Sunriver, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sisters-Millican census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97707. The Survey maps it on the Benham Falls quadrangle. 2,023 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,164 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSunriver grew from 1,393 to 2,023 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 | 1,393 | |
| 2020 | 2,023 | +630 (+45%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1931 USGS Newberry Crater quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Newberry Crater quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Benham Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Crescent quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS La Pine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
336 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 336 fires within 5 miles of Sunriver between 1992 and 2020, burning about 467 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 106 |
| Natural | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Smoking | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HERMOSA 0866 |
| 6 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 0849 NW |
| 6 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 0522 |
| 6 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 803 |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LAVA FIRE 0912 |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | COIDC 0770 |
| 5 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Deschutes National Forest | 796 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Sunriver: 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Butte Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Abbott Butte Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Sunriver Properties | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sunriver Properties Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sunriver Properties | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sunriver Properties | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunriver in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Hail | Sunriver | - | Broadcast media partner reported estimated 1 inch hail fell 6 miles SW of Deschutes River Woods at 1738 PDT. A Public report of hail up to 0.88 inches fell 5 miles NNE of Three Rivers. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Sunriver | - | Also trees down in Sunriver. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Sunriver | - | At Lava Lake Resort. |
| July 2001 | Flood | Sunriver | - | A heavy slow moving thunderstorm dumped one inch of rain in one hour over Sunriver. Many roads became awash when runoff overwhelmed the town's drainage ditches. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Sunriver | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Sunriver | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sunriver | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Deschutes River Woods | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| Bend | 13.7 miles | 19 | |
| La Pine | 15.1 miles | 16 | |
| Tumalo | 19.2 miles | 16 | |
| Elk Lake | 20.6 miles | 18 | |
| Deschutes | 21.2 miles | 16 | |
| Alfalfa | 26.0 miles | 15 |
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 Sunriver | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459533 | 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 1167062. 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.







