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Crook County, Oregon
NATURAL
RESOURCE
ATLAS
HUMAN
ECONOMIC
PUBLIC
May 1973
Oregon State University Extension Service.
Prepared by Ron Scharback, Research Assistant,
Under the supervision of: Robert 0. Coppedge,
Extension Economist, and Russell C. Youmans,
Extension Resource Economist,
Department of Agricultural Economics
For sale by the Extension Business Office, Extension Hall 118,
Oregon State Un]verslty, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
$2 50 per copy
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Contents
Page
General Description
Physical Aspects
Climate
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Soils
5
8
Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
Land Ownership
Land Use
Agricultural Land
Forest Land
Water
10
11
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13
15
Water-based Recreation.................21
Minerals
Wildlife
22
22
Human Resources
Population
Employment
Income
Education
Health and Vital Statistics
Public Welfare
Housing
27
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41
47
49
The County's Economy
Agriculture
Logging and Wood Products
Mining - Mineral and Metal Industries
Outdoor Recreation
Business
51
51
57
59
60
64
Public Services
Transportation
Communication
Library Facilities
Utilities
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Public Finance.
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Selected List of Agencies
Selected Bibliography
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Crook County encompasses an area of 1,907,200 acres and ranks 12th
among counties in area
The county is situated in the geographical center
of Oregon. Crook County lies on the broad, high plateau of this'part of
the state.
Crook County is located in the center of the state, east of the Cascades.
The county is bounded on the west by Deschutes County, on the north by
Jefferson and Wheeler Counties, on the east by Grant and Harney Counties, and
on the south by the panhandle of Deschutes County.
Ninety-six percent of
The county seat, Prineville,
the county lies within the Deschutes River Basin.
is 148 miles east of Salem, 147 miles south of Portland, and 145 miles east
of Eugene.
Certain sections of the county have rugged terrain. The northern boundary
contains portions of the Blue Mountains and Ochoco Mountains, and in the
The Crooked River and its
center of the county lies the Maury Mountains
tributaries have cut deep jagged canyons over the years.
The county has a semi-arid climate with low stream flows in the summer
months and high flooding stream flows in the later winter and spring months
The county varies in the amount of precipitation; in general, it increases
with elevation.
Normally, the air movement over Crook County is from the
west, and is mostly marine in origin. Frost has been recorded every month
in Crook County.
Settlement of the county began in the 1800's. The agricultural history
of the county is one of grazing and livestock.
It is now geared to livestock
Small grains, mint, and
and production of alfalfa hay and pasture land.
potatoes are important cash crops.
About 49.4 percent of Crook County is privately owned and 50.6 percent
is publicly owned.
Crook County was formed from Wasco County in 1882 and named for Major
Prineville, the county seat, was founded
General George Crook, U.S. Army.
in 1868
Powell Butte, Post, and Pauline are other communities
A brief summary of the major facts for the county are noted on the
next page. 1/
1/
Oregon State Executive Department,
Oregon Blue Beok, 1971-72, January
Center for Population Research and
and Incorporated Cities of Oregon,
Clay Meyers, Secretary of State,
1971
Census, Population Estimates of Counties
Portland State University, July 1972.
Area:
2,982 square miles
1,907,200 acres
Elevation at Prineville:
Population:
2,868 feet
10,610
True Cash Value:
(1972)
$88,615,691
(1971)
Average Temperature:
Summer - 60.2
Winter - 34.5
County Seat:
Principal Industries:
Lumbering, Agriculture,
Mining, Recreation
Prineville
PHYSICAL ASPECTS
The geology of Crook County consists mainly of layers of sedimentary
formations of lava flows
The rocks are mainly rhyolites, andesites, and
basalts.
In general, rhyolites and andesites are older than basalts. The
Crook River probably flowed through basalt, and after cutting the basalt,
it gained the soft beds beneath the surface layer and widened its canyon into
the now formed valleys around Prineville.
In some areas where lava flows have filled depressions, the Crooked
River has cut deep narrow canyons
The City of Prineville lies at the head
of an alluvial plain formed by the Crooked River.
The county lies on the high plateau in the center section of the state.
The surface relief presents a well-marked contrast.
It ranges from nearly
level, featureless surfaces of the desert valleys, where elevation is near
4,000 feet, to rugged snowclad summits of the Ochocos
The county presents
a series of peaks and ridges.
The county may be classed in two groups--hills or mountains and plateaus
due to upheaval, and hills or mountains produced by eruptions
The second
class is the best example
The plateaus near Prineville were produced by
upheaval
Its surface has been trenched by streams that form deep canyons
Climate
The climate of Crook County is semi-arid, with cool nights throughout
the year and preLipitation falling during the winter
The air mass movement
over the county is in a westerly direction and is marine in origin, but,
because of the Coast Range and Cascades, much of the moisture is given up
before it reaches Crook County
As the elevation rises, the precipitation
increases when going over the Ochoco Mountains
The average annual precipitation for the county varies from 8 inches
on the Deschutes plateau to more than 19 inches in the high valleys used
for agriculture. Half of the precipitation falls between the months of
October through February. Thunderstorms produce a substantial amount of
this.
During the winter, much of the precipitation is in the form of snow
in the higher valleys.
Extremes in temperatures have a range of -35°F. at Prineville to 119°F.
Freezing temperatures can be expected in any month out of the year.
Table 1.
Temperature and Precipitation, Crook County, By Months 197].
Station
Jan.
Feb.
Mar. Apr.
May
June
July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.
Dec.
Ann.
25.4
44.9
Average
Temperature
degrees Farenheit
Barnes Station
Ochoco R.S
Paul ma
Prineville 4NW
Rager R.S
33.1 34.0
27.lm 29.6m 30.4
30.7
33.8 36.1
34.1 35.8 37.5
29.8 33.lm 33.4
31.1
41.6
40.2m
43.1
43.3
42.3m
55.0 66.1
47.6m 5l.4m 62.2
53.3 55.9 65.4
52.3 56.9 66.4
52.2 55.2m 66.9
50.7
68.8
65.9
69.2
67.8
70.6
51.9
50.1
52.8
52.8
53.8
.03
.52
.73
43.7
44.7m
43.9
45.1
44.5
37.0
33.9m 23.2
37.1
39.1
26.3
31.7
42. 2m
45.6
46.9
36.7m 25.6m 45.3m
Average
Precipitation
inches
Barnes Station
Ochoco R.S
Paulina
Prineville 4NW
Rager R.S
1.59
.28
2.79 1.59
1.57
.53
2.21e
.47
3.l2e
.62
1.19
1.31
1.07
.92
1.80
.85
.69
.58
.22
.73
1.11
1.67
1.16
1.34
1.03
.43
1.24
.56
.48
1.14
.62
.75
.55
.24
.53
.49
.11
.65
1.81
.84 l.l5e 1.70e 3.90
.89
1.53 1.64
.49
1.61 1.49
.51
.73
.73 1.02 2.22 3.22e
.56
1.77
10.97
18.15
11.06
lO.33e
16.81e
m - One or more days is missing; if average value is entered, less than 10 days recording
is missing.
e - Amount is wholly or partially estimated.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Environmental Data Service, Climatolo:ical Data Annual Summar
1971 Vol. 77,
No. 13.
Table 2.
Freeze Temperature Data,
Crook
County, Spring and Fall, 1971
Last date in spring-First date in fall; minimum of:
Station
16°F.
20"F.
24°F.
28°F.
32°F.
3/18-10/21
4/12-9/18
5/17-9/17
5/30-9/7
6/29-7/3
4/12-10/17
3/18-10/21
4/24-10/17
4/12-10/14
4/12-9/17
5/17-10/14
5/20-9/21
5/17-9/7
5 /17-9/18
6/28-9/7
6/29-7/3
5/30-9/14
6/29-7/3
6/29-7/3
6/29-7/7
3/19-10/28
5/17-10/21
5/17-10/14
5/30-9/17
6/29-7/3
or below
Barnes Station..
Ochoco Ranger
Station
Paulina
Prinevifle 4NW
Rager Ranger
Station
SOURCE:
Table 3.
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data Service, Climatological Data, Annual
Summary, l97l Vol. 77, No. 13.
Mean Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures,
Station
No. of
Years
Jan.
Feb. Mar. A
June Jul
Crook
County, 1951-1961
Au
Oct. Nov. Dec. Ann.
Mean Daily
Maximum Temp.
degrees Farenheit
Ochoco R.S... Pe' 8 35.1 40.2 45.3 55.7 63.5 70.9 82.1 79.5 75.5
34.2 39.8 46.4 56.1 64.5 70.7 82.1 80.6 75.1
60.2 44.9 38.0 57.6
60.8 44.6 37.5 57.7
10 41.9 47.0 51.6 61.1 67.6 73.7 85.0 81.6 77.1
62 41.9 46.7 53.8 62.2 69.2 75.4 85.6 84.2 76.4
65.1 52.0 44.9 62.4
66.4 53.4 44.2 63.3
Re'21
Prinevilie
4NW
Per
Rec
Mean Daily
Minimum Temp.
degrees Farenheit
Ochoco R.S...
Prineville
4NW
Per
Rec
8 14.7 18.3 20.2 25.9 31.6 36.0 39.2 37.6 33.9
21 14.2 19.2 22.2 27.1 32.6 36.7 40.8 38.8 35.2
29.2 22.2 18.6 27.3
30.4 24.1 19.9 28.4
Per
Rec
10 21.6 25.4 25.3 28.4 36.0 40.0 41.5 33.8 35.1
62 20.1 24.1 26.2 29.7 35.3 40.1 43.4 41.1 35.6
29.5 24.0 22.7 30.7
29.8 25.8 22.2 31.1
1/
Per indicates the period or number of years the data were gathered.
Rec is the number of records or how many times the data were gathered at the station
SOURCE:
U S Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of U S Climate,
Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No. 86-31, 1965.
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Soils
The Crook County soil survey, issured February 1966 by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, covers the Prineville area only. The Prineville area lies
between the Cascade Range and the Ochoco Mountains. It has an area covering
275 square miles. The area is drained by the Crooked River, Ochoco, McKay,
Lytle, Johnson, and Mill Creeks.
There are nine soil associations in the survey area. A soil association
is a general soil area containing two or more soils in a pattern that is characteristic although not strictly uniform. The soil associations are described
in the following paragraphs.
The Polly-Veazie-ontko association occurs in narrow valleys of Mill Creek,
upper McKay Creek, and above the Ochoco Reservoir on the Ochoco Creek. It
covers about 3 percent of the soil survey area.
Polly soils constitute 35 percent of the association. It covers areas
like alluvial fans above the flood plain and below the steep uplands.
The
Polly soil has a slope from 0 to 20 percent.
The Veazie soils are well drained, are on nearly level flood plain, and
cover 35 percent of the association. The Ontko soils are very poorly drained,
are on nearly level flood plain, and occupy 20 percent of the association.
The last two soils are flooded for short periods of time during the spring.
Ten percent of the association contains well drained Steiger sandy loam
and other alluvial soils.
The characteristic color of the Polly soils are dark-gray or grayishbrown. The soil has a loam to a sandy loam surface layer, which is gravelly
or stony in places. The Veazie surface layer is dark-gray loani to gravelly
sandy loam.
The Ontko soils have a black neutral clay loam or clay surface.
Growth on this soil is hindered by the water table in the substratum that
varies from 18 to 36 inches. The Steiger soils contain sandy loam that is
an ashy, pumiceous type soil. It has a surface soil with a color of grayishbrown.
This association is irrigated and is used for hay crops and summer
pasture land.
Small grains are also grown on the association. Potatoes
are not well suited to the association because of the moistness and frost
hazard.
The Powder-Boyce-Metolius association is located on nearly level flood
plain and low benches along the Crooked River and its tributaries
The association amounts to 11 percent of the survey area.
Approximately 35 percent of the association is well drained Powder soils,
15 percent poorly drained Boyce soils, and 20 percent well drained pumiceous
Metolius soils
The remaining soils are made up of Crooked, Riverwash, and
Stearns and Forester soils. Crooked soils are mainly sodic or alkali in
nature.
The Powder soils are very deep and loamy and have a sub-surface of sand
and gravel.
Boyce soils are in depressional areas below Powder soils and
are mottled. Metolius soils have a characteristic color of light brownishgray sandy loam.
These soils have a depth of six feet or more.
The Crooked
soils derived from pumice have a light brownish-gray loamy sand that is very
strongly alkaline.
This association is used for irrigated crops, primarily hay and pasture.
The well drained soils like Metolius and Powder are used for potatoes and
other row crops.
The rest of the soils are not suited for row cropping because
of alkali and imperfect drainage. The Crooked and Forester soils could be
made suitable for alfalfa with practices used to reduce alkali content. The
City of Prineville is located on this association.
The Ochoco-Prineville-Courtrock association encompasses 11 percent of
the Prineville area. It occurs in four separate areas north of lower Ochoco
Creek and the Crooked River.
It is located on a nearly level to gently
sloping terrace. Above this terrace lie broad alluvial fans.
Percentage-wise, 40 percent is well drained Ochoco soils, 35 percent
well drained Prineville soils, and 10 percent Courtrock soils. The remaining
is Ayres and Slayton soils.
The first two soils occur on terraces and terrace escarpments. The
Ochoco soils have a light brownish-gray to grayish-brown loamy sand surface
layer, and a gravelly sub-surface. The only difference between Ochoco and
Prirteville soils is that the Prineville soil has a fine sandy loam subsoil.
The Courtrock soils lie on alluvial fans, are light brownish-gray, and do
not have a hardpan.
The farms located on this association are diversified and irrigated.
Beef and potatoes are the main enterprises .on this association.
These soils
are among the most productive in the area.
The Deschutes-Redmond-Bakeoven association is located on the basaltic
plateau west and south of the Crooked River and westward to the Deschutes
County line.
It encompasses 30 percent of the survey area. The Dry River
flows through the major section of these soils.
Some areas are located
around Powell Butte
It has gentle relief in most places
However, in some
areas it is broken by small mounds or knolls of basalt.
The Deschutes soils cover 45 percent of the association, Redmond 25
percent, Bakeoven 20 percent, and the rest is divided among Rock land, Rock
outcrop, and Swartz silt loam.
Deschutes soils are light brownish-gray sandy barns with a substratum
of bedrock
Redmond soils are grayish-brown pumice soils with a clay loam
subsoil
Bakeoven is derived from basalt and is grayish-brown in color
This soil is very stony. Rock land soils are very rocky Deschutes or Bakeoven soils.
