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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.

Redmond within Deschutes County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

130 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony12
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrineville District1151
9 September 2001Fireworks1.0 acresPrineville DistrictANTLER AVE
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePrineville District1109
4 September 2000Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictTWIN LK RD
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePrineville District0608
21 September 2001Smokingunder an acrePrineville DistrictHWY 126
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictSILT POND1
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePrineville DistrictE.ANTLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Deschutes County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Airport QuarryStonePast Producer
Airport QuarryStonePast Producer
ClayClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
City of Redmond PitPumiceProducer
City of Redmond PitPumicePast Producer
Dunn Pit and PlantPumicePast Producer
E. A. Moore PitPumiceProducer
Helmholtz PitPumicePast Producer
Helmholtz PitPumiceProducer

Every working recorded in Deschutes County

Storms near this place

17 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1998Thunderstorm WindRedmond$200,000A 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 1999LightningRedmond$25,000Lightning 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 2003Dust DevilRedmond$10,000A 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 2000Flash FloodRedmond$10,000no account filed
August 2008HailRedmond$500Hail cracked car windshield. Heavy rainfall produced local flooding.
May 2023HailRedmond-Social Media Report of 1.25in hail that fell just NE of Redmond, OR at 1630L. Time estimate based off radar.
May 2015Flash FloodRedmond-Reports came in from social media that the right lane of Hwy 97 in Redmond was under water.
April 2010HailRedmond-Penny sized hail covered the ground.
June 2009Heavy RainRedmond-Rainfall rates of 1/4 inch in 5 minutes with a total of 1.30 inches.
June 2009HailRedmond-Accompanied by heavy rainfall.
August 2008HailRedmond-Large hail reported at Redmond Police Department.
August 2007HailRedmond-Hail accompanied by strong winds, heavy rainfall, and street floooding.
August 2007Heavy RainRedmond-Heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds and large hail caused street flooding.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindRedmond-Several branches 2-3 inches in diameter downed at cemetary.
August 1998LightningRedmond-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 2009HailRedmond-no account filed
July 2000HailRedmond-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Deschutes 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
Cline Falls (historical)4.5 miles16
Terrebonne5.5 miles16
Lower Bridge (historical)8.7 miles16
Deschutes9.1 miles16
Tumalo11.9 miles16
Cloverdale14.8 miles17
Alfalfa15.8 miles15
Bend16.6 miles19

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 RedmondAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1650600The 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.