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.
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
Isham Saling Houselisted 1976
Winn Barnlisted 2011- Weston Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1982
- Weston Schoollisted 2011
Population over time
15 figuresWeston 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 446 | |
| 1890 | 568 | +122 (+27%) |
| 1900 | 626 | +58 (+10%) |
| 1910 | 499 | -127 (-20%) |
| 1920 | 595 | +96 (+19%) |
| 1930 | 384 | -211 (-35%) |
| 1940 | 498 | +114 (+30%) |
| 1950 | 679 | +181 (+36%) |
| 1960 | 783 | +104 (+15%) |
| 1970 | 660 | -123 (-16%) |
| 1980 | 719 | +59 (+9%) |
| 1990 | 606 | -113 (-16%) |
| 2000 | 717 | +111 (+18%) |
| 2010 | 667 | -50 (-7%) |
| 2020 | 706 | +39 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Athena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:100000
What the histories say of this town
1,862 words1 chapter about Weston from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Count | Historic 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 1994Regional 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 burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | POWER POLE |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | HWY 204 MP 2.5 |
| 27 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pendleton Unit | PINE CREEK ROAD |
| 24 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Pendleton Unit | LITTLE DRY CREEK |
| 16 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Umatilla National Forest | not named |
| 9 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 241 acres | Umatilla Agency | KIRK ROAD |
| 8 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | RAINVILLE |
| 7 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Pendleton Unit | SLEEPY GROVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mtn Station | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Blue Mtn Station | 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 | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Weston Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Weston Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weston | $10,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weston | - | Thunderstorm wind gust to 62 mph with sustained winds of 24 mph at the same time. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weston | - | Tree downed onto vehicle from thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Weston | - | Along with nickle sized hail, wind gusts of 65 mph were reported at the same time 2 miles away in Pine Creek Canyon. |
| May 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Weston | - | 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.
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 Weston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2503196 | 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 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.



