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.
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
Abel E. Eaton Houselisted 1977
W. J. Townley Houselisted 1980
Union Main Street Historic Districtlisted 1997- Methodist Episcopal Church of Unionlisted 2025
Population over time
3 figuresUnion 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,926 | |
| 2010 | 2,121 | +195 (+10%) |
| 2020 | 2,152 | +31 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1906 USGS Telocaset quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Union quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Union quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | SAW MILL |
| 2 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | CRAIG MOUNTAIN |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | 410 acres | LaGrande District | HOG VALLEY |
| 11 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | DIPPOLD |
| 29 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 acres | LaGrande District | PHYS POINT |
| 28 May 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DJ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Station Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Miller | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Union | $250,000 | There 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | $1,000 | High winds accompanying a thunderstorm in Union blew tree branches into power lines, locally knocking out power to residences and businesses. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Union | - | Hail accompanied by strong winds and rainfall of .40 inch in 15 minutes. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Union | - | Rainfall of 1.2 inches fell in less than 1 hour. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Union | - | Golfball sized hail fell for 5 minutes. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Union | - | Flooding along Little Creek damaged a few homes in Union. |
| May 1999 | Strong Wind | Union | - | Gusty south winds from the Pyles Canyon area caused downed power lines and knocked over a large fir tree. |
| May 1998 | Heavy Rain | Union | - | 0.75 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes with water standing in the streets. Less than 1/4 inch hail. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Union | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Lake | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cove | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Telocaset | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| North Powder | 12.8 miles | 12 | |
| Island City | 13.2 miles | 10 | |
| La Grande | 14.3 miles | 10 | |
| Alicel | 14.8 miles | 13 | |
| Imbler | 18.1 miles | 13 |
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 Union | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2500566 | 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 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.