Swartz soils are located in basins and are poorly drained.
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The majority of the acreage
rest being irrigated. The crops
that are not excessively stony.
are the chief practices.
Nearly
of this association is rangeland, with the
are grown on Deschutes and Redmond soils
Cattle, beef, dairy products and potatoes
all the area west of Dry River is range
land.
The Ayres-Ochoco-Deschutes
area and is located at the foot
an elevation of more than 5,000
alluvial fans have a slope from
located in this area.
association contains 11 percent of the survey
of Powell Buttes. This association rises to
feet and is derived from rhyolite. The
0 to 12 percent. No perennial streams are
Ranking in percent is as follows:
70 percent Ayres and Ochoco soils,
25 percent Deschutes soils, which is deep soil over hardpan.
The remaining
soils are Searles and Bakeoven.
Ayres soils have a light brownish-gray sandy loam surface layer that is
gravelly or stony in many places.
Deschutes are light brownish-gray, pumiceous sandy barns. Ochoco soils are similar to Ayres soils but are 20 to 36
inches deep to hardpan.
Searles soils are derived from bedrock and are light
brownish-gray to grayish-brown in color.
Bakeoven are stony soils derived
from basalt bedrock.
Much of the land is not irrigated.
That which is irrigated is used for
potatoes, hay, and for pasture land. Yields are generally good.
The Searles-Elmore association occurs on the Powell Buttes, northwest
of Prineville around Barnes Butte.
It covers 4 percent of the survey area.
Sixty percent of this area is Searles soils, 20 percent Elmore -- very
strong loam, Rock land 15 percent, and Ayres and Ochoco the remaining.
Searles soils have a surface layer of brownish-gray to grayish-brown
stony loam.
This soil lies mainly on south-facing slopes.
Elmore soil
has a grayish-brown surface layer.
This soil is on north-facing slopes.
Nearly all the association is used for pasture land.
used for dairy farming.
Some land is
The Gem-Lookout-Agency association makes up 19 percent of the survey
area.
It has steep to very steep topography with some areas having milder
slopes.
Drainage is good.
Percentage-wise, 20 percent is Gem soils, 25 percent Lookout soils, and
20 percent Agency soils.
Rock Land and Bakeoven cover another 20 percent.
The remaining is made up of Salisbury, Deschutes, Redmond, and Day clay soils.
Gem soils are grayish-brown loam, with underlaying basalt bedrock. Lookout soils are bight brownish-gray loam, very stony and derived from basalt.
Agency soils are also very stony, loam color. The soil also is undeflain
with bedrock.
Small areas of this association are dry-farmed, mainly to rye.
most of the land is only suitable to rangeland.
However,
The Searles-Slayton association is located on upland areas, above Courtrock, Ochoco, and Prineville soils, on alluvial fan terraces. Most of it is
hilly underlain by bedrock
It occupies 4 percent of the survey area
Searles
soils make up 35 percent of the area, Slayton 20 percent, Gem 10 percent,
Rockland 10 percent. The rest is Lamonta and Polly soils.
The stony Searles soils are light brownish-gray to grayish-brown sandy
loam, with a subsoil of clay loam.
Stayton series is a light brownish-gray
sandy loam in color and a sandy loam subsbil. Lamonta soils are located on
alluvial fans and have a light brownish-gray surface layer.
Most of this association is used for pasture and rartgeland.
The Ayres-Ochoco-Bakeoven-Deschutes association occupies 7 percent of
the Prineville area. The slope varies from 0 to 6 percent and is underlain
with basalt. Drainage is not prominent.
Percentage is as follows: 60 percent Ayres and Ochoco soils, 15 percent
Bakeoven soils, 15 percent Deschutes soils, and the remaining consists of
Redmond and Agency soils.
Ayres soils are light brownish-gray surface and a gravelly sub-surface.
Ochoco soils are the same as Ayres except hardpan occurs at a depth of 20
to 36 inches. Bakeoven soils are very stony, underlain with bedrock; Deschutes
soils are pumiceous in nature.
Nearly all the association is used for rangeland and could be irrigated
if water was availabe.
Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
An interpretive grouping of soils into "Land Capability Classification"
has been developed by the Soil Conservation Service
This grouping shows,
in a general way, how suitable soils are for most kinds of farming
Soil
characteristics such as depth, texture, wetness, slope, erosion hazard, overflow hazard, permeability, structure, reaction, waterholding capacity, inherent fertility, and climatic condtions, as they influence the use and management of land are considered in grouping soils into eight land capability
classes.
These eight classes are designated by Roman numerals. The hazards
and limitations of use of the groups increase as the class number increases.
Class I land has few hazards or limitations, whereas Class VIII land is so
limited that it is unfit for cultivation and grazing
This land can be used
only for recreation, wildlife habitat, or water supply.
The classification can be broken into two divisions:
(1) land in capability classes I through IV is generally suited for cultivation and other
uses; and (2) land in capability classes V through VIII is best suited for
range forestry and wildlife. Land capability classes are sometimes divided
into subclasses to indicate the dominating limitation or hazard, such as
wind or water erosion, wetness or frequent inundation from overflow, soil
limitations, or climatic limitations.
Crook County is divided into two main land capability classes.
In the
northern section, Class VII is predominant
This class is farily well suited
for grazing and forestry.
The southern section is mainly in Class VI, or
moderately well suited for grazing or forestry. The latter class is predominant in the county
Throughout the county lies small patches of Class II,
or good cultivable land
The largest acreage of this class lies around
Prineville, along the Crooked and Ochoco Rivers.
Table 4.
Land Area and Use of Inventory Acreage, Crook County,.l958 & 1967
Acres
Use
1958
1967
Inventory Acreage
Cropland
Pasture
Range
Forest and woodland
Other land
76,030
3.99
86,583
480,030 25.2O
411,960 2./.2.
9,400
145 flQO/
978,220 5'..3
965,586
Federal land
Urban and built-up areas
Water areas
925,602
660
937,236
1,660
718
718
Total non-inventory acres
926,980
939,614
1,905,200
1,905,200
73
Total inventory acres
724,621\
9,382)
Non-Inventory Acreage
Total land area
I
SOURCE:
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1971.
21(
Land Ownership
In this report, land ownership in Crook County is classified as public
lands; federal, state, and county; and private. About 49.5 percent of
Crook County is privately owned
Most of the private land is in farms and
forests
Approximately 49 5 percent of the county is in federal ownership,
of which 42 percent is national forests administered by the U S Forest
Service and is the northern section of the county. Of the remaining land,
52 percent is managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of
Reclamation maintains the rest.
About 1.5 percent is owned by the State of Oregon. About 90 percent
of the state-owned land is administered by the Land Board and the remaining
10 percent is under the Highway Commission management in highway rights-ofway.
Approximately .6 percent of the county is owned by the county and consists
of county and city parks, municipalities and roads rights-of-way.
Table 5.
Inventory of State-Owned Real Property, Crook County, 1970
Agency
Land
Value
Acres
Improv.
Value
Total
Value
$139,770
13,170
$139,781
15,170
Dept. of Forestry
Game Commission..
Division of State
Lands
Highway Division
Parks
Office and Maintenance
25,200.91
413,096
260.99
8,829
43,467
52,296
8 30
3,646
41,121
44,767
Totals
25,476.34
$427,582
$237,528
$665,110
SOURCE
4.14
2.00
11
$
2,000
$480
413,096
$480
Oregon State Lands Division, Legislative Fiscal Committee, Inventory
of State-Owned Real Property, By County, Section VII, January 1970
Table 6.
Land Area in Highways, Streets, and Roads, In Acres, Crook County
Ownership
Crook County
State
State Highways
County Roads
City Streets
1,870
5,040
85
127,500
227,520
24,400
Totals
6,995
379,420
SOURCE:
Annual
Rental
Inctme
Oregon State Department of Revenue and Oregon State Highway Division,
unpublished data.
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Table 7.
Federal Land Ownership, By Agency, Crook County, 1962
Crook County
Agency
State
- acres
Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management
Public Domain
Bureau of Mines .........
National Park Service
Bureau of Reclamation..............
Total federal land
Total land area
Percent in federal ownership
SOURCE:
49.3.,..i9.0
15,001,833
15,937,354
13,299,411
15,960
160,877
173,447
434,792
493,290
47
944,042
1,907,200
49.5
31,916,363
61,641,600
51.8
Carolan, T.B. Jr., Federal Land Oregon, Oregon State University,
1963.
Table 8.
Public Land Ownership, Crook County
Item
Total land area in acres
Public land ownership in acres
Total
Federal
State
Local
Public land ownership by percent
Total
Federal
State
Local
SOURCE:
Crook County
State
1,907,200
61,641,600
983,795
944,042
28,274
11,479
34,370,499
31,916,368
1,774,636
679,500
51.6
49.5
1.5
55.8
51.8
.6
2.9
1.1
Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources for
Development, 1964
Land Use
Land use in the county is primarily devoted to agriculture or forestry.
The development of recreational areas has led to a secondary usage of forest
About 4 percent of the county is agricultural land and is usually
lands
The agriculture is intensified-type
located near a source of water supply
farming
Approximately 27 percent of the county is forest land in the
Ochoco National Forest
This is located in the northern section of the
county
The remaining land is non-productive land, or 70 percent
Table 9.
Land Use, Crook County, l94
Use
Crook County
State
- percent - - - Urban
Industrial
Military
Intensive agriculture
Dryland farming
Forests
Parks
Conservation
Grazing
Non-productive land
.05
16
10
26 37
6 52
3 33
44 84
--70.12
2 25
41.50
3 46
.32
----
Total land area
SOURCE:
.49
100.00
.49
100.00
Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources for
Development, 1964.
Agricultural Land
The land base for agriculture consists of 974,252 acres. This area is
proportioned into cropland, wooded land, etc
The major uses of the cropland
are for the production of small grains, hay crops, and grass seed
Livestock
of various species occupy the pasture lands.
Table 10.
Land In Farms, Crook County, 1969
Item
Acres
Total land area
Proportion in farms
Acres in farms
Total cropland
Cropland harvested
Cropland pasture
All other cropland 1/
Woodland
All other land 2/
2/
1,904,000
100.00
51.20
974,252
100.00
10.90
106,473 /
51,806
47 ,925
6,742
-73,592
:-794,l87
Irrigated land
1/
Percent
81.50
68,287
Cropland used for soil improvement crops, crop failure, cUltivated summer
fallow and idle cropland
All other land includes house lots, barn lots, ponds, roads, waste land,
etc.
SOURCE
U S Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U S Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
12 -
Forest Land
Ponderosa pine is the predominant wood species in Crook County
remaining species are Douglas fir, larch, and white fir
The
Most of the commercial forests In Crook County are located in the
Ochoco National Forest and Maury Mountains
Climate and topography have divided the county into three principal
vegetation zones
The northeastern one-quarter and the Maury Mountains
area make up the conifer forest zone
This area has been classified as
commercial forest zone
The western two-fifths of Crook County is in a western juniper woodland
The stands are generally sparsely stocked and consist of low quality
This area has been classified
timber suitable for fence posts and fuel wood
as non-commercial torest land and contains 529,000 acres
zone
The nonforest zone lies in the southeastern section of the county.
contains mainly sage brush and desert flats
It
About 18 percent of the forest land In Crook County is privately owned.
About 82 percent, or 344,000
This is 77,000 acres of commercial forest land
The majority of this was in
acres in 1964, was under federal ownership
the Ochoco Nationai Forest and is administered by the U S Forest Service
No data were available in 1964 for ownership by the county or the State of
Oregon.
The major uses of forest land in Crook County are for production of
crops of commercial timber, outdoor recreation, and watershed protection
Other uses for wildlife habitat and grazing are also important
The national forest land is managed under the "Multiple Use-Sustained
Yield" concept
This means the management of the forest and related areas
in a manner that will conserve the basic land resource itself while at the
same time producing high-level sustained yields of water, timber, recreation,
wildlife, and forage in the combination that will best meet the needs of
the American people
On many private holdings the only management is that related to the
harvesting of mature timber while on the other private holdings considerable
attention is giveu to measures that will maximize the continuous production
of timber
Tree farming is gaining acceptance in the county
There was an estimated 421,000 acres of commercial forest land in Crook
County in 1964
Commercial forest land is forest land that Is (a) producing,
or is physically capable of producing, useable crops of wood, (b) economically
available, now or prospectively, for timber harvest, and (c) not withdrawn
from timber harvest.
In 1964, the U.S. Forest Service estimated there were 529,000 acres of
non-commercial forest land in Crook County
Non-commercial forest land is
physically incapable of producing useable crops of wood or is reserved, that
is withdrawn, from timber harvest through statute, ordinance, or administrative
order.
Table 11.
Forest Acreage Statistics, Ownership and Use, Crook County, 1964
Acres
I tern
Land
Total land
Forest land
Commercial
Noncommercial
Productive (reserved)
Non-productive
Nonforest land
Ownership
Commercial forest land
Private
State
County
Federally owned or managed.......
Bureau of Land Management
National forest.....
SOURCE:
Percent
l,90J,QQO
950,0O0
421,000
529,000
100.00
50.00
22.00
28 00
529,000
957,000
28 00
50.00
421,000
77,000
100.00
18.00
344,000
11,000
333,000
82.00
3.00
79.00
U.S. Forest Service, Forest statistics publications for various
Oregon regions, Resource Bulletin PNW-24, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station.
Table 12.
Volume of Live Sawtimber on Commercial Forest Land, By Species,
Crook County, 1965
Species
Total commercial sawtimber
Softwoods....
Douglas fir.....
Grand fir
White fir
Lodgepole pine...
Ponderosa pine
Englemann spruce
Western larch
Hardwoods
Black cottonwood and aspen
Million Board Ft.-
Percent
4,551
4,548
569
100
100
13
3
308
7
7
3,490
77
2
169
3
3
3
1/ Scribner Log Rule
SOURCE
U S Forest Service, Forest statistics publications for various
Oregon regions, Resource Bulletin PNW-24, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station
- 14 -
1/
Water -
Surface drainage for Crook County is carried outby the Crooked River
and its tributaries. The chief tributaries of the Crooked River are the
North and South Forks of Crooked River.
The headwaters for the Crooked
River lie in the eastern part of the county.
The Crooked River drains into the Deschutes River in Deschutes County.
The Upper Crooked River drains 2,200 miles, with the Lower Crooked draining
960 miles.
