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Union, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Union census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97883. The Survey maps it on the Union quadrangle. 2,152 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,791 feet above sea level.

Union within Union County

On record in Union

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 4 records

Population over time

3 figures

Union grew from 1,926 to 2,152 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,926
20102,121+195 (+10%)
20202,152+31 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1994 and 2016, burning about 630 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
20 August 2004Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictSAW MILL
2 August 1994Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictCRAIG MOUNTAIN
14 August 1996Natural410 acresLaGrande DistrictHOG VALLEY
11 July 2001Naturalunder an acreLaGrande DistrictDIPPOLD
29 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined220 acresLaGrande DistrictPHYS POINT
28 May 2016Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersDJ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Union: 21 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Union Station Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
MillerStonePast Producer
Miller PitStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 7 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 flood, 1 strong 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
April 2019FloodUnion$250,000There was widespread flooding of fields and lowlands along the river across Union County. There were at least 5000 acres of agricultural land flooded and numerous roads had damage.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindUnion$1,000High winds accompanying a thunderstorm in Union blew tree branches into power lines, locally knocking out power to residences and businesses.
July 2012HailUnion-Hail accompanied by strong winds and rainfall of .40 inch in 15 minutes.
June 2011Heavy RainUnion-Rainfall of 1.2 inches fell in less than 1 hour.
June 2010HailUnion-Golfball sized hail fell for 5 minutes.
June 2010FloodUnion-Flooding along Little Creek damaged a few homes in Union.
May 1999Strong WindUnion-Gusty south winds from the Pyles Canyon area caused downed power lines and knocked over a large fir tree.
May 1998Heavy RainUnion-0.75 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes with water standing in the streets. Less than 1/4 inch hail.
July 2015HailUnion-no account filed
August 2013HailUnion-no account filed
August 2013HailUnion-no account filed
August 2013HailUnion-no account filed
May 2000HailUnion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Hot Lake5.5 miles12
Cove6.8 miles13
Telocaset7.7 miles13
North Powder12.8 miles12
Island City13.2 miles10
La Grande14.3 miles10
Alicel14.8 miles13
Imbler18.1 miles13

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 UnionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2500566The 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 1128409. 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.