Summerville, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Elgin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97876. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Summerville quadrangle. 119 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,703 feet above sea level.
On record in Summerville
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 1 record
Dry Creek Schoollisted 2000
Population over time
3 figuresSummerville grew from 117 to 119 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 | 117 | |
| 2010 | 135 | +18 (+15%) |
| 2020 | 119 | -16 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Summerville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS La Grande quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Summerville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Summerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | LaGrande District | PUMPKIN RIDGE |
| 13 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | LaGrande District | CRAIG LOOP |
| 8 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | LaGrande District | COFFIN #1 |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | NICE |
| 5 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | NINE MILE |
| 30 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | WIRE FIRE |
| 3 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | LaGrande District | SMITH CREEK |
| 29 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | GRANDVIEW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Summerville: 17 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lough | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Wagner Well | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| West Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Elgin Rock Production | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lough Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| West Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Elgin Rock Production | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summerville in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2016: 5 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summerville | $100,000 | Witnesses described a sudden microburst damaged two locations west of Summerville. A large tree crashed through one house, while the residents were not at home. Another downed tree took out a power line and damaged the roof. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Summerville | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Summerville | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Summerville | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Summerville | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Summerville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imbler | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Alicel | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Valley (historical) | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Elgin | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Island City | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Elk Flat (historical) | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| La Grande | 12.2 miles | 10 | |
| Perry | 13.0 miles | 10 |
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 Summerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2446832 | 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 1150602. 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.