The two major river basins within the county are the Upper and Lower
Crooked Rivers
The northern boundary of the Upper Crooked is the Ochoco
Mountains; the eastern boundary is formed by the divide between Beaver Creek
and South Fork of the John Day River; the southern boundary is the dry
plateaus between Crooked River South Fork; and the western boundary runs
near Hoffman Dam and north into the Ochoco Mountains.
The northern boundary of the Lower Crooked River goes from. the Ochoco
west between Willow Creek and the Crooked River. The western boundary runs
along the plateaus between Deschutes main stem and the Dry River. The
southern boundary runs along the plateau between Summer Lake and Goose Lake.
The east boundary is formed by the divide between Dry River and Bear Creek.
Annual yield of surface water is the net yield, or quantity of water
leaving a drainage area during the hydrologic, or water year, which extends
from October 1 of one year to September 30 of the following year
Net
yield is the precipitation on the area minus evaporation, transpiration,
and net underground percolation.
The annual yield for Ochoco Creek, below Ochoco Reservoir, averaged
18,570 acre-feet for the years 1920 to 1958.
This creek has a drainage area
of 300 square miles. The average annual yield of Crooked River is 202,200
acre-feet.
The peak flows in the Crooked River and its tributaries occur in March
and April
Streams in the arid section of the Crooked River have a considerably lower flow in the summer and
comparatively high, flood periods during
the spring runoff. The Crooked River may vary from 8 cfs in August to 5,000
cfs in April.
The Ochoco Reservoir will help to regulate and spur f1od control on.
the Ochoco River. The Prineville Reservoir will regulate the CrOoked River
and control spring flooding in the lower Crooked River Valley.
The Crooked River had a minimum discharge of 0 cfs and a maximum of
8,410 cf.
/ State Water Resources Board, River Basin Reports, 1961.
- 15 -
Table 13.
Minimum Discharge and Yield at Selected Stream Gaging Stations
Water Year
of Minimum
Gaging Station
Minimum
Discharge
Dis charge
Beaver Creek near Paulina
Crooked River above
Hoffman Dam
Crooked River near Post
Ochoco Creek below Ochoco
Reservoir
SOURCE
1946
17,970
920
5,900
894,000
0
1,340
0
1945
State Water Resources Board, Deschutes River Basin, January 1961
Table 14.
Gaging Station Statistics, Crook County, 1966
Drainage Area
in sq. mi.
Station
South fk. Beaver Cr. nr. Paulina
North fk. Beaver Cr. nr. Paulina
Beaver Cr. nr. Paulina.
Crooked River nr. Post
Crooked River ab. Prineville Res.
nr. Post
Crooked River nr. Prineville
Ochoco Cr. above Mill Cr. nr.
Prineville
Mill Cr. nr. Prinevifle
Ochoco Cr. at Elliott Ranch nr.
Prineville
McKay Cr. nr. Prineville
SOURCE:
cfs
Minimum
Yield
Acre-Feet
Gage Datum
in feet MSL
2,160
3,920
3,848.83
3,690
3,461.60
2,400
2,700
3,248.91
3,070.85
95
64.40
450.
200
78.80
3,140
3,190
300
76.60
3,050
3,400
State Water Resources Board, Surface Water Gaging Stations, Oregon,
1968.
- 16 -
Table 15.
Discharge at Selected Gaging Stations, Crook County,
Water Year October 1967 - September 1968
Average
Discharge
Station
cfs
Yield
Acre-Feet
Maximum
Discharge
Minimum
Discharge
cf s
cfs
Crooked River nr.
Prinevi lle
Beaver Cr. nr. Paulina.,
Crooked River nr. Post 1/
Crooked River ab.
Prineville Res. nr.
Post 2/
125.64
15.01
11.30
91,500
10,632
2,045
243
529
23
125.51
59,790
1,860
3.2
1/ Covers only 3 months over period Oct. 1967 to Sept. 1968.
2/
Covers only 8 months over the period Oct. 1967 to Sept. 1968.
SOURCE:
State Water Resources Division, Water Resources Data for Oregon;
Part 1. Surface Water Records, 1968.
Table 16.
Watershed Statistics for Crooked River, Crook County
Crooked River
I tern
Watersheds
Total Delineated
Acres
Total area with floodwater and
sediment damage
Flood prevention
Floodwater and sediment damage
Agricultural
Urban
Erosion damage
Agricultural water management
Drainage
Irrigation
Rural water supply (number)
S. Crooked River
acres ----1,550,700
1,005,200
8,350
5,750
500
350
7,000
0
0
23,000
O
0
2,000
400
0
0
number
Nonagricultural water management
Municipal or industrial
Recreational development
Fish and wildlife development
Water quality management
SOURCE:
2
0
8
2
8
4
4
2
Oregon Conservation Needs Conunittee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation Needs Inventory, U S Soil Conservation Service, 1971
- 17 -
Table 17.
Sub-basin
Summary of Irrigable Lands in the Deschutes Basin
in Crook County by 2020
Gross
Irrigable
Acreage
Lower Crooked
+4,200'
-4,200'
SOURCE:
Net
Irrigable
Acreage
2020
Proj ected
Development
thousands of acres
Upper Crooked
+4,200'
-4,200'
Exclusions
307.3
191.6
21.9
14.0
285.4
177.6
3.0
11.5
203.. 0
24.8
29.6
178.2
2.0
51.0
225.4
l958
State Water Resources Board, Oregon's Long-Range Requirements for
Water, 1969.
The occurrence of groundwater in Crook County is governed principally
by topography, precipitation, and rock permeability. Ground slope determines,
in part, the time surface runoff has to enter the ground, whereas permeability
is the capacity of the rocks to transmit water.
The Upper Crooked River sub-basin has a few wells on record at the
State Engineer's office.
One is at Rager Creek at a depth of 191 feet, and
producing 29 gallons per minute.
In Crooked River South Fork watershed,
one well drilled to a depth of 220 feet produced 1,100 gpm
It was drilled
in unconsolidated volcanic fragments. Another well in this area was drilled
to a depth of 50 feet and produced 3,000 gpm.
In the Lower Deschutes sub-basin, Prineville has had an extensive
groundwater study completed. The area studied was approximately nine miles
long and four miles wide at the widest point.
Unconfined water is found in alluvial gravel material.
Many residents
obtain their supply of water from this. It is recharged through seepage of
streams. More unconfined water may be found in older alluvium benchlands.
Two hundred to three hundred gpm were pumped from 15 wells at Prineville
that were located on this material
Older alluvium is the most important source of combined groundwater
in the area
Some places need no pumps because of its pressure
Groundwater has also been found in consolidated bedrock.
Domes tic water rights include those granted for individual and small
group water supply systems plus campsite, park, and stock watering use
In
rural areas, water for these purposes is obtained mostly from wells and
springs, with the smaller amount taken from springs.
Only 1/40 cfs per 1,000
head of stock is the limit set on Crooked River diversion for irrigation.
- 18 -
Water rights classed as municipal include many held by water districts
as well as by municipalities. Rights for industrial and municipal and
irrigation use are sometimes used interchangeably and industries often are
served by municipal systems.
Water rights for the Upper Crooked River basin are so small it may be
considered as zero
Water rights for municipal purposes in the Lower
Crooked River basin are 5 cfs for surface water and 6 cfs for groundwater.
Pacific Power and Light hold the groundwater rights that are used for
the municipal water supply of the City of Prineville
Chlorination is the
only treatment necessary.
A highly extensive irrigation system exists in the area of Prineville.
This land is included in the Crooked River Project of the Bureau of Land
Management.
Irrigation in this region is highly dependent on storage projects
because of low rainfall. Because of low stream flow and low rainfall during
the summer, water for irrigation falls short in the summer months. The
Prineville Reservoir will help this situation by adding a supplemental supply
of water to 10,220 acres, and will bring 9,990 acres of new land under
irrigation.
Irrigation rights in the Lower Crooked River basin total 703 cfs for
the irrigation of 47,040 acres from the surface water and 12 cfs for the
irrigation of 1,404 acres from groundwater
The Ochoco Irrigation District
is one of the largest groups in this area
The Ochoco district presently
irrigates 8,200 acres.
Almost all the water rights in the Upper. Crooked are for irrigation.
Surface water rights total 590 cfs for irrigation of 45,502 acres; 22 cfs
for irrigation, and 1,854 acres of groundwater rights
The majority of the surface water rights are located on Beaver, Camp,
and Twelvemile Creeks, the North and South Forks of the Crooked River, and
the main stem of the Crooked River. However, irrigation is limited because
of lack of storage reservoirs and pattern of stream flow.
There are no major industrial uses of water in the Upper Crooked River
sub-basin. The largest use of water for industrial purposes is in sawmills.
Water requirements for use in lumber and wood products manufacturing include
water for fire protection, hydrolic barkers, log ponds, and processing.
The law in Crook County prohibits the discharge of wastes into any stream
unless it has been treated and disinfected. The predominant method of disposing of wastes is by discharge of untreated or treated wastes underground
through sink holes and seepage pits.
As of 1960, there was only one public sewer system in the county. It
is serving the 3,500 residents of Prineville but is designed for 5,000 people
It is a lagoon-type system and the overflow enters the Crooked River.
Crook County has no operating power plants in its boundaries at this
time.
The power is imported into the county from different sources in the
state.
- 19 -
The following table gives the surface water rights for the Lower and
Upper Crooked River.
Table 18.
Surface Water Rights, Lower and Upper Crooked River, 1961
Use and Stream
Cf s
I
Total Rights
LOWER CROOKED RIVER
Domestic
Crooked River
Dry Creek
Dry River
Ochoco Creek
Total
1.4
.2
.1
.2
1.9
Irrigation
Crooked River
Dry Creek
Dry River
Johnson Creek
Lytle Creek
Marks Creek
McKay Creek
Mill Creek
Ochoco Creek
Total
276.2
11.6
23.9
5.7
6.3
4.9
48.9
16.0
309.1
Municipal
Crooked River
Total
5.0
702.6
5.0
Power
Crooked River
Total
1,947
1,947
Grand Total
2,656.5
UPPER CROOKED RIVER
Domestic
Beaver Creek
Camp Creek
Crooked River
Horse Heaven Creek
Johnson Creek
Little Bear Creek
South Fork Beaver Creek
South Fork Crooked River
Twelvemile Creek
Total
.1
.1
.1
.1
.2
.1
.2
1.1
- 20 -
Table 18, cont.
Surface Water Rights, Lower and Upper Crooked River, 1961
Use and Stream
Total Rights
Cf s
UPPER CROOKED RIVER, cont.
Irrigation
Allen Creek
Bear Creek
Beaver Creek
Bulger Creek
Camp Creek
Crooked River
Grindstone Creek
Horse Heaven Creek
Johnsen Creek
Little Bear Creek
Lost and Sheep Creeks
Lucky Creek
North Fork Beaver Creek
North Fork Crooked River
Paulina Creek
Petersen Creek
South Fork Beaver Creek
South Fork Crooked River
Swamp Creek
Twelvemile Creek
Wolf Creek
Total
17.5
15.1
51.0
1.1
43.2
75.0
18.8
8.2
147.3
4.2
8.2
1.7
12.8
35.8
29.7
7.9
19.6
56.9
2.4
21.7
12.4
590.5
Municipal
Johnsen Creek
Total
.1
.1
Grand Total
SOURCE:
591.7
State Water Resources Board, Deschutes River Basin, January 1961.
Water-based Recreation
Water plays an important part in the overall recreation picture. The
Ochoco Reservoir is used for public boating, swimming, etc, and has a surface area of 1,080 acres. The largest natural lake is Marge Lake with an
area of 35 acres.
There are many reservoirs located in the county.
One of the largest is
the Prineville Reservoir
It has a surface area of 3,010 acres
Water needs for wildlife vary according to species and are met in most
cases from streams, lakes, and marsh areas
- 21 -
The county at one time supported substantial runs of anadromous fish,
but numbers have decreased greatly in the last 35 years. The number of
anadromous fish is not well known in the county.
It is thought that some
enter the stream system and spawn in McKay and Ochoco Creeks.
Low summer
flows and high winter flows are unfavorable for fish life.
Flash floods
during the spring runoff season carry heavy silt loads that are also detrimental to fishlife. Rainbow and eastern brook trout are the only resident
game fish spawning in the county.
Minerals
The majority of mineral production is from stone, sand and gravel. in
1970, Crook County produced $196,000 worth of sand and gravel, stone, clay,
and mercury.
Mercury has been mined in the last few years around the area of Johnsen
Production has been in small quantities, however.
Crook County does
have some deposits of uranium, but as of yet, none has been mined commercially
Prineville operates a processing plant for bentonite
Also, quantities of
quicksilver have been discovered in Crook County.
Creek.
Wildlife
The Ochoco Mountains attract many hunters each year to hunt big game
It also
species. Crook County has an excellent population of mule deer.
has small numbers of elk.
There are several game bird species in Crook County including ring-necked
pheasants, valley quail, mourning doves and partridge.
Increased reservoir
acreage has helped increase the population of game birds in the county
Sage
grouse is increasing in nuniber; as of 1965 in 6 areas only 46 grouse were
counted, whereas in 1969 the count increased to 240.
Crook County has substantial numbers of waterfowl that migrate through
the county.
Some nest year-round.
Many species of furbearers including beaver, mink, muskrat, raccoon,
wildcat, and coyote are represented in the county
Beaver, raccoon, and mink
are common along streams and marshes.
Crook County has little or no run of anadromous fish.
The primary
native fish located in the county is rainbow trout
However, because of
the high water temperature and low stream flow, warm water species are suitable for such conditions
There are substantial numbers of suckers and
squawfish at the present time.
During the spring
to heavy
During this
the good fishing holes
lities. These include
fall and winter months
and summer months trout fishing ranges from medium
time many anglers migrate to Crook County
Most of
are privately owned, but there are a few public faciSmith Rock State Park and Chimney Point.
During the
fishing is very light.
- 22 -
Table 19.
Game and Animal Kill, Crook County, 1970-71
Species
Number
Deer
6,420
Elk
86
Quail and partridge
NA
Dove
NA
Beaver
49
Mink
7
Muskrat
29
Bobcat
34
Badger
6
Coyote
23
Civet Cat
4
Raccoon
5
Porcupine
NA
Number of Trapper Reports
9
NA - not available
SOURCE: Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
.......................
Table 20.
