Unity, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hereford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97884. It lies near Sagebrush Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Unity quadrangle. 40 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,040 feet above sea level.
On record in Unity
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 1 record
Unity Ranger Stationlisted 1986
Population over time
3 figuresUnity fell from 131 to 40 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 | 131 | |
| 2010 | 71 | -60 (-46%) |
| 2020 | 40 | -31 (-44%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1908 USGS Ironside Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Canyon City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Unity quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS John Day quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Unity between 1992 and 2020, burning about 312 acres in total. 18 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Baker Unit | DITCH FIRE |
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | 17 acres | Baker Unit | HISSING DOG |
| 27 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Vale District | UNITY DMP |
| 1 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Vale District | BIG CR |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Baker Unit | BUCK MTN. |
| 6 August 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest | POLE CREEK |
| 24 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.9 acres | Baker Unit | RESERVOIR |
| 19 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Baker Unit | EAST CAMP CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Unity: 11 past producers, 6 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Run Creek Placers | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Record | Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Silver | Producer | Vein | |
| Record Mine | Gold, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Thomason and Schwayder | Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold | Producer | Chrysocolla, Molybdenite | |
| Thomason and Schwayoer | Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bull Run | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Bull Run Creek Placers | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Dern Property | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Dern Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1941 | |
| Diatomite Occurrences | Diatomite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Unity in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 wildfire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Unity | - | Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall moved across parts of Southwest Baker County causing flash flooding and debris flow on burn scars southwest of Unity along the South Fork of the Burnt River, and along Highway 245 from northeast of Unity to around 5 miles south of the intersection with Highway 7. Weather observations from around the area reported up to one and a half inches of rain over a period of about one hour. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Unity | - | Mud slide across Hwy 26 north of Unity...see narrative for Idaho this date. |
| August 2002 | Wildfire | Unity | - | The Monument Rock Fire was started by lightning on July 12th and spread to cover over 24,000 acres before being contained on August 9th. Table Rock Lookout was evacuated and all recreational roads into the area were closed. Cost of fighting the fire totaled $7.5 million when it was combined with the Malheur Complex Fire on August 9th. The Monument-Malheur Complex Fire was contained on August 19th. The combined fire covered over 44,000 acres. The total cost of fighting the combined fire was $30.7 million. No structures were lost. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Unity | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Unity | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audrey (historical) | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hereford | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Whitney (historical) | 16.2 miles | 13 | |
| Carroll (historical) | 17.1 miles | 13 | |
| McEwen | 18.8 miles | 13 | |
| Parkersville (historical) | 21.2 miles | 14 | |
| Sumpter | 21.3 miles | 13 | |
| Auburn (historical) | 22.3 miles | 16 |
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 Unity | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458935 | 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 1151657. 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.




