Shaniko, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Antelope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97057. It lies near West Little Pine Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Shaniko quadrangle. 30 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,343 feet above sea level.
On record in Shaniko
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 3 records
Columbia Southern Hotellisted 1979
Imperial Stock Ranch Headquarters Complexlisted 1994
Shaniko Historic Districtlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresShaniko fell from 36 to 30 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 36 | |
| 2020 | 30 | -6 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS The Dalles quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Shaniko quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Condon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Shaniko between 1999 and 2018, burning about 1,977 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 660 acres | Prineville District | 0584 ROOPER |
| 29 August 2011 | Natural | 200 acres | Prineville District | 0710 |
| 2 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | SHANIKO |
| 13 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,051 acres | Prineville District | 0222 |
| 30 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prineville District | 0176 |
| 3 June 2018 | Natural | 15 acres | Prineville District | 0297 |
| 3 June 2018 | Natural | 50 acres | Prineville District | 0296 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Shaniko: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justesen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Justesen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 61.8 Shaniko | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 61.8 Shaniko | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Shaniko Rock Product | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Shaniko Rock Product | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Shaniko Rock Products Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Shaniko Rock Products Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shaniko in 2 storm reports in 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bakeoven | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Criterion (historical) | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Clarno | 16.0 miles | 11 | |
| Dant | 19.3 miles | 12 | |
| East Maupin | 20.7 miles | 14 | |
| Maupin | 21.1 miles | 14 | |
| Wapinitia | 27.8 miles | 13 |
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 Shaniko | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2358660 | 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 1126791. 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.