Herbaceous and Browse Seedings for Big Game, Crook County, 1969
Sites
Are a
Acres
Prineville Reservoir
National Grasslands
Womack
Marks Creek Burn
Ochoco Forest
5
52
4
1
5
1
1
50
2,100
476
Riverside-South
Badlands
1
1
10
SOURCE:
Ochoco
Paulina.
SOURCE:
Browse, grass, legumes
Browse, grass, legumes
Browse, grass, legumes
Browse, legumes
Browse, legumes, erosion
seedings
Browse, grass, legumes
Browse, grass, legumes
Oregon State Game Commission, 1969 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
Table 21.
Unit
1
Species Planted
1970 Deer Season, Crook County
No. of
Hunters
Hunter
Days
Bucks
1-2 pt.
15,190
7,250
73,720
41,260
2,310
1,270
Bucks
3 pt. + Ant lerles s
1,470
570
140
210
General Season
Total
4,450
1,970
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
- 23 -
Table 22.
Unit
Ochoco
SOURCE:
1970 Elk Season, Crook County
No. of
Hunters
Hunter
Days
770
5,670
Yearling
Bulls
Adult
Bulls
Total
Ant lerles s
57
86
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
Table 23.
Units by region
Game Mgt.
Districts
Ochoco
Ochoco
Paulina
Paulina
Maury
Mule Deer Herd Composition, Crook County, 1970 and 1971
Deer Classified, 1971*
Buck
Does
Bucks/100 Does
Fawns / 100 Does
1966-70
1966-70
Fawns Total 1971 1970 Average 1971 1970 Average
48
561
332
941
7
10
12
59
63
64
254
1,291
768
2,313
20
15
23
60
64
63
10
180
117
307
6
8
9
65
59
64
23
266
185
474
9
9
13
70
59
69
O ch 0 CO
Grizzly
Ocho Co
*1971 data gathered November-December 1970 and early January 1971.
SOURCE: Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
Table 24.
1970 Antelope Herd Composition, Crook County
Bucks per
Unit and Area
Game District
Antelope Classified
Bucks Does I Fawns Total
1.00 Does
Fawns per
100 Does
1970] 1969
1970
1969
Maury
O cho Co
42
132
38
212
32
27
29
32
21
104
34
159
20
26
33
21
Ocho Co
O cho Co
Paul ma
Deschutes
SOURCE:
2
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report,
Commission.
- 24 -
Oregon State Game
Table 25.
Fur Catch Report, 1970-71 Trapping Season, Crook County
Pelt Price
Number Caught
Species
f
Beaver
Mink
Muskrat
Raccoon
Civet cat
Badger
49
Wild cat
34
23
Coyote
SOURCE:
29
.91
5
4
1.98
6
3.25
13.66
6.93
.91
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
Table 26.
Species
Goose
Duck
SOURCE:
$ 9.52
3.29
7
1970 Goose and Duck Harvest, Crook County
Hunters
Hunter Days
Harvest
350
840
2,730
6,560
770
10,080
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
Table 27.
Duck Production by Transect, Crook County, 1969 and 1971
Species
196
Brood
1971
Young
Brood
Youn g
Mallard
20
148
22
Ga dwa 11
1
4
3
167
21
2
12
10
71
16
123
1
7
41
311
Widgeon
B.W./Cinn. Teal
G. W. Teal
Shoveler
Pintail
Wood Duck
Redhead
Total...............
SOURCE:
35
287
44
Oregon State Game Commission, 1969 and 1971 Annual Report, Oreon
State Game Commission.
- 25 -
Table 28.
Duck Production Trends, Crook County, 1968-71
I tern
Total Brood
Total Young
SOURCE:
1968
1969
1970
1971
53
310
44
287
45
352
41
311
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
Table 29.
I tern
1971 Pheasant Liberations, Crook County
Crook County
State
Spring adults
Summer young
Fall adults
630
3,215
6,767
9,954
Total released
630
19,936
SOURCE:
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
Table 30.
1968 Land Access Survey, Crook County
(56 miles sampled)
Item
Percent
Not Posted
No Hunting
Hunting by Permission
SOURCE:
68
28
4
Oregon State Game Commission, 1969 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
- 26 -
HUMAN RESOURCES
Population
The population of Crook County was about 10,610 on July 1, 1971, or
about 36 persons per square mile. There is presently one incorporated city
in Crook County with a total population of 4,380 persons; this represents
In 1960, 64 percent of the
43 percent of the people within the county.
population lived in rural areas. Of this, 46 percent were rural non-farm
and 54 percent were rural farm.
Table 31.
Number of Persons by Racial Group, Crook County, 1970
Race
Total
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
American Indian
Other
Number
Percent
9,985
9,781
100.00
97.96
94
.94
.02
.90
.18
2
90
18
Oregon State University Extension Service, Income and Poverty Data
for RacialGroüps: A Compilation for Oregon Census County Divisions,
Special Report 367, Oregon State University, 1972.
SOURCE:
Table 32.
Crook and Bordering Counties, Population and Rank Order
in Oregon, 1960 and 1972
1972 21
1960
Count
CROOK
Deschutes
Jef ferson
Harney
Wheeler
Grant
SOURCES:
Rank
Po.ulation
Rank
27
18
30
32
35
28
9,430
23,100
7,130
6,744
2,722
7,726
27
16
38
30
36
29
I
Po.ulation
10,610
33,800
8,980
6,900
1,820
6,910
1960 General
1/ U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(1) - B39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961.
2/ Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates
of Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State
University, July 1972.
Table 33.
Land Area and Population Density, 1950, 1960, 1972
Population Density
County and State
Land Area
square miles
State of Oregon
CROOK
96,248
2,980
3,027
2,816
10,131
1,707
4,532
Des chutes
Jefferson
Harney
Wheeler
Grant
SOURCES:
Year
SOURCES:
I
1960
1972
- persons per sq. ml. 15.8
3.0
18.4
3.2
7.2
3.1
0.6
1.9
1.8
7.6
4.0
0.7
1.6
1.7
3.5
11.2
3.2
0.7
1.1
1.6
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, 1960 General
Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - B39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961.
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates
of Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State
University, July 1972.
Table 34.
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1965
1967
1972
1950
Population Growth, Crook County
Posulation
9,315
3,424
3,336
5,533
8,991
9,430
8,900
8,900
10,610
Percent Increase
Period
Percent
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1965
1960-1967
1967-1972
-62.1
-2.2
65.5
62.5
4.9
-5.6
-5.6
19.2
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, 1970 General
Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - B39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961.
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates
of Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State
University, July 1972.
Urban and Rural Population, Crook County, 1960 and 1970
Table 35.
Urban
Percent
Population
Year
I
1960
1970
SOURCE:
3,263
4,101
34.6
41.07
Rural
Percent
Population
6,167
5,884
65.4
58.93
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, 1960 and 1970
General Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - B39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961,
1971.
Table 36.
Population Estimates of Incorporated Cities, Crook County,
1960, 1965, and 1972
City and County
Crook County
Prineville
Incorporated
Unincorporated
SOURCE:
1960
1965
1972
9,430
3,263
3,263
6,187
8,900
3,650
3,650
5,250
10,610
4,505
4,505
6,105
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities, Portland State University, July
1972.
The composition of Crook County's population by age and sex is much the
About 36 percent of the
same by percent as that of the State of Oregon.
county's population is under 18 years of age, 55.4 percent in the 18 to 64
age group, and the remaining 8.6 percent 65 years and over. The median age
Composition by sex in the
in Crook County in 1970 was 29.5 years of age.
county is split almost in half -- 51 percent of the population males and 49
percent females.
Table 37.
Rural Population by Age and Sex, Crook County, 1970
Age Group
Female
Male
Total population
Under 5 years
5-9 years
10-14 years
15-19 years
20-24 years
25-29 years
30-34 years
35-39 years
40-44 years
45-49 years
50-54 years
55-59 years
60-64 years
65-69 years
70-74
75 years and over
2,899
225
2,985
261
265
318
281
203
190
186
156
164
169
172
183
127
95
98
319
324
258
161
174
200
145
167
169
185
187
172
110
81
72
Under 18 years
21 years and over
65 years and over
1,009
1,770
260
1,086
1,795
263
29.1
29.9
.......................
67
Median age
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, 1970 General
Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - B39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Employment
The Oregon State Department of Employment reported in 1971 that the
total civilian labor force in Crook County was 4,880 or 48 8 percent of the
total population.
The unemployment rate was 7.6 percent of the total labor
force or 370 unemployed.
The 1971 Manpower Economist Report reported 4,510 people were employed
in the county out of the total labor force of 4,880. About 14 percent of
those were employed in agriculture. About 37 percent of those employed
worked in manufacturing with lumber and wood products and food and kindred
products manufacturing employing the major share.
About 13 percent of those
employed worked in retail trade and 7.5 percent worked in personal services.
Educational and public administration employed about 9 percent of the labor
force.
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Table 38.
Employment Status, Crook County and Prineville, 1960 and 1970
Crook County
I
Prineville
1960
1970
1960
1970
Total males, 14 years and over
Total labor force
Armed forces
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Inmate of institution
Enrolled in school
Other
Under 65 years
Over 65 years
3,294
2,595
3,407
2,604
1,141
852
1,421
1,064
2,595
2,305
290
699
2,604
2,409
195
852
753
1,064
979
99
803
31
166
289
85
357
Total females, 14 years and over
Total labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Inmate of institution
Enrolled in school
Married (husbands present)..
Other
Under 65 years
Over 65 years
3,129
1,177
1,078
Subj ect
4
302
99
1,952
299
444
( 270
{18 0
336
177
3,568
1,465
1,351
114
2,103
61
201
1,482
517
459
1,522
595
529
58
658
927
1,175
/
66
2,133
1/ 16 years and over
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) B39, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1961, 1971.
Table 39.
Percent of Age Group in Labor Force, Crook County, 1970
Age Group
14-15 years
16-17 years
18-19 years
20-21 years
22-24 years
25-34 years
35-44 years
45-64 years
65 years and over
SOURCE:
Female
Male
2.5
20.7
28.3
49.0
49.8
51.2
58.0
47.9
9.4
30.0
63.8
87.4
91.7
96.1
98.7
83.8
2.9
27.7
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census Of Population: 1970 General Social
and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
- 31 -
Table 40.
Industry Group of Employed, Crook County & Prineville, 1960, 1970
Crook County
1960
1970
Industr y
Agriculture
Forestry and fisheries
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Furniture, lumber and wood
products
Food and kindred products
Other (printing, publ.)
Transportation
Communications
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Business services
Personal services
Hospitals, health services
Educational services
Professional and related services..
Public administration
Prinevjlie 1/
1960
515
279
751
129
1,230
686
19
27
100
12
1,122
89
458
ll8
405
98
267
74
187
74
107
130
146
245
63
127
42
120
231
5
103
110
61
7
74
299
21
98
163
62
1/ 19?O data for Prineville not available
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l)B39, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1961, 1971.
Table 41.
Median Earnings of Selected Occupation Groups,
Crook County, 1960 and 1970
Occupation Group
1960
1970
Male, total with earnings
Professional, managerial, and kindred
workers
Farmers and farm managers
Craftsmen, foremen,
and kindred workers.
Operatives and kindred workers
Farm laborers
Laborers, except farm and mine
$4,683
$6,930
6,258
3,567
5,507
4,643
2,371
4,337
8,578
5,192
7,618
6,472
4,773
6,136
Female, total with earnings
Clerical and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
$1,240
$2,864
3,804
2,730
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l)B39, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1961, 1971.
- 32 -
Table 42.
County
CROOK
Des chutes
Grant
Jef ferson
Harney
Wheeler
SOURCE:
Table 43.
Number and Percent of Persons Unemployed in Crook and Bordering
Counties, 1963 and 1970
Rank
Order
27
18
30
31
33
35
Total Civilian
Labor Force
63
I
1970.
4,069
12,391
2,751
3,553
3,009
762
3,890
9,380
2,920
4,340
2,870
800
1-963
J
220
530
150
150
110
50
Percent
Unemployed
1963 - I 1970
1970
5.7
5.7
309
836
337
5.1
3.5
3.8
6.3
201
233
50
7.59
6.75
12.25
5.66
7.74
6.56
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Labor Force and Employment in Oregon by County 1968 through 1971
publications, Research and Statistics Section.
Labor Force in Crook County, 1965, 1968, and 1971, Annual Averages
Civilian labor force
Workers in Labor Management Disputes
Unemployment
Percent of labor force
Employment
Agricultural
Nonagricultural
Self employed, unpaid family and
domestic
Wage and salary workers
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood
Other durables
NonDurable goods
NonManufacturing
Contract construction
Transportation, utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance and real
estate
Service and miscellaneous
Government
1971
1968
1965
Indus try
SOURCE:
Total
Unemployed
4,880
4,030
4,540
0
0
0
240
6.0
3,790
590
3,200
210
4.6
4,330
670
3,660
370
7.6
4,510
620
3,890
470
2,730
1,260
1,230
480
3,180
1,470
1,470
1,430
520
3,370
1,560
1,560
1,530
10
20
10
30
10
20
1,470
40
1,710
1,810
70
90
450
50
90
510
580
90
290
520
90
340
630
90
340
640
80
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Labor Force and Employment in Oregon by County 1968 through 1971
publications, Research and Statistics Section.
- 33 -
Table 44.
Major Occupation Group of Employed, Crook County & Prineville, 1970
Crook Count
1970
Grou
Professional, technical, and kindred
workers
Farmers and farm managers
Managers, officials, and proprietors,
except farm
Clerical and kindred workers
Sales workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Private household workers
Service workers, except private
household
Farm laborers and foremen
Laborers, except farm and mine
SOURCE:
I
358
175
184
179
8
7
347
368
233
486
144
105
174
160
108
202
212
15
76
108
227
61
568
33
360
174
466
130
15
117
177
13
211
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-B39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Table 45.
Major Occupation Group of Unemployed, Crook County, 1970
Group
1970
Professional, technical, and kindred workers
Farmers and farm managers
Managers, excluding farm
Clerical and kindred workers
Sales workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Service workers
Farm laborers
Laborers, excluding farm and mine
Other blue collar
SOURCE:
Prinevifle
1970
19.60
21
19
12
43
72
35
13
54
14
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l)-B39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
- 34 -
Table 46.
