BlockFrom the record
One of 31 National Register listings published here for Wasco County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Shaniko Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- Address. US 97 and OR 218, Shaniko, 97057
- When was it listed? March 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Antelope
- National Register reference number. 82003754 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Shaniko Historic District between 1999 and 2018, burning about 1,977 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 660 acres | Prineville District | 0584 ROOPER |
| 29 August 2011 | Natural | 200 acres | Prineville District | 0710 |
| 2 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | SHANIKO |
| 13 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,051 acres | Prineville District | 0222 |
| 30 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Prineville District | 0176 |
| 3 June 2018 | Natural | 15 acres | Prineville District | 0297 |
| 3 June 2018 | Natural | 50 acres | Prineville District | 0296 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Shaniko Historic District: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justesen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Justesen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 61.8 Shaniko | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Mp 61.8 Shaniko | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Shaniko Rock Product | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Shaniko Rock Product | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Shaniko Rock Products Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Shaniko Rock Products Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shaniko, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports in 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Columbia Southern Hotel | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Antelope School | 6.4 miles | 2016 |
 | Imperial Stock Ranch Headquarters Complex | 6.8 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82003754 in Record Group 79. |
| Wasco County | All 31 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.