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Umatilla, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hermiston-Umatilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97882. It stands on Umatilla River. The Survey maps it on the Umatilla quadrangle. 7,363 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Umatilla within Umatilla County

Population over time

16 figures

Umatilla grew from 150 to 7,363 between 1870 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.

YearPeople Change
1870150
1880149-1 (-1%)
1890118-31 (-21%)
1900127+9 (+8%)
1910198+71 (+56%)
1920390+192 (+97%)
1930345-45 (-12%)
1940370+25 (+7%)
1950883+513 (+139%)
1960617-266 (-30%)
1970679+62 (+10%)
19803,199+2,520 (+371%)
19903,046-153 (-5%)
20004,978+1,932 (+63%)
20106,906+1,928 (+39%)
20207,363+457 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

What the histories say of this town

9,348 words

1 chapter about Umatilla from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield CountHistoric Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon (1882)9,348 words

Fires near this place

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Umatilla between 1996 and 2020, burning about 6,417 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 August 2020Arson/incendiarism18 acresSpokane DistrictMCNARY
28 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresUmatilla National Wildlife RefugeUMATILLA RIVER
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVale DistrictLAUBACK 2
20 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreVale DistrictPICKUP
17 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresVale DistrictLAUBACK
16 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMid Columbia National Wildlife Refuge ComplexMARINA FIRE
5 July 2001Fireworks400 acresSpokane DistrictSILLUTUS
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBenton County Fire DistrictsTRUMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Umatilla County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Umatilla: 38 past producers, 11 producers, 1 occurrence. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Berrian Island PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Bensel Road QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Bensel Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Umatilla County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Umatilla in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Thunderstorm WindUmatilla-Trees and powerlines down. Roof damage reported.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindUmatilla-Trained spotter measured a wind gust of 66 mph.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindUmatilla-Numerous trees and power lines down. A camper and carport were tossed into the air and destroyed.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindUmatilla-Oregon Port of Entry reported a thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindUmatilla-no account filed
April 2012Thunderstorm WindUmatilla-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindUmatilla-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindUmatilla-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Umatilla County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Power City2.1 miles15
McNary2.8 miles15
Charlestown3.1 miles15
Hermiston6.0 miles15
Hinkle8.5 miles15
Bucks Corners9.1 miles15
Ordnance (historical)9.2 miles13
Cold Springs9.8 miles14

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 UmatillaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2862516The 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 1128399. 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.