Local Government Employees and Payroll, Crook County, October 1967
Employees and Earnings
I tern
Employees
Full-time only
Full-time equivalent employment
Education
Teachers only
Functions other than education
Highways
Public Welfare
Hospitals
Health
Police protection
Fire protection
Sewerage
Sanitation other than sewerage
Parks and recreation
Natural resources
Housing and urban renewal
Corrections
Libraries
Financial administration
General control
Water supply
Other local utilities
Other and unallocable
117
84
90
90
20
6
12
1
1
2
3
13
-.
2
. -
8
8
October payroll
Education
Teachers only
Functions other than education
$39,000
$39,000
Average monthly earnings, full-time
employment
Teachers
Others
SOURCE:
14
$428
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol. 3, No.
2, Compendium of Public Employment, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1969.
- 35 -
Income
Table 47.
Net Effective Buying Income Estimates, Crook County, 1970
Area
Net Dollars
(thousands)
Oregon
Crook County
$6,650,690
29,107
SOURCE:
Per
Household
$9,440
8,561
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Family Incomes by Family Groups, Crook County, 1970
Table 48.
Number of
Family Group
Fami lies
Total all families
Rural non-farm
Rural farm
SOURCE:
2,707
1,323
240
Median Family
Income
$8,28S
8,149.
7,214
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l)-B39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Table 49.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups, Crook County, 1970
Item
Number
Mean Income
Families:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Other
Unrelated individuals:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Other
Percent
$9,121
9,167
5,190
4,500
3,494
3,493
Families by Family Income Class
All races:
Under $3,999
470
349
1,325
563
2,707
$4 ,000-$5 ,999
$6,000-$fl,999
$12,000 +
Total
- 36 -
17.36
12.89
48.95
2O.80
100.00
Table 49, cont.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups, Crook County, 1970
I tern
Families by Family Income Class, cont.
Caucasian:
Under $3,999
$4,000-$5,999
$6 ,000-$ll,999
$12,000 +
Total
Spanish Language:
Under $3,999
$4,000-$5,999
$6 ,000-$l1,999
$12,000 +
Total
Other:
Under $3,999
$4, 000-$5 ,999
Number
Percent
463
331
1,320
563
2,677
17.30
12.36
49.31
21.03
100.00
7
8
5
35.00
40.00
25.00
20
100.00
10
100.00
10
100.00
254
247
100.00
97.24
2.76
$6 ,000-$ll,999
$12,000 +
Total
Income Below Poverty Level (bpl)
Families bpl:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Other
Persons in families bpl
Unrelated individuals bpl
Under 65
65 and over
Male family head, 14-64 yrs., bpl
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Female family heads bpl in labor
force with children below 6 yrs
Income source of families and
unrelated individuals bpl
Earnings
Social security or railroad
retirement
Public assistance or welfare
7
838
95
156
84
11
53
17
196
251
68
Blank spaces indicate a zero, suppressed data, or not applicable.
SOURCE:
Oregon State University Extension Service, Income and Poverty Data
for Racial Groups: A Compilation for Oregon Census County Divisions,
Special Report 367, Oregon State University, 1972.
- 37 -
Table 50.
Number of Families and Unrelated Individuals by Income Range,
Crook County and State, 1969
Income Range
Crook County
FAMILIES
Under $1,000
$1,000-$I,999
$2,000-$2,999
$3,000-$3,999
$6,000-$7,999
$8,000-$9 ,999
$15 ,000-$24,999
$25, 000-$49 ,999
$50,000 +
All families
Mean family income
Median family income
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
Under $1,000
$2,000-$2,999
2,707
$9,121
$8,288
542,483
$10,695
$9,489
551
600
233
$10,000-$14,999
$1, 000-$l ,999
54
13
10,788
15,693
23,619
26,550
57,438
74,151
83,987
152,677
76,859
16,856
3,865
60
97
155
158
349
437
$4, 000-$5 ,999
135
134
107
94
93
81
31
20
..........
$3,000-$3 ,999
$4,000-$5,999
$6,000-$7 ,999
$8,000-$9,999
$10, 000-$14 ,999
$l5,000-$24,999
7
$25 ,000-$49 ,999
0
0
$50,000 +
All unrelated individuals
Mean income
Median income
SOURCE:
State
702
$3,494
$2,766
44,7
50,452
30,288
19,972
26,382
19,227
11,054
8,914
2,514.
915
203
214,680
$3,642
$2,400
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l)-B39,
Oregon, U S Government Printing Office, Washington, D C
1971
Bureau of Governmental Research and Service, School of Community
Service and Public Affairs, Income and Poverty Data, Cities and
Counties of Oregon, 1969, University of Oregon, May 1972
,
- 38 -
Education
Formal Education Facilities, Crook County, 1969
Table 51.
School, District, Type
of School
Grades
No.
Enrollment
md.
ADA1'
ADM'
Crook County School
District 600
Elementary
Crooked River Elem
Lone Pine Elem
Ochoco Elementary.
Paulina Elementary
Powell Butte Elem
Junior High
Prineville Junior
High
High School
Crook County H.S
5
1-8
1-8
710
38
602
61
118
597.5
28.5
479.1
38.2
89.0
633.5
30.0
508.0
41.8
93.7
7-9
668
553.8
594.5
10-12
635
531.6
576.1
1-6
1-8
1-6
1
County Totals
Elementary
Junior High
High Schools
5
1
1
1,529
668
635
1,232.3
553.8
531.6
1,307.0
594.5
576.1
County Grand Total
7
2,832
2,317.7
2,477.6
1/ average daily attendance - average number of days present.
2/ average daily membership - average number of days present and days absent.
SOURCE: Oregon Board of Education, Management Services/Program Support,
School Finance and Statistical Services, "Summary of Pupil Personnel
for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1969", Salem, Oregon.
Table 52.
Years of School Completed by Population 25 Years and
Crook County, 1970
Education
Total, 25 years and over
No school years completed.
Elementary:
1-4 years
5-7 years
8 years
High School: 1-3 years
4 years
1-3 years
College:
4 years or more
Median school years completed
SOURCE:
Number
Females
Total
Per cent
2,857
2,831
5,688
100.00
4
20
78
252
24
.42
104
407
1,021
1,079
2,089
628
336
1.83
7.15
18.00
19.00
36.70
11.00
5.90
Number
Males
26
155
511
560
1,107
357
137
12.2
510
519
982
271
199
12.0
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General Social
and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l)-B39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
- 39
Table 53.
Crook County Residents Enrolled in Higher Education Institutions,
Fall, 1971
Institution
Number Enrolled
Eastern Oregon College
Oregon College of Education
Oregon State University
Portland State University
Southern Oregon College
University of Oregon
Oregon Technical Institute
University of Oregon Dental School..
University of Oregon Medical School
Total in private and independent
institutions
8
18
56
7
8
26
6
.
SOURCE:
Table 54.
16
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, Past Secondary Enrollment
in Oregon, 1972.
Net Enrollment by Grade for Crook County and State, June 30,1971
Grade
Crook County
Kindergarten
1
2
195
197
219
212
224
234
207
219
14
1,721
3
4
5
6
7
8
Unclassified elementary*
Total kindergarten-8
State
10,251
39,806
39,690
41,282
41,459
41,291
40,147
40,575
41,276
3,406
339,183
10
11
12
223
202
196
187
Unclassified high school*
Total 9-12
808
41,995
41,192
38,907
36,162
1,030
159,286
2,529
498,469
9
Total all pupils
*Students belonging to this educational level but not fitting into a specific
grade level.
SOURCE
Oregon Board of Education, Management Services/Program Support,
School Finance and Statistical Services, Salem, Oregon
-. 40 -
Agricultural Education Programs and Enrollment, Crook County
Table 55.
Number
It em
Number of secondary Vo-Ag Programs
Vo-Ag enrollment
FFA members
SOURCE:
1
182
176
Oregon State University Extension Service. 4-H Youth Office, Corvallis,
Oregon.
Table 56.
4-H Enrollment, Crook County, 1971-72
Subject
Male
Female
Number of leaders
Members by name
Group enrollment
Total
53
283
17
70
183
466
0
0
0
- -members
Total enrolled
SOURCE:
- projects
711
466
Oregon State University Extension Service, 4-H Youth Office, Corvallis,
Oregon.
Health and Vital Statistics
Table 57.
Number of Licensed Medical Personnel and Ratio of Population
Per Professional, Crook County, 1969
Crook County
Number
Ratio
Profession
J
Medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy
Dentists
Registered nurses
Licensed practical nurses
Pharmacists
SOURCE:
7
6
27
28
6
1,389
1,621
360
347
1,621
State
Ratio
770
1,470
276
1,002
1,375
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
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Table 58.
Existing Medical Facilities, Number of Existing Beds,
and Number of Beds Needed, Crook County, 1971
Category
Communit
Number of Facilities
Number of Beds
Needed
Existin:
General Hospitals
Prineville
Long-term Care Facilities
Prinevifle
2
2
45
45
59
90
Diagnostic and Treatment
Centers
Prineville
Tuberculosis Hospitals
None
Rehabilitation Facilities
None
SOURCE
Oregon State Board of Health, Oregon Plan for Construction and
Modernization of Hospitals, Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities,
1971 Annual Revision, Health Facility Planning and Construction ection,
1971.
Table 59. Number of Facilities, Number of Beds, Population Per Bed Ratio,
and Occupancy Rate for Medical Facilities, Crook County, 1968
Facilit y
General Hospitals
Long-term Care Facilities
Nursing Homes
SOURCE:
Number
Ratio
Percent of
Occupancy
47
207
52
59
165
78
1
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
Table 60.
Number and Visits to Diagnostic and Treatment Centers
and Ratio per 100 Persons, Crook County, 1967
Center
Number of
Centers
Diagnostic and Treatment Centers
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
SOURCE:
Number
Of Beds
Number of
Visits
Ratio
1,306
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
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14
Table 61.
Number of Admissions to State Psychiatric Hospitals and Mental
Health Clinics and Ratio per 100,000 Population, 1968-69
Ins titut ion
Psychiatric Hospitals
Mental Health Clinics
SOURCE:
Ratio
13
33
134
339
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
Table 62.
Population, Births, and Deaths in Crook County and State, 1970
County and State
Crook County
State of Oregon
SOURCE:
Number
Population
Births
Number
Rate
Deaths
Number I Rate
9,985
2,091,385
183
35,353
79
7.9
19,530
9.3
18.3
16.9
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
1971.
Table 63.
Birth Statistics in Crook County and State, 1970
Item
Crook County
Total births
By sex
Male
Female
By race
White
Black
Indian
Other non-white
Illegitimate births
Total
183
35,353-u
18,210
17,143
181
33,729
677
552
392
6
32.8
White
Non-white
State
98
85
2
Ratio 2/
J
5
1
2,912
82.4
2,514
398
Includes 3 births with race not stated.
Ratio per 1,000 live births.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
1/
2/
1971.
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Table 64.
Summary of Vital Statistics, Crook County, 1970
Item
Number
Live births
Illegitimate births
Immature births
Congenital malformations at birth
Death from all causes
Malignant neoplasms
Diabetes mellitu&
Diseases of the heart
Cerebrovascular diseases
Arteriosclerosis
Other cardiovascular diseases
Influenza and pneumonia
Bronchitis, emphysema, asthma
Peptic ulcer
Cirrhosis of liver
Congenital anomalies
Certain causes of mortality in
early infancy
All other diseases
Accidents
Suicides
Homicides
All other external causes
Infant deaths
Neonatal.deaths
Fetal deaths
Therapeutic abortions
183
6
9
2
79
12
2
22
7
2
4
2
2
1
3
1
-11
9
1
3
1
4
19
Morbidity
Tuberculosis
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Influenza
Measles (Rubella) ..................
11
1
9
207
Rate 11
18.3
32.8
49.2
10 9
7.9
120.2
20.2
220.3
70.1
20.0
40.1
20.0
20.0
10 0
30.0
10.0
110.2
90.1
10.0
16.4
5.5
21.9
103.8
10.0
90.1
2,073.1
Rates:
Live births, deaths, illegitimate and immature births, congenital malformations, infant neonatal and fetal deaths per 1,000 population.
Selected causes of death and morbidity per 100,000 population.
Therapeutic abortions per 1,000 live births.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics SectiOn,
1971.
44
Table 65.
Deaths from Cardiovascular Diseases, Crook County, 1970
Item
Major Cardiovascular Diseases
Number
Rate 1/
Percent of all deaths
Cerebrovascular diseases
Diseases of the heart
Total
Rheumatic heart disease 2/
Hypersensitive heart disease 3/
Ischemic heart disease, acute and chronic
Chronic diseases of endocardium 4/
Crook County
35
350.5
44.3
7
22
2
20
State
10,365
495.6
53.1
2,429
7,158
185
159
6,522
59
233
44
OtlLer
Hypterdion
Other diseases of arteries, arterioles,
and capillaries
Arteriosclerosis
Aortic aneurysm
Other
461
157
116
2
1/
2/
3/
4/
Rate per 100,000 population.
Includes active rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart disease
With or without mention of renal diseases.
Includes other myocardinal insufficiency.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
1971.
Table 66.
Deaths from Malignant Neoplasms, Crook County, 1970
I tern
Number of deaths
Rate ::/
Primary site
Digestive organs
Respiratory system
Breast and genito-urinary organs
Lymphatic and hematopioetic tissues
Other and unspecified
1/
Crook County
State
120.2
3,493
167.0
1
3
6
1
1
961
761
957
386
428
12
Rate per 100,000 population.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
SOURCE:
1971.
Table 67.
Deaths by Sex and Race In Crook County and State, 1970
I tern
Crook County
Sex
Male
Female
Race
White
Black
Indian
Other non-white
Total
SOURCE:
State
40
39
11,341
79
19,140
208
8,189
110
72
19,530
79
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
1971
Table 68.
Reported Cases of Notifiable Diseases, Crook County and State, 1970
Diseases
Crook County
Aseptic Meningitis....
Diphtheria
Hepatitis
Serum
Viral Infectious
InfluenEa
Malaria
Rubella (red measles)
Meningococcal Infections
Mumps
Rheumatic Fever
Rubella (German measles)
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis
Streptococcal Infections
Tetanus
Tularemia
Pertussis (whooping cough)
SOURCE:
State
21
5
2
207
91
1,033
46,878
37
458
33
1,436
13
1,017
229
52
7,268
3
2
95
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
1971.
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Public Welfare
Table 69.
