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Weston, Oregon

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Weston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97886. It stands on Hay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Athena quadrangle. 706 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Weston within Umatilla County

On record in Weston

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

15 figures

Weston grew from 446 to 706 between 1880 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
1880446
1890568+122 (+27%)
1900626+58 (+10%)
1910499-127 (-20%)
1920595+96 (+19%)
1930384-211 (-35%)
1940498+114 (+30%)
1950679+181 (+36%)
1960783+104 (+15%)
1970660-123 (-16%)
1980719+59 (+9%)
1990606-113 (-16%)
2000717+111 (+18%)
2010667-50 (-7%)
2020706+39 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

1,862 words

1 chapter about Weston 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)1,862 words

Fires near this place

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Weston between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,895 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 burning9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPOWER POLE
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePendleton UnitHWY 204 MP 2.5
27 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acrePendleton UnitPINE CREEK ROAD
24 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresPendleton UnitLITTLE DRY CREEK
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUmatilla National Forestnot named
9 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined241 acresUmatilla AgencyKIRK ROAD
8 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUmatilla AgencyRAINVILLE
7 August 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresPendleton UnitSLEEPY GROVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Umatilla County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Weston: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Blue Mtn StationStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Blue Mtn StationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Weston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Umatilla County

Storms near this place

5 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weston in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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
August 2001Thunderstorm WindWeston$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and many large branches, knocking out electricity for around 8 hours. Several residents reported broken windows due to flying debris.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWeston-Thunderstorm wind gust to 62 mph with sustained winds of 24 mph at the same time.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWeston-Tree downed onto vehicle from thunderstorm winds.
July 2001HailWeston-Along with nickle sized hail, wind gusts of 65 mph were reported at the same time 2 miles away in Pine Creek Canyon.
May 2005Funnel CloudWeston-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
Athena3.5 miles8
Adams8.0 miles10
Waterman8.1 miles10
Milton-Freewater8.4 miles8
Gibbon8.5 miles9
Cobb9.9 miles8
Sunnyside10.3 miles8
Crockett11.1 miles8

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 WestonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2503196The 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 1128919. 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.