Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“The Morrow County Courthouse is a building in Heppner in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built in 1902-03, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.”
Wikipedia article Morrow County Courthouse (Oregon), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Morrow County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Morrow County Courthouse: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heppner, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 6 hail, 4 heavy rain, 3 flash flood, 2 flood. 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 2000 | Lightning | Heppner | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Heppner | $94,000 | One to two inches of rainfall within 1 hour caused flash flooding in the Heppner and Lexington areas. Roads were inundated. A home, two basements, and a garage were flooded. Sandbags were used to protect homes and businesses. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Heppner | $70,000 | Flash flooding on Hinton and Willow Creeks damaged roads, bridges, and the Morrow County Fairgrounds. The Heppner elementary school was evacuated as a precaution. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Heppner | $3,000 | Two feet of water inside a residence due to heavy rain forced four adults and a child to leave their house on the 54200 Block of Highway 74 in Heppner. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Heppner | $2,000 | Flooding along Hinton Creek took place on April 9th and 10th. The fairgrounds in Heppner were flooded as well as fields along the creek above Heppner. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heppner | - | Pear tree had several limbs broken off. |
| April 2012 | Heavy Rain | Heppner | - | Three quarters of an inch of rainfall fell in a 35 minute period. |
| April 2012 | Flash Flood | Heppner | - | Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding in several areas of Heppner, including residences, the elementary school, sewage treatment plant, city shop, a bank, and the newspaper office. Roadways were also flooded and debris cleanup had to ensue in 10 spots. |
| April 2012 | Heavy Rain | Heppner | - | Rainfall of 1.23 inches was reported in a 1 hour period. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Heppner | - | Hail dented vehicles, broke windshields and caused some roof damage. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Heppner | - | Shobe Canyon mesonet station reported 1.1 inches of rainfall in 1 hour. |
| April 1998 | Heavy Rain | Heppner | - | Three tenths to one half inch of rain fell in 20 minutes from Heppner to Ione with wind gusts to 40 mph. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Heppner | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Heppner | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Heppner | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Heppner | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Heppner | - | no account filed |
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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Heppner Hotel | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Gilliam and Bisbee Building | 0.2 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85000366 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Morrow County | All 5 listed properties in this county. |
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