Public Welfare Payments for Non-Medical Assistance, Crook County,
February 1966 and October 1970
Category
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Blind
Aid to the Disabled
Aid to Dependent Children
General Assistance
Foster Care
SOURCE:
Cases
1966 [1970
63
47
4
3
28
56
30
14
27
302
11
6
Average
Cost
1966
1970
I
$ 53.60
42.25
53.21
136.12
33.76
35.53
$ 55.33
129.67
71.63
36.83
41.27
68.50
Amount
1970
I
1966
$3,377
169
1,490
7,623
1,013
497
$2,610
389
1,934
11,123
454
411
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Public Welfare in Oregon, February 1966 and October 1970
editions.
Table 70.
Public Welfare Payments for Medical Assistance, Crook County,
December 1968 and October 1970 1/
Category
Physicans services
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Blind
Aid to the Disabled
Aid to Dependent Children
General Assistance
Foster Care
Hospital payments
OAA
AB
AD
ADC
Persons
1968 I 1970
15
4
1
1
J
6
9
16
37
1
9
$ 19.56
14.25
36.79
30.51
47.50
1
0
6
$ 40.00
$ 45.17
2
679.64
196.15
0
1
4
1
516.06
163.44
40.00
43
42
1
2
13
14
13
22
2
7
$ 10.78
72.80
9.27
3.79
3.83
$ 10.28
9.52
12.06
8.02
12.96
$ 36,65
3.25
19.92
34.85
29.00
0
2
GA
Average Payments
1968
1970
FC
Drug payments
OAA
AB
AD
ABC
GA
FC
1/
0
Note differing months for comparison.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Public Welfare in Oregon, December 1968 and October 1970
editions.
SOURCE:
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The State of Oregon operates three special schools for the handicapped,
all located at Salem in Marion County. The School for the Blind provides
special education for approximately 100 children with acute vision probiems
in a boarding school situation. The School for the Deaf provides parallel
training for severely handicapped children from four years of age through
high school.
Oregon Fairview Home provides in-and-out patient training for
mentally deficient minors and adults.
Table 71.
Abundant Food and Food Stamp Activity, Crook County, 1970
I tern
PA only - persons
Elgible
Participating
Percentage PA persons participating
Other persons
Participating
Total persons
Participating
SOURCE:
Crook County
State
438
255
58%
53,490
38,712
492
54,075
747
92,787
72%
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Public Welfare in Oregon, October 1970 edition.
48
Housirg
Thble 72.
Housing Occupancy, Utilization, and Plumbing Characteristics
for Prineville and Crook County, 1970
Item
Prineville-1"
Total population
All housing units
Vacant, seasonal, and migratory
All year-round housing units
Population in housing units
Per occupied unit
Owner
Renter
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year round
For sale cu1y
Vacant less than 6 months
Median value
For
4,101
1,498
Crook Countya'
9,985
3,605
1
19
1,497
4,006
2.8
2.8
2.8
921
523
53
3,586
9,807
2.9
2.9
2.9
2,227
1,139
220
24
6
4
ent
Vacant less than 2 months
Median rent asked
Other
$15,800
$12,300
20
47
29
19
$60
Plumbing Facilities
With all plumbing facilities
Lacking some or all plumbing
facilities
Lacking only hot water
Lacking other facilities
Piped water in structure
Hot and cold
Cold only
None
Flush toilet
For exclusive use of household
Also used by another household
None
Bathtub or shower
For exclusive use of household
Also used by another household
None
Complete kitchen facilities
For exclusive use of household
Also used by another household
None
Units in structure
27
$60
149
1,462
3,499
35
35
137
10
127
1,487
3,514
8
2
39
33
1,467
3,478
23
7
26
82
1,465
3,480
23
9
31
75
1,481
3,501
7
19
9
66
1,266
191
1
2 or more
Mobile home or trailer
40
49 -.
2,981
NA*
NA
Table 72, cont.
Housing Occupancy, Utilization, and Plumbing
Characteristics, for Prineville and Crook County, 1970
Item
Crook County
Rooms
1 room
2 rooms
3 rooms
4 rooms
5 rooms
6 rooms
7 rooms
8 or more rooms
Median all units
Median, owner occupied
Median, renter occupied
22
66
........................
Persons
All occupied units..
1 person
2 persons
3 persons
4 persons
5 persons
6 persons
7 persons
8 or more persons
Median, all occupied
Median, owner occupied
Median, renter occupied
Persons per room
All occupied units
1.00 or less
1.01 to 1.50
1.51 or more
With all plumbing facilities
1.00 or less
1.01 to 1.50
1.51 or more
73
4.7
4..8
5.,l
5.0
4.0
4.,3
1,444
302
501
228
3,366
591
1,153
540
196
132
54
11
20
2.3
2.3
2.3
4 82i
174
395
385
281
ioi
1,444
1,365
.....
25
126
433
910
977
610
328
177
60
354
16.8
5.1
2 7
2.4.
2 ..4
2.7
3,366.
3,151
209
19
6
1,410
1,335
3,256
3,047
209
59
16
*NA - not available.
1970 General
SOURCE: 1/ U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing
Housing Characteristics, Final Report HC (1) - A39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971
2/ U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing
1970 Detailed
Housing Characteristics, Final Report HC(l) - B39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972
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THE COUNTY'S ECONOMY
In recent years, Crook County's economy has been largely based on
diversified agriculture, logging, and manufacture of lumber and wood products.
Other manufacturing, recreation and tourist trade have also become important
sources of income.
The most significant employment increase has been in logging occupations.
Agriculture has also been a primary source of employment in the county.
Services and retail trade have also gained in the last few years. This may
be due to transportation systems.
Agriculture
Agriculture in Crook County consists of three main types of practices:
(1) general irrigated farming, (2) dryland farming, and (3) range land.
Areas
of irrigatin is intermixed with range-type farming in the area below Prineville.
Most of this irrigated land receives water from gravity irrigation systems.
Most of this land lies near the Crooked River Project.
Most of the agricultural land in Crook County is devoted to livestock
nd cash-grain type farming. There are no vegetables as such grown in the
county; however, substantial acreage is devoted to potatoes. Livestock
dominates the picture in the county.
Some poultry and poultry products are
produced in the county.
Crook County has a semi-arid climate. This limits the county to the
From the total value of
type of agricultural crops that may be produced.
products sold in the county in 1965, livestock and livestock products acThis is nearly 75
counted for $4,809,000 out of a total of $7,176,000.
percent of the total value of farm products sold. The remainder of the
value of farm products falls into the generalization of all crops. No
vegetables or berries have been recorded in the last few years.
Table 73.
Farm Size and Value, Crook County, 1964 and 1969
Subject
1964
1,907,200
51.9
Approximate acres of land area
Proportion in farms
Total number of farms
Acres in farms
Average size of farms
Value of land and buildings
Average per farm
Average per acre
SOURCE:
325
989,597
3,044.9
$119,619
$39.33
1969
1,904,000
51.2
293
974,252
3,325
$184,436
$55.46
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
- 51 -
The next table shows distribution of farm sizes.
Twenty-three percent
are under 50 acres while over 50 percent are 260 acres or more. The average
size is 3,325.0 acres, due to the economy of large-scale operations.
In keeping
with the national trend, farms in the county have been undergoing several
changes
Improved technology results in more specialized farm units and greater
production for each acre and each head of livestock.
Table 74.
Number of Farms by Size, Crook County, 1959, 1964, 1969
Size
Less than 10 acres
10 to 49 acres
50 to 69 acres
70 to 99 acres
100 to 139 acres
140 to 179 acres
180 to 219 acres
220 to 259 acres
260 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1,000 to 1,999 acres
2,000 acres or more
1959
1964
1969
31
39
10
19
19
21
30
52
12
53
5
17
17
12
8
9
9
18
29
32
22
71
13
30
28
25
70
16
44
17
17
74
Average size in acres....
SOURCE:
5
20
25
18
3,044.9
3,325.0
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U S Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
The main types of farms in Crook County are primarily livestock orieated.
Nearly half of the county's farms are unclassified by type.
Table 75.
Types of Farms with Sales over $2,500, Crook County, 1964, 1969
Number of Farms Reporting
Type
Cash-Grain
Vegetable
Fruit and Nut
Other Field Crops
Poultry
Dairy
Other Livestock
General
Miscellaneous and Unclassified
SOURCE:
1964
1969
8
58
17
212
28
60
168
229
2
8
155
33
102
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
- 52 -
Classification of farms by economic class considers only those classified
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as "Commercial Farms".
In general, all farms with a total value of products sold amounting to
$2,500 or more are classified as commercial. Farms with sales of $50 to
$2,499 are classified as commercial if the farm operator was under 65 years
of age and (1) he did not work off the farm 100 days or more during the year
and (2) the income received by the operator and members of his family from
nonf arm sources was less than the value of all farm products sold.
Table 76.
Farm Income and Sales, Crook County, 1964 and 1969
Item
Number of farms by economic class
Class I (sales of $40,000 or more)
Class II (sales of $20,000 to $39,999)
Class III (sales of $10,000 to
$19,999)
C1as IV (sales of $5,000 to $9,999)
Class V (sales of $2,500 to $4,999)
Class VI (sales of $50 to $2,499) 1/
Other farms
Part-time 2/
Part-retirement 3/
Abnormal 4/
Market value of all agricultural products
sold
Crops including nursery products and
hay
Forest products
Livestock, poultry, and their products
Farms with farm related income from:
Custom work and other agricultural
services
Recreational services
Goverm-nent farm projects
1964
1969
42
51
49
31
51
46
38
18
40
48
41
4
83
16
52
$7,292,850
$9,118,924
2,241,808
2,226,110
42,623
6,850,191
5,050,433
NA*
610
NA
8
$180,572
2,007
137,763
*NA - not available.
1/
Farms with a sales of $50 to $2,499 are classified commercial if the farm
operator is under 65 years old and did not work off of the farm 100 days
or more in the census year.
2/
Part-time farms have a value of farm products sold of $50 to $2,499 and
a farm operator under 65 who worked off the farm 100 days or more in the
census year.
3/
Part-retirement farms have a value of farm products sold of $50 to $2,499
and an operator 65 years or older.
4/ Abnormal farms include institutional, experimental, research, and Indian
reservations.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
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Table 77.
Value of Farm Products Sold, Crook County, 1959, 1964, and 1969
Product
1959
1% 9
- - - thousands of dollars
Crops
All grains
273
373
17
All hay crops
All grass and legume seeds
Specialty field crops
All tree fruits and nuts
Small fruits (all berries)
Vegetables, for fresh market
and for processing
All potatoes
Specialty horticulture crops
Farm forest products
All crops
Livestock
All cattle and calves
Hogs
Sheep and lambs
Dairy products
All chickens
Turkeys
Eggs, chicken
Other livestock and poultry
All livestock
Total crops and livestock
SOURCE:
1964
394
599
3
3
1,005
1,680
65
1,736
48
2,724
4,072
3,529
99
167
70
6.27
641
1
258
1,000
66
40
2,635
4,649
75
101
131
134
142
.15
5
.2
89
63
68
63
43
46
4,636
6,372
4,011
6,735
4,987
7,622
71
Oregon State University Extension Service;, Agriculture in Oregon
Counties - Farm Sales and General Characteristics, Special Report
330, Oregon State University, Oregon State University, 1971.
Agriculture contributes to the economy of Crook County in two ways-it provides income not only to the farmers, but also to the workers employed
for harvesting and processing. Income from the sale of crops and livestock.
in the county in 1969 was estimated at about $7.6 million, as reported by
the Oregon State University Extension Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating.
Income from the sale of c.rops accounted for 35 percent of the agricultural
income and livestock accounted for 65 percent. Field crops such as small
grains, grass and legume seeds, and hay accounted for 17 percent of the agricultural income
There was no income from vegetables or berries
Dairy
products accounted for 1 percent, poultry products, 1 percent, cattle and
calves, 60 percent; sheep and lambs, 1.3 percent; and hogs, 1 percent.
Crook County is among the important livestock centers in the state
Some beef is marketed locally, but due to the small population of the county,
the main markets lie outside its borders. Much of the crops grown are used
- 54
to support livestock during the winter periods.
Crook County produces a
substantial amount of potatoes that are marketed throughout the state.
The land base for agriculture in Crook County consists of 842,112 acres
of pasture land, 73,592 acres of pastured woodlands, and 38,546 acres of
cropland.
The total land area in farms is 974,252 acres.
Pasture land and grazed woodlands constitute about 91 percent of the
total land area in farms.
Pasture land is listed as cropland used only for
pasture, and other pasture land is not cropland and not woodland. Pastured
woodland is defined as land grazed by livestock that is at least 10 percent
stocked with trees.
About 6 percent of the total area in farms, or 58,548 acres, is cropThe major uses of cropland are for production of small grains, hay,
and legume seeds.
land.
Table 78.
Land in Farms by Use, Crook County, 1964 and 1969
Acres
Use
1964
Land in farms
Cropland harvested
Cropland used only for pasture
Cropland not harvested and not pastured
Cultivated summer fallow
Soil - improvement
Other - failure or idle
Woodland pastured
Woodland not pastured
Other land
Irrigated land
SOURCE:
989,597
57,034
14,893
13,882
5,217
368
8,297
68,055
279
826,635
8,756
I
1969
974,252
51806
47,925
6,742
73 592
794,187
68,287
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
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Table 79.
Acres of Crops Harvested, Crook County, 1964 and 1969
Crops Harvested
1964
All corn
Small grains
Winter wheat
Spring wheat
Oats
Barley
Rye
Hay crops
Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures
Clover and clover and grass
mixtures
Small grains for hay
Wild hay, cut
Other hay, cut
Silage, all kinds
Field seed crops
Clover, red
Other field crops
Vegetables for sale
Potatoes
Berries for sale
Tree fruits, nuts and grapes
Nursery products
SOURCE:
1969
10
19
1,825
451
654
3,105
1,430
470
551
1,659
691
735
20,997
.
25,097
3,680
12,427
10,656
6,721
7,906
55
40
2,778
563
143
18
1,978
2,446
215
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
The following table shows the estimated numbers of livestock and poultry
in Crook County.
The number of milk cows in the county has decreased significantly since 1940, consistent with a national trend
The decline in consumption of dairy products per capita and the rapid rise in milk production
per cow are two of the most important factors contributing to this decrease.
Sheep and lamb numbers since 1940 have shown a dynamic decrease. Number
of cattle other than milk cows have increased from 30,000 in 1940, to approximately 61,599 in 1969.
