in Redmond
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 7 records
First Presbyterian Church of Redmondlisted 2001
New Redmond Hotellisted 1980
Milton Odem Houselisted 1997
Petersen Rock Gardenlisted 2013
Pilot Butte Canal: Downtown Redmond Segment Historic Districtlisted 2017- Redmond Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2017
- Norman and Frances Swanson Houselisted 2022
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1926 USGS Bend quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Bend quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Redmond quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Redmond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Redmond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Prineville District | 1151 |
| 9 September 2001 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Prineville District | ANTLER AVE |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 1109 |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | TWIN LK RD |
| 24 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prineville District | 0608 |
| 21 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Prineville District | HWY 126 |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | SILT POND1 |
| 17 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | E.ANTLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Redmond: 21 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Airport Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| City of Redmond Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| City of Redmond Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Dunn Pit and Plant | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| E. A. Moore Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Helmholtz Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Helmholtz Pit | Pumice | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redmond in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 8 hail, 2 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redmond | $200,000 | A powerful storm moved through the Deschutes County Fair injuring at least four people, flipping a large tent, and lifting an inflated laser tag game into a tree. A 40-by-40-foot tent flipped over and struck two people with 2 to 3 inch pipes, one went to the hospital. Two young men were playing in a 900 pound laser tag "bag" when a gust of wind picked up the balloon-like structure, with the men inside, and threw them into a tree. One of the young men received a bloody nose. The owner of the laser tag game estimated equipment losses as high as 100,000 dollars. Vendors' displays also were blown over and merchandise was damaged. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Redmond | $25,000 | Lightning struck a home in Redmond damaging a portion of the roof. Other lightning strikes nearby caused power outages to around 2000 people throughout the towns of Bend and Sisters. |
| April 2003 | Dust Devil | Redmond | $10,000 | A strong dust devil blew a piece of metal roofing into power lines at a local furniture store. The dust devil tore through Umatilla Park and Sports Complex, destroying five baseball dugouts. Sagebrush and papers were reported to the height of power poles, and power was locally lost for three hours. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Redmond | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Redmond | $500 | Hail cracked car windshield. Heavy rainfall produced local flooding. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Redmond | - | Social Media Report of 1.25in hail that fell just NE of Redmond, OR at 1630L. Time estimate based off radar. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Redmond | - | Reports came in from social media that the right lane of Hwy 97 in Redmond was under water. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Redmond | - | Penny sized hail covered the ground. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Redmond | - | Rainfall rates of 1/4 inch in 5 minutes with a total of 1.30 inches. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Redmond | - | Accompanied by heavy rainfall. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Redmond | - | Large hail reported at Redmond Police Department. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Redmond | - | Hail accompanied by strong winds, heavy rainfall, and street floooding. |
| August 2007 | Heavy Rain | Redmond | - | Heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds and large hail caused street flooding. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redmond | - | Several branches 2-3 inches in diameter downed at cemetary. |
| August 1998 | Lightning | Redmond | - | A lightning strike knocked out communication and computer systems at the Redmond City Hall and Police Department. Phone lines were repaired on the night of August 20, however some of the computer components were still down a week later. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Redmond | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Redmond | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cline Falls (historical) | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Terrebonne | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Lower Bridge (historical) | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Deschutes | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Tumalo | 11.9 miles | 16 | |
| Cloverdale | 14.8 miles | 17 | |
| Alfalfa | 15.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bend | 16.6 miles | 19 |
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 Redmond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1650600 | 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 1125912. 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.







