BlockFrom the record
One of 21 National Register listings published here for Union County · listed in 2021 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Oregon Trail: La Grande to Hilgard Segment
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
The listing
- Address. Hilgard Quadrangle, T3S R37E Secs. 10, 11, 12; T3S R38E Sec. 7 (South of I 84 between La Grande and Hilgard), La Grande, 97850
- When was it listed? June 2021
- Category. district
- Also known as. The Oregon Trail, Oregon, 1840 to 1880 MPS
- Census division. La Grande
- National Register reference number. 100006679 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Oregon Trail: La Grande to Hilgard Segment between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 1 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 | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROBS HILL |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 16 acres | LaGrande District | ELK SONG |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | PEACH CREEK I |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | FREEWAY |
| 2 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | LaGrande District | PREDATOR |
| 2 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | LaGrande District | GLASS HILL |
| 13 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | LaGrande District | PARTY |
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | LaGrande District | W. FORK SHEEP CR. |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Oregon Trail: La Grande to Hilgard Segment: 13 past producers, 8 producers, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Grande | PGE | Occurrence | ||
| La Grande Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| La Grande Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Beaver | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Beaver Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
32 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Grande, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 lightning, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grande | 1 hurt, $300,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grande | $30,000 | Strong winds associated with a thunderstorm knocked a ponderosa pine tree onto a four-year-old manufactured home. Two large tree limbs punched through a bedroom ceiling next to a bed, the bathroom, and a back TV room. The property damage from this event is estimated at $30,000. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | La Grande | $20,000 | Lightning struck a house in La Grande, completely blowing out all the electrical and telephone outlets. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | La Grande | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grande | $2,000 | A thunderstorm moved northeast through LaGrande toppling trees, snapping limbs, and downing power lines. Hail and heavy rainfall with the storm dropped visibility to near zero, causing minor street flooding and a bicycle-vehicle accident which injured bicycle rider. A baseball game in the Babe Ruth State Tournament was stopped for two hours. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grande | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced pea sized hail, blew down trees, and knocked out power to residents. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grande | $50 | Two inch diameter tree limbs downed. |
| August 2022 | Hail | La Grande | - | A social media report from Facebook report from La Grande, OR indicated that hailstones larger than a quarter and up to the size of 1.5 inches had fallen around 2:50pm on the 11th. Further upstream, a trained spotter 1 mile southeast of Imbler, OR reported hailstones up to 1.25 inches. A measured wind gust to 60 mph occurred at the La Grande Airport. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grande | - | Four inch and larger diameter tree branches down at the baseball field in La Grande due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2012 | Hail | La Grande | - | Dime to golfball sized hail reported. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | La Grande | - | Rainfall of 1.61 inches fell in 1.5 hours. |
| June 2010 | Hail | La Grande | - | Hail accompanied by 40-50 mph winds. Spotter also observed a wall cloud about 5 miles south of LaGrande. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | La Grande | - | A power pole was struck and 120 residents lost power for 35 minutes. |
| May 2004 | Heavy Rain | La Grande | - | A portion of Morgan Lake Road washed out as excess run-off caused the shoulder to drop away, bending the guard rail out from the road. The property damage from this event is estimated at $5,000. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grande | - | Numerous trees were reported down north and west of La Grande. |
| July 2002 | Hail | La Grande | - | In addition to the hail, strong wind gusts caused numerous minor power outages in the Grande Ronde Valley according to Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative. |
| September 1998 | Lightning | La Grande | - | Lightning truck a tree in the Hillcrest Cemetery. The bolt cut all the bark off one side of the tree in an eight inch strip from the top of the tree to the ground. The strip of bark and wood landed on the ground at a right angle. Some pieces of bark and wood came to rest 100 feet away. |
| May 1998 | Hail | La Grande | - | Hail up to 1 1/4 inches fell in the La Grande area. Up to 0.52 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes. Hail was still on the ground two hours later along a seven mile stretch of I-84 west of La Grande. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | La Grande | - | A sudden downpour caused flooding in southeast La Grande. Two creeks overflowed their banks closing several streets for nearly three hours. At least two houses had flood damage. Sand bags were used to try to keep water away from houses. |
| July 1998 | Heavy Rain | La Grande | - | Up to 1.50 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes. 0.25 inches of rain fell in only two minutes. Wind gusts to 50 mph were also reported. The result was a flooded underpass and several inches of water flowing along La Grande streets. Eight hundred to a thousand residents had power outages for several hours. The storm nearly wiped out crops in a 1 1/2 to 2 mile wide by 6 to 7 mile long strip between Island City and Cove. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grande | - | A tree limb blown into a power substation tripped a braker leaving 1,950 customers without power for just over an hour. |
| June 2019 | Hail | La Grande | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | La Grande | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | La Grande | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Funnel Cloud | La Grande | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Funnel Cloud | La Grande | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | La Grande | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | La Grande | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | La Grande | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Lightning | La Grande | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Grande | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Funnel Cloud | La Grande | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | August J. Stange House | 2.0 miles | 1996 |
 | La Grande Neighborhood Club | 2.4 miles | 1988 |
 | U.S. Post Office and Federal Building | 2.4 miles | 1979 |
 | Anthony-Buckley House | 2.5 miles | 1985 |
 | John Anthony House | 2.5 miles | 1988 |
 | Liberty Theater | 2.5 miles | 1999 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006679 in Record Group 79. |
| Union County | All 21 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.