Total number of poultry have shown a gradual decrease
since 1940, with chickens decreasing and turkeys remaining relatively constant.
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Table 80.
Livestock and Poultry Numbers, Crook County, Selected Years
Category
All cattle and calves
Dairy cows
Sheep and lambs
Hogs, all ages
Chickens, January 1
Turkeys, raised
1940
1950
1955
1960
30,000
2,700
52,000
3,000
37,000
1,500
9,000
2,000
56,000
1,600
12,700
1,000
60,000
1,000
12,200
2,000
59,000
600
7,000
1,000
61,599
1963r
1964r
1965r
1966r
l96lp
1969
20,000
100
20,000
100
18,000
100
16,000
100
15,000
NA
14,608
NA
l9&5p
1969
355
2,060
336
NA - not available.
r - revised.
p - preliminary.
U.S.D.A. and Oregon State University Extension Service cooperatin
SOURCE:
"Oregon Commodity Data Sheets", Oregon State University, 1971.
Logging and Wood Products
Logging and sawmilling began early in the history of Crook County.
From the years between 1949 to 1958 production of timber varied from 50
This held true up until 1961. The
to 80 million board feet annually.
primary source for timber production is from the national forests.
Table 81.
Forest Industry Statistics, Crook County
Thousands
of Dollars
I tern
Forest Assessment and Taxation (1967-68)
Assessed value all taxable property
Real property assessment
Timber assessment
Forest fee receipts
21,082
15,717
100
75
.1
Value added in Manufacture (1963)
All industries
Lumber and wood products
Payrolls and Employment (1967)
Payrolls, yearly
All industries
Lumber and wood products
Employees, average number
All industries
Lumber and wood products
SOURCE:
Percent
8,791
8,497
100
97
13,110
7,489
100
2,294
1,210
100
53
57
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Oregon State Tax Commission,
Summary of Assessment Rolls for 1967-68 Fiscal Year and 1966-67
Property Tax Collections, January, 1968
-
U S Department of Commerce, Census of Manufacturers - 1963, Area
Statistics Oregon, MC63 (3) - 38, 1966
- 57 -
Table 82.
Lumber and Wood Products Manufacturing Excluding Furniture,
Crook County, 1970
Employment
Number of Firms
Product Group
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Special product sawmills
Millwork plants
Veneer and plywood plants
Wood products, not elsewhere
classified
9
4
1
208
531
5
310
2
Total
1,052
21
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Table 83.
Timber Harvest by Ownership, Crook County, 1970*
Ownership
Crook County
Total timber harvest
Private 2/
Forest industry
Other
Bureau of Land Management 3/
National forest 4/
102,000
13,299
9,128
4,171
8,666
80,035
State
7,980,952
3,874,480
3,491,108
383,372
1,036,966
2,831,815
*Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet.
1/ Includes volume removed as logs, poles, and piling, but not volume removed
for woodcutting operations.
2/ Compiled by State Forestor.
3/ compiled by Bureau of Land Management.
4/ Compiled by U S Forest Service, Region 6
SOURCE
U S Forest Service, "1970 Timber Harvest", TI S D A Forest Service
Resource Bulletin PNW-38, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1971.
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Table 84.
Log and Lumber Production,* Crook County, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1966
Year
Log Production--'
1955
1960
1965
1966
55,960
57,162
68,348
76,775
Sawmill
Lumber Production-
176,212
1
117,690 -
* Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet.
1/ 1967 figure, subject to revision
SOURCES:
2/
State of Oregon Board of Forestry, "Approximate Acres Logged and
MBF Volume Removed, State of Oregon", annual reports for 1955,
1960, 1965, and 1966.
3/
Western Wood Products Association, county lumber production data
publications.
NLing - Mineral and Metal Industries
Most of the income from mineral production is derived from sand, gravel,
and stone, and varies considerably from year to year, depending on the current
construction activities within the county.
Substantial quantities of clay
and mercury have also been taken from the county in recent year. Mineral
production was valued at $196,000 in 1970 as compared to $107,000 in 1963.
Table 85.
Year
1961
1963
1965
1970
SOURCES:
Value of Mineral Production, Crook County, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1970
Value
$432,000
107,000
331,000
196,000
Minerals Produced in Order of Value
Stone, sand and gravel, gold, silver
Sand, gravel, stone, clays, mercury
Sand, gravel, stone, clays, mercury
Stone, sand and gravel, clays, mercury
U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minerals Yearbook.
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oreogn, 1972.
Table 86.
Mineral, Metal and Related Manufacturing, Crook County, 1970
Major Group and Subgroups
Number of Firms
Employment
Stone, clay, and glass products
Ready-mixed concrete
Minerals and earths, treated or
ground..
Cut stone and stone products
Total
SOURCE:
3
Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Outdoor Recreation
Outdoor recreation has been increasing in the county for many years.
Increased population in neighboring counties have caused more people to
seek the out-of-door to "get away from it" through camping, picnicking,
wilderness travel, sightseeing, and related activities. Better and faster
transportation facilities, higher family incomes, and increased leisure
time have enabled people to spend more time and money on recreation and to
travel farther for recreation.
Tourism is considered to be Oregon's second largest industry, some of
which is enjoyed by Crook County.
Popular activities include sightseeing,
hiking, picnicking, swimming, fishing, hunting, boating, and water skiing..
The Ochoco National Forest has many natural attractions including lakes,
fishing streams, scenery, wildlife, and wilderness.
Most of the public recreational facilities in the county are adjacent
to lakes and streams. The Crooked River and Reservoir are used for a wide
variety of activities such as boating, swimming, fishing and other water
sports.
The lakes and streams in the county are visited by fishermen,
campers, and sightseers.
The developed public recreational facilities of Crook County consist of
national forest and Bureau of Land Management recreation areas, state parks,
county parks, and city parks. The two largest state parks are the Ochoco
and the Prineville Reservoir parks.
The Prineville Reservoir park has 47 tent campsites and 22 trailer sites.
The Ochoco State Park has 22 tent campsites. Both parks have additional
facilities and activities as will be noted on a following table. The largest
federal park is Cougar Park. It has three tent campsites.
The Ochoco Mountains located in the northern part of the county add
additional recreational attractions.
Fishing, hunting, and hiking are the
primary activities in this area. Mt. Wildcat and Round Mountain reach an
elevation over 6,000 feet.
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State Parks and Waysides, 1972
Ochoco Lake Park
10 acres; juniper covered promontory on north shore of Ochoco Reservoir;
boating and fishing; boat launch to Ochoco Lake; picnic facilities and
overnight camping with 22 improved campsites.
Ochoco Wayside
251 acres; parking area on a juniper covered butte provides a scenic
viewpoint of Prineville area, Crooked River Valley, and the Ochoco
Mountains.
Prineville Reservoir Park
365 acres; boat ramp to reservoir; fishing, boating, swimming, and an
outdoor theater, 69 unit camp containing 47 improved sites and 22 trailer
spaces; showers and laundry facilities.
Table 87.
Public Park and Recreational Facilities, Crook County
Name
Facilities and Activities
Cougar - Federal
Ochoco Lake
State
TC,
TC,
BR,
TC,
UB,
Prineville Reservoir - State
1/ Legen4:
SOURCE:
1/
TC - tent campsites
F - fishing
UB - utility building,
showers, laundry
BR - boat ramp
TS - trailer sites
FP, PIT, F
PT, DW, FP, SSE, PIT, RS,
B, S, F
TS, PT, DW, FP, PIT, RS,
BR, B, F, S
FP - fire places
PT - picnic tables
RS - rest station
flush toilets
B - boating
PIT - pit toilets
DW - drinking water
SSE - stove, shelters,
gas or electric
5- swimming
Oregon State Highway Department, Park and Recreation Division,
Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, "Oregon Outdoor
Recreation", Third Edition, January 1967.
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
'Oregon State Parks and Waysides", State Parks and Recreation Section,
1972.
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Table 88.
Acreage of Parks and Recreation Areas, By Jurisdiction or Agency,
Crook County, 1964
Recreation
Areas
Jurisdiction or Agency
Family
Camping Units
Picnic
Units
Cities
Counties
State Highway Department
Game Commission
U.S. Forest Service
43
200
626
3,360
42
91
68
109
34
Grant Total
4,271
200
102
SOURCE:
Oregon State Highway Department, Park and Recreation Division,
Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, "Oregon Outdoor
Recreation", Third Edition, January 1967.
Table 89.
State Park Attendance, Crook County, 1967-72
Park and Use
Overnight Camping
Ochoco Lake
Prineville Reservoir
Day Attendance
Ochoco Lake
Prinevifle Reservoir
SOURCES:
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
19 71-72
7,158
28,617
6,147
24,413
8,882
28,044
10,324
30,131
11,013
31,934
109,316
86,148
88,800
90,176
162,718
115,776
104,418
109,736
153,758
120,884
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
"Day Visitor Attendance" and "Overnight Camping by the Public",
State Parks and Recreation Section, 1972.
Table
90.
Boating Access Sites, Crook County, 1965
Jurisdiction or Agency
Number
Total
Counties
Oregon State Highway Dept.
Parks Division
State Game Commission
U.S. Forest Service
Private non-commercial
Private commercial
SOURCE:
10
4
2
1
1
1
1
Oregon State Highway Department in cooperation with Oregon State
Game Commission and Oregon State Marine Board, Oregon Boating Guide,
1966.
-
62 -
Table 91.
Total Assessed Value and Assessed Value Per Capita by Recreation,
Crook County, 1959 and 1965
1959
I tern
$16,462
1,708
Total Assessed Value
Per Capita
Percent Change
Total
Table 92.
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
State Parks and Recreation Section.
Gross Cost Per Day Use Visitor, Crook County, July 1968 - June 1969
I tern
Maintenance cost
Number of day visitors
Gross cost per visitor
SOURCE:
Table 93.
Ochoco Lake
$1,004.39
88,800
$O.011
Prineville
Reservoir
$14,270.67
90,176
$0 . 159
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
State Parks and Recreation Section.
Net & Gross Cost Per Campernight, Crook County, Fiscal Year 1968-69
Item
Maintenance cost
Revenue
Net cost
Campernights
Gross cost/campernight
Net cost/campernight
SOURCE:
$18,820
2,056
14.3
20.4
Per Capita
SOURCE:
1965
Ochoco Lake
$4,794.69
$2,901.00
-$1,893.69
6,147
$0.78
$0.31
Prineville
Reservoir
$19,929.26
$13,657.00
-$ 6,272.26
24,413
$0.82
$0.26
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
State Parks and Recreation Section
Sport fishery in the county is also an important recreational attraction.
Many of the streams, lakes, and reservoirs of the county are stocked by the
Oregon State Game Conuitission, Fish Commission of Oregon, and U S Fish and
Wildlife Service
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Creel Census, Crook County, 1970
Table 94.
Lake or Stream
Sp e cies-
Ochoco Reservoir
Prineville Reservoir.
Crooked River Upper
Rb
Rb
BrB
LB, SB
Total
Rb
Lb
Total
Crooked River Lower
Ochoco Creek
Rb
Rb
Total
Fish
Total
Anglers
Hours
Fished
Fish!
Angler
Fish!
Hour
1,348
1,125
121
535
1,810
2.5
0.74
746
2,580
1.8
0.52
87
785
31
269
2,667
86
1,332
61
2
63
1,338
95
65
.7
0.50
1.7
3.1
1/ Rb - Rainbow Trout; BrB - Brown Bullhead; BB - Black Bass or Bass;
LB - Largemouth Bass;
SB - Striped Bass.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
Business
Table 95.
Retail Trade, Wholesale Trade, & Selected Services, Crook County,
1967
Establishments
Business
Retail trade, total 1/
(number)
Sales
($1,000)
Paid
Employees
103
11,876
321
Wholesale trade, total 2/
11
8,553
NA*
Selected services, total 3/
71
1,792
NA
*NA - not available.
1/ only counties with 500 or more retail establishments are broken down into
types of business.
2/ only counties with 100 or more wholesale establishments are broken down
into types of business.
3/ only counties with 300 or more selected services establishments are broken
down into types of business.
SOURCE:
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
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PUBLIC SERVICES
Transportation
Crook County is well supplied with all-weather, surfaced or gravel roads.
The City of Prineville operates a shortline railroad that connects the area
with major railroads.
The county has U.S. Highway No. 26 running east and west and connecting
with U.S. Highway No. 97, a principal highway running north-south. Access
roads are being developed rapidly in the county. Many of these lie in the
forested areas.
Daily bus and airline service are provided. Trucking lines also have a
route through the county that run throughout the state. As of 1968 there were
13 aircraft registered for use in the county, all privately owned. There were
also 399 boats privately owned for commercial and non-commercial use.
Table 96.
Motor Vehicle Registration, Crook County, 1968
Vehicle
Number of Vehicles
Passenger vehicles
Buses
Trucks
Motorcycles
Trailers
5,961
Total vehicles
7,665
SOURCE:
1
716
150
837
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
unpublished data.
Communication
Crook County is served by one radio station within the county and many
stations from surrounding areas. Telephone service is provided by Pacific
Northwest Bell Telephone Company, Blue Mountain Telephone, Inc., and telegraph by Western Union. There are no locally owned television stations;
however, several stations are received from individual antenna
There is
no U S Post Office in the local area
Mail is picked up or delivered from
receiving stations
One newspaper is published locally in Prineville each
week, but this is probably due to change in the near future as circulation
will mount with increasing population.
Table 97.
Communication Facilities, Crook County, 1960 and 1970
2/
No. of Housing Units with FacilitiesType, Service, Location
1960
1970
Radio
KRCO Radio, Prineville
Sets available
1,598
979
274
1
2 or more
None
2,816
558
Telephone
Pacific Northwest Bell
Blue Mountain Telephone mc,
Paulina (independent)
Sets available
Yes
No
2,175
676
2,837
529
2,175
110
565
2,525
590
259
Television
None locally; cabled in from
surrounding areas; reception from
nearby stations.
Sets available
1
2 or more
None
Newspapers
Central Oregonian, Prineville
SOURCES:
1/ Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Directory
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Directory of Radio and Television Stations for the State of Oregon, 1972.
2/ TJ,S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing:
1960 and 1970
Detailed Housing Characteristics, Final Report HC(l) - B39 Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Library Facilities
Crook County has local funds amounting to $27,546 provided by the county
and none provided by the city. The total expenditure for that year was
$26,446 or $2.72 per person. The library's circulation was 59,715 or 6.1 per
capita for the county's population of 9,725.
