Veneta, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Badger Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97487. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Veneta quadrangle. 5,214 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 418 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresVeneta grew from 2,755 to 5,214 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 | 2,755 | |
| 2010 | 4,561 | +1,806 (+66%) |
| 2020 | 5,214 | +653 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1909 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Elmira SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Veneta quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Veneta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2004 | Other causes | under an acre | Western Lane District | PARADISE ROAD |
| 9 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Western Lane District | PALL MALL RIDGE |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Western Lane District | ACADEMY SAW DUST |
| 7 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FISHER FIRE |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Western Lane District | FALCON ROAD FIRE |
| 3 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CANTRELL #4 |
| 3 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Western Lane District | PERKINS ROAD FIRE |
| 3 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Western Lane District | GOOD MORNING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Veneta: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmira Clay | Clay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Butte | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Butte Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Parker Ranch | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Veneta in 1 storm report in 2002: 1 wildfire. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Wildfire | Veneta | 4 hurt | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmira | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Fern Ridge Shores | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Crow | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Vaughn | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Noti | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hadleyville | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Wolf Creek | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Alvadore | 7.1 miles | 17 |
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 Veneta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2293763 | 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 1136867. 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.












