Tumalo, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Tumalo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97703. It lies near Laidlaw Butte. The Survey maps it on the Tumalo quadrangle. 558 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,189 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTumalo grew from 488 to 558 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 | 488 | |
| 2020 | 558 | +70 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1926 USGS Bend quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Bend quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Tumalo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Tumalo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 45 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 | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Bend Fire Department | 0831 RS |
| 23 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Sisters Unit | MT. WASHINGTON |
| 22 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 774 COUCH MARKET |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sisters Unit | COLUMBIA SOUTHERN |
| 11 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bend Fire Department | 0897 BENN |
| 1 September 2020 | Other causes | under an acre | Bend Fire Department | 0825 NW |
| 8 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROCK SPRINGS RD 0423 |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prineville District | 0612 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 60 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Tumalo: 34 past producers, 25 producers, 1 unknown. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel-Pumice Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Deschutes Ready Mix | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Deschutes Ready Mix Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Long Butte | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wil-Ho Contruction Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cascade Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Cascade Pit/Graystone Corp.#1 | Pumice | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tumalo in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 7 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 2001 | Lightning | Tumalo | $100,000 | Lightning from a thunderstorm during the afternoon of the 19th sparked a fire that later destroyed a house and its contents. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Tumalo | $6,000 | Media reported that mud and water entered the back of several businesses in Tumalo due to localized very heavy rainfall. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Tumalo | - | Hail covered the roadway with up to 3 inches of hail depth in some areas. Largest stone was the size of a quarter. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tumalo | - | Large hail accompanied by heavy rainfall. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tumalo | - | Thunderstorm winds downed tree across Gift Road near Highway 97. |
| August 1999 | Flood | Tumalo | - | Heavy rain flooded an intersection to a depth of 12 inches on Highway 20 south of Tumalo |
| June 1998 | Hail | Tumalo | - | Spotters in the Tumalo area reported one inch hail and wind gusts to 30 mph. |
| September 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Tumalo | - | A tornado briefly touched down in the Eagle Crest Resort along Cline Falls Highway north of Bend. Some juniper trees were blown down, fences rolled up, and about 10 acres of hay were ripped up. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Tumalo | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Tumalo | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tumalo | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Tumalo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deschutes | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bend | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cline Falls (historical) | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Deschutes River Woods | 11.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cloverdale | 11.7 miles | 17 | |
| Redmond | 11.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lower Bridge (historical) | 14.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sisters | 15.1 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 Tumalo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7852476 | 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 1128291. 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.