1/
Oregon State Library, Directory of Oregon Libraries, annual statistics
for the year ending June 30, 1970.
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Utilities
Table 98.
Source of Water and Water Supply Facilities, Crook County, 1970
Item
Source of water
Public system or private company
Individual well
Other
Water supply facilities
Piped water inside structure
Piped water outside structure or
no piped water
All housing units
SOURCE:
No. of Housing Units
1,557
1,808
218
3,397
208
3,605
1970 Detailed Housing
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing:
Characteristics, Final Report HC(1) - B39 Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
There is one incorporated city in the county. The only treatment neceThe majority of the people are served
ssary for the area is chlorination.
by private sources, primarily wells.
Only one city, Prineville, in the county has public sewage disposal
The remaining
system, serving approximately 40 percent of the population
population utilizes septic tanks or cesspools for sewage disposal.
Table 99.
Sewage Disposal Facilities, Crook County, 1970
Item
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tanks or cesspools
Other or none
All housing units
SOURCE:
No. of Housing Units
1,477
75
3,605
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(1) - B39 Oregon, U.S Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 100.
Types of Fuels and Fuel Usage, Number of Housing Units,
Crook County, 1960 and 1970
Type of Fuel
House
Heating Fuel
1960
Utility gas
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc
Coal or coke
Wood
Electricity
Bottled, tank or LP gas
Other fuel
None
All housing units
SOURCE:
1
1970
Cooking
Fuel
Water
Heating Fuel
1960
1970
1960
277
1,591
804
1,393
63
15
59
765
205
205
239
877
61
168
2,400
100
2,922
273
2,150
97
317
105
39
26
3,233
3,605
3,233
26
3,233
3,605
85
1970
266
23
16
41
2,833
234
3,605
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing:
1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(1) - B39 Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 101.
Number of Housing Units with Appliances, Crook County, 1970
Appliances
Number
Clothes washer
Wringer or spinner
Automatic or semi-automatic
None
Clothes dryer
Gas heated
Electrically heated
None
Dishwasher
Yes
No
Home food freezer
Yes
315
2,497
562
50
1,698
1,626
603
2,771
No
1,463
Television
Number of sets
1
2,525
590
259
2 or more
None
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(l) - B39 Oregon, U S Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
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PUBLIC FINANCE
Table 102.
Selected Items of Local Government Finances, Crook County, 1966-67
Crook County
Total
Per Capita
Amount
Amount
I tern
General revenue, exc. interlocal
Intergovernmental revenue
From state government
From local sources
Taxes
Property
Other
Charges and miscellaneous
Direct general expenditure
Capital outlay
Otjker
iducation
Other than capital outlay
Highways
Other than capital outlay
Public welfare
Hospitals
Other than capital outlay
Health
Police protection
Fire protection
Sewerage
Other than capital outlay
Sanitation other than sewerage
Parks and recreation
Natural resources
Housing and urban renewal
Correction
Libraries
Financial administration
General control
General public buildings
Interest on general debt
Other and unallocable..
$3,139,000
1,014,000
957,000
2,125,000
1,520,000
1,503,000
16,000
605,000
$310.78
100.38
94.78
210.40
150.46
148.84
1.62
59.94
$308
2,769,000
174,000
2,594,000
1,629,000
1,582,000
395,000
326,000
93,000
274.14
17.26
256.87
161.30
156.67
39.07
32.31
9.22
316
97
83
210
156
151
5
54
62
254
180
152
30
20
2
6
36,000
96,000
9,000
22,000
21,000
15,000
40,000
168,000
3.60
9.53
0.89
2.16
2.07
1.52
3.95
16.62
7,000
22,000
51,000
46,000
30,000
25,000
84,000
0.68
2.19
5.09
4.59
3.00
2.45
8.27
4
12
9
8
3
2
10
4
4
Water supply revenue
Water supply expenditure
2
3
5
8
3
6
21
12
13
General debt outstanding
Long-term
Local schools
Other
SOURCE:
State
Per Capita
Amount
2,167,000
2,167,000
192,000
1,975,000
214.54
214.54
19.01
195.53
214
203
101
101
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol. 4, No.
Compendium of Government Finances, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1969.
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Table 103.
1970-71 Property Tax Levies and Assessments, Crook County
Dollars
I tern
Local government
County
Cities
Total
299 ,237
37,500
336,737
Percent
17.3
2.2
19.4
School districts
I.ED
Joint
Elementary and unified
Union high
County unit
Community college
Total
1,164,772
157,663
1,165,702
0.1
67.2
9.1
76.4
15,015
20,308
0.9
1.2
8,749
44,072
0.5
2.5
1,704,174
98.3
19,918
414
1.1
6,746
0.4
1,976
0.3
39,054
1.7
1,733,228
100.0
930
Special districts
Cemetery
Fire protection
Hospital
Park and recreation
Port
Road
Sanitary
Water supply
Other
Total
Total levies
Special assessment
Fire patrol
Forest fee
Diking and drainage
Irrigation
Lighting
Other
Total assessment
Total levies and assessments
SOURCE:
Oregon Department of Revenue, Supplement to 1968-70 Biennial Report,
Summary of Levies and Assessments and Analysis of City and County
Property Tax Levies for 1970-71 Fiscal Year.
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Table 104.
Assessed Value of Taxable Property, Crook County, 1971-72
I tern
Utilities' property
Airline companies
Electric companies
Express companies
Gas companies
Heating companies
Pipeline companies
Railroad companies
Tank and private car companies
Telegraph companies
Telephone companies
Water companies
Water transportation companies
Total taxable utility
Other real property
Lands - inside corp. limits
Lands - outside corp. limits
Improvements - inside corp.
limits
Improvements - outside corp.
limits
Timber (excluding land)
Less veterans' exemptions
Less senior citizens' residence
exemptions
Total taxable real property
Personal property
Merchandise and stock in trade
Furniture, fixtures, and
equipment
Farm machinery and equipment
Other machinery and eqtilpnient.
Livestock
Miscellaneous
Less veterans' exemptions
Less senior citizens residence
exemptions
Total taxable personal property.
Total taxable property
Dollars
Percent
5,442,174
5.0
2,102,938
1.9
3,900
5,400
1,224,794
716,000
1.1
0.7
9,495,206
8.8
4,660,860
31,839,470
4.3
29.5
18,023,380
16.7
26,437,190
24.5
(-770,300)
(-0.7)
(-343,040)
79,847,560
(-0.3)
74.0
6,255,230
5.8
572,950
2,840,430
2,589,720
5,102,610
209,730
0.5
2.6
2.4
4.7
0.1
(-2,540)
(-5,720)
17,562,410
106,905,176
16.3
99.
does not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
SOURCE
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, 1972.
1/
Table 105.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in Crook County
Prineville
I tern
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$l,000 by Levying Unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
4,380
2-5
$27,777,540
100.00
2.79
1.35
12.33
.14
16.61
$37,500
$461,385
1/ Code areas are assessors' divisions which cover all or part of a city.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Revenue, 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70
and 1970-71 Property Tax Collections, 1972.
Table 106. Per Capita City Taxes and Valuation Percentage Distribution of
Consolidated Rates and Dollars Per Thousand Rates on True Cash Value
in Crook County
Prineville
I tern
True Cash Value (T.0 V )
Per Capita True Cash Value
Per Capita Tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of Total Levy
County
City
School
Other
Average Rate/$TCV Basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
SOURCE:
$27,777,540
6,342
9
105
16.8
8.1
74.2
.8
2.79
1.35
12.33
14
16.61
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, 1972.
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Table 107.
Summary of 1971-72 Property Tax Levies and Assessments, Crook County
Amount in Dollars
I tern
Levies
County
Cities
Community Colleges
Elementary and Secondary School Districts
Intermediate County
Education Joint
Elementary and Unified
Union High
County Unit
Total School Districts
Special Districts
Cemetery
Fire Protection
Pospital
Park and Recreation
Port
Road
Sanitary
Water Supply
Other
Total Special Districts
Total Gross Ad Valorem Levies
Special Assessments
Fire Patrol
Forest Fee
Diking and Drainage
Irrigation
Lighting
Other
Total Special Assessments
Total Gross Levies and Assessments
Less Property Relief Money
Senior Citizens
Game Commission
Total Net Ad Valorem Levies
Net Ad Valorem Taxes by Class
Real Property
Personal Property
Utility Property
SOURCE:
299 ,237
37,500
157 ,663
930
1,164,772
1,165,702
15,015
20,308
8,749
44,072
1,704,174
19,918
414
6,746
1,976
29,054
1,733,228
(-5,986)
1,698,188
1,270,818
277,717
149,654
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, 1972.
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Table 108.
Summary of Assessment Rolls for 1971-72 Fiscal Year Real Property,
Personal Property and Utilities, Crook County
Assessed
Value
Item
Percent of
Total
Class
Real Property
Lands inside corporate limits
Lands outside corporate limits
Improvements inside corporate limits
Improvements outside corporate limits
Timber (excludes land)
Less veterans exemptions
Less senior citizens residence exemptions.
Taxable real property
$
4,660,860
31,839,470
18,023,380
26,437,190
4.3
29.5
16.7
24.5
(-770,300)
(-343,040)
79,847,560
(-0.7.)
6,255,230
572,950
2,840,430
2,589,720
5,102,610
209,730
5.8
0.5
2.6
2.4
4.7
0.1
(-0.3)
74.0
Personal Property
Merchandise and stock in trade
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Farm machinery and equipment
Other machinery and equipment
Livestock
Miscellaneous
Less veterans exemptions
Less senior citizens residence exemptions.
Taxable personal property
17,562,410
16. 3
Total taxable real and personal property.
97,409,970
90.3
5,442,174
5.0
2,102,938
1.9
Utilities
Airline companies
Electric companies
Express companies
Gas companies
Heating companies
Pipeline companies
Railroad companies
Tank and private car companies
Telegraph companies
Telephone companies
Water companies
Water transportation companies
Taxable utility property
3,900
Total taxable real, personal and utility
property
SOURCE:
(-2,540)
(-5,720)
5,400
1,224,794
716,000
1.1
0.7
9,495,206
8.8
107,905,176
100.0
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, 1972.
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Table 109.
Amount and Percent of Unpaid Property Tax, Crook County, 1971
I tern
Total
Amount
Amount
Unpaid
$1,331,483
325,678
157,117
$249,358
48,970
3,751
18.7
15.0
2.4
302,079
16.6
Percent
of Unpaid
Property Taxable
Real
Personal
Public utilities
Western Oregon additional
timber tax
Yield tax
Total
SOURCE:
246
1,814,524
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, 1972.
Selected List of Agencies
The following list gives names and addresses of agencies that have
served as data sources for this publication and may provide further or more
current data on subjects of interest.
In addition, a number of local and county offices are available to offer
local information and assistance, including:
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation
Assess or
City Library
Corrections and Parole
County Engineer
County Extension
County Surveyor
Employment Division
Game Commission
Health Department
Public Welfare
Soil Conservation Service
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Oregon, Eugene,
Oregon 97403
Center for Population Research and Census, Portland State University,
724 S.W. Harrison, Portland, Oregon 97201
Children Services Division, Oregon State Department of Human Resources,
Public Services Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Department of Environmental Quality, 1234 S.W. Morrison, Portland, Oregon
97204
Economic Research Service, U.S.D.A. Extension Hall, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Extension Service, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Fish Commission of Oregon, 1400 S.W. 5th St., Portland, Oregon 97201
4-H Youth Office, Extension Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
Oregon 97331
Forest Service, U.S.D.A., 319 S.W. Pine St., Portland, Oregon 97204
Governor's Office, Economic Development Special Projects, State Capitol
Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
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Local Government Relations Division, Oregon Executive Department,
240 Cottage S.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Allen Hall, University of Oregon,
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Oregon Board of Higher Education, School Finance and Statistical
Services, 942 Lancaster Dr. N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, 1400 S.W. 5th
St., Portland, Oregon 97201
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, 4263 Commercial S.E., Salem,
Oregon 97310
Oregon State Department of Revenue, State Office Building, Salem, Oregon
97310
Oregon State Employment Division, Community Manpower, Research and
Statistics, or Rural Manpower sections, Lab and Ind Building, Salem,
Oregon 97310
Oregon State Game Commission, 1634 Alder, Portland, Oregon 97214
19
Oregon State Health Division, Department of Human Resources, 1400 5 W
5th, Portland, Oregon 97201
Oregon State Highway Division, State Parks and Recreation Section, 8009
E Burnside, Portland, Oregon 97215
Oregon State Lands Division, 502 Winter N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon State Library, State Library Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon State Public Welfare Division, Department of Human Resources,
Public Services, Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S
Service, 809 N.E. 6th St., Portland, Oregon 97232
Forest
25
Secretary of State's Office, State Capitol Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
26.
Soil Conservation Service, U.S.D.A., 1218 S.W. Washington, Portland,
Oregon 97205
27
State Water Resources Board, 1158 Chemeketa N E
28
U S Department of Commerce, 921 S W Washington, Portland, Oregon 97204
(for copies of U.S. Census publications)
,
Salem, Oregon 97310
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Office of the Governor, Planning Division, Health Facts, 1969.
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Directory of Radio and Television
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Oregon Board of Higher Education, 1969 School Directory and 1971-72 Oregon
School-Community College Directory, School Finance and Statistical Services.
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation
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Annual Revision, Health Facility Planning and Construction Section, 1971.
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1966.
Oregon State Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Control
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Oregon Timber Industrie, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
1968.
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Adolescent Population and Commitment Data by County, by Calendar Year
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Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, Labor
Force and Employment in Oregon by County 1968 through 1971 publications,
Research and Statistics Section.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, 1971
Annual Rural Manpower Report, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, Oregon
Covered Employment and Payrolls, 1970 and 1971, Summary Data, Research
and Statistics Section, 1971, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon Public Welfare Division,
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Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health Division,
Implementation and Enforcement Plan for the Public Waters of the State
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"3.
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24.
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By County, 1970.
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A Compilation for Oregon Census County Divisions, Special Report 367,
Oregon State University, 1972.
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Related Land Resources, 1962.
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Extension Service Oregon State University CorvaIIis Joseph A. Co;director Thte publication was pasd
and distributed in furtherance of the Acts of Congress of May 8 and June 3 ililt Extension wouk is a
cooperative program of Oregon Stat. University the U S Department .1 Agr1culture and Ozegoncoumlies.