Richland, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eagle Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97870. It lies near Eagle Valley. The Survey maps it on the Richland quadrangle. 165 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,231 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresRichland grew from 147 to 165 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 147 | |
| 2010 | 156 | +9 (+6%) |
| 2020 | 165 | +9 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1915 USGS Pine quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Halfway quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Baker quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Richland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Richland between 1993 and 2020, burning about 54,268 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2016 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Vale District | RUTH |
| 3 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Vale District | RICHLAND D |
| 29 August 2013 | Natural | 77 acres | Vale District | POWDER RIVER |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | 307 acres | Vale District | IMMIGRANT |
| 13 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | RICHLAND |
| 10 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 297 acres | Vale District | DRY GULCH |
| 23 July 2006 | Natural | 53,547 acres | Vale District | FOSTER GULCH |
| 11 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | POWDER POP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Richland: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mp 47.6 Baker/Copper | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Claus Sass Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Richland Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Richland Deposit | Diatomite | Unknown | ||
| Mp 47.6 Baker/Copper | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Snake River | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Snake River Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richland in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2010: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Richland | $10,000 | Baker County Sheriffs office reported 3 feet of water over State Highway 86 near Eagle Creek and a nearby rancher reported 4 feet of water in his fields. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Richland | - | A thunderstorm produced penny sized hail and estimated 60 MPH winds gusts. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Richland | - | Mud slide across Hwy 86....see narrative for Idaho this date. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richland | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richland | - | 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.
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 Richland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2739134 | 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 1148423. 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.





