Ukiah, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Pilot Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97880. It stands on Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ukiah quadrangle. 159 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
5 figuresUkiah fell from 249 to 159 between 1980 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 249 | |
| 1990 | 250 | +1 (+0%) |
| 2000 | 255 | +5 (+2%) |
| 2010 | 186 | -69 (-27%) |
| 2020 | 159 | -27 (-15%) |
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
- 1967 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS La Grande quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Ukiah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,198 acres in total. 50 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2006 | Natural | 2.2 acres | Pendleton Unit | CHAPMAN |
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | PINE CREEK |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | HUGHES FIRE |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 9.2 acres | Pendleton Unit | RANDALL CANYON |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 7.5 acres | Pendleton Unit | WILKINS CREEK |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | CAMAS |
| 24 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CAMAS CREEK ROAD |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ALBEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Ukiah: 7 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Leverenz | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Leverenz Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mp 52.1 Pendleton/Jd | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 52.1 Pendleton/Jd | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ukiah in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 13 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Ukiah | $10,000 | A levy along Camas Creek in Ukiah was damaged with flooding of several outbuildings on properties in Ukiah, several homes were surrounded with water. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ukiah | $1,000 | Power line down due to strong wind. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ukiah | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Ukiah | - | Hail stones up to the diameter of 1.5 inches was reported near the Drift Fence Campground. The same thunderstorm had also produced 1 inch sized hail in the neighboring Grant county. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Ukiah | - | The most significant flooding was reported in Pilot Rock along Birch Creek where some homes were flooded. Minor flood was reported along McKay Creek in Pendleton due to outflow from the Dam. Flooding was also reported in and around Ukiah. The Umatilla at Gibbon and Pendleton both reached flood stage cresting at 8.3 and 12.4 feet respectively. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Ukiah | - | The hail also contributed to a truck running off the road into Camas Creek, three miles south of Ukiah. No injuries were reported from the accident. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Ukiah | - | Hail up to the size of nickels covered the ground at the Winom Creek Campground, which is located in the Blue Mountains at an elevation of 5500 feet. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Ukiah | - | Lightning started a large fire in the Bridge Creek Wilderness area 7 miles south of Ukiah. This fire, which burned over 9000 acres of protected elk habitat, was finally contained on the 22 of August, after having forced several residents from their homes on the west side of Camas Creek. It also briefly threatened the town of Ukiah. State Highway 395, the main artery between Ukiah and John Day, was closed from the 15th to the 23rd due to dense smoke and firefighting efforts. |
| September 1998 | Heavy Rain | Ukiah | - | 0.75 inches of rain fell in 20 to 25 minutes. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Ukiah | - | A weather spotter reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Ukiah | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Ukiah | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Ukiah | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Ukiah | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ukiah | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Ukiah | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ukiah | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ukiah | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Ukiah | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Ukiah | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Ukiah | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Ukiah | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albee (historical) | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Hidaway Springs | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gurdane | 13.0 miles | 7 | |
| Lehman Springs | 14.4 miles | 10 | |
| Nye | 22.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pilot Rock | 24.7 miles | 8 | |
| McKay | 30.3 miles | 9 | |
| Green Meadows | 34.0 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 Ukiah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q991224 | 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 1151630. 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.




