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Umatilla County, Oregon
NATURAL
RESOURCE
ATLAS
HUMAN
ECONOMIC
PUBLIC
April 1973
Oregon State University Extension Service
Prepared by Kwang H. Tm, 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 HaIl 118,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331. $2.50 per copy.
MILES
S
UMATILLA
COUNTY
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20
COL
Iton- Freewater
Hoidmon
Helix
Athena
Creek
Echo
Bingham
* Springs
Gibbon
Noun,
Mc Hay
V in son
'of Rock
Pine Grove
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UMATILLA
Lehman
LEGEND
Primary Highways
Secondary Highways Q
County Roads
Interstate Highways
COUNTY
Contents
General Description
Physical Aspects
Climate
Soils
Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
Land Ownership
Land Use
Agricultural Land
Forest Land
Water
Minerals
Wildlife
2
4
9
12
19
22
23
24
27
33
33
Human Resources
Population
Employment
Income
Education
Health and Vital Statistics
Public Welfare
Housing
39
39
44
53
61
70
76
77
The County's Economy
Agriculture
Logging and Wood Products
Manufacturing
Mining - Mineral and Metal Industries
Outdoor Recreation
Business
78
79
88
94
96
97
101
Public Services
Transportation
Communication
Library Facilities
Utilities
104
104
Public Finance
113
Selected List of Agencies
123
Selected Bibliography
125
108
110
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Umatilla County is situat.:d in northeastern Oregon with its n.rthwestern border the Columbia River. The rest of the northern border is
bounded by Washington State, the eastern border by Union and Wallowa
Counties, the southern border by Grant, and the western border by Morjw
County. Umatilla Ccunty extends south 70 miles
from the Oregon-Washington
border and 25 to 65 miles west from the crest of the Blue Mountains.
The county, in 1969, encompassed an area of 2,065,536 acres, or
percent of the total area of Oregon and ranked 8th among Oregon's 36 cou _es
in size.
The county is composed of two physiographic provinces--the Umatilla
plain and the Blue Mountains province.
The Umatilla plain is a level plain
with areas of rolling topography and low hills. The soils are of glacial
origin with areas of medium textured, clacereons sediments and areas of coarta
textured sediments. The Blue Mountains area varies from a gentle ascending
slope to steep walled canyons of the higher elevations. Elevations of the
Blue Mountains range from 3,000 to 5,000 feet. The soils are formed primarily
from bess and volcanic ash and to a lesser extent the underlying rock.
.
The county's climate is temperate and semi-arid, varying with the elevaThere Is low annual precipitation, and low winter and high summer
temperatures. The average annual precipitation varies from less than 10 inches
in the Columbia River Valley to more than 40 inches in the mountains.
The
average frost-free season varies from about 200 days along the Columbia River
to 30 days at higher elevations.
tion.
In 1858, cattlemen began settling in Umatilla. The discovery of gold
in the Blue Mountains in 1862 attracted attention and mining became an important industry. Completion of a railroad into Pendleton
in 1883 gave impetus
to settlement and opened new markets, and wheat production rapidly became the
major agricultural enterprise. Logging became important when mining began,
and there were several sawmills by 1900.
Irrigation began in the late 1880's
near streams, and alfalfa was introduced. Irrigation water supplies were
increased by the completion of the Cold Springs Reservoir in 1908 and the
McKay Reservoir in 1926.
According to Oregon Blue Book, -'Umati11a County was established when
it was separated from the larger original county of Wasco in 1862.
The first
white men to view the Umatilla County were members of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition, who on October 19, 1805, camped overnight near Cold Springs on
their historic journey down the Columbia River.
The first term of Umatilla County Court was held in April 1863 and the
circuit court was held in June of 1863 at Swift Station. Umatilla City was
the county seat from March 1865 to November 1868.
After two unsuccessful
suits by the citizens of Umatilla City, the county seat was moved to Pendleton.
1/
Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Myers, Secretary of State,
Oregon Blue Book, 1971-72, January 1971.
The first court house was a wooden structure constructed in 1869.
The
second was constructed of concrete and brick and accepted on July 22, 1889.
The present court house was occupied on February 22, 1956.
A brief summary of the major facts for the County by Oregon Blue Book-I
is given below:
Established:
Area:
September 27, 1862
Population:
3,2141 square miles
2,065,536 acres
Pendleton
145,450
(July 1, 1972)
1,068 feet
Elevation at Pendleton:
True Cash Value:
$406,101,470 (1971)
Average Precipitation:
Summer - 1.47
Winter - 4.17
Average Temperature:
Summer - 69.0
Winter - 38.1
Principal Industries:
County Seat:
Agriculture, Lumbering, Food Processing,
Manufact uring
PHYSICAL ASPECTS
The Urnatilla Drainage Basin consists of two physiographic provinces-The underlying rock of the
the Blue Mountains uplift and the lJniatilla plain.
entire basin is the Columbia River basalt.
The Blue Mountain Uplift. This uplift lies throughout the southern and
southeastern portions of the County. The folded and faulted Columbia River
basalt occurs, in the major portion of this area and overlies a combination of
older rocks including metamorphic rocks, intrusive acid igenous rocks, and
sedimentary rocks (clarno formation). These formations are exposed on the
surface of approximately 3 percent of this area in the southern part near
Battle Mountain.
The Columbia River basalt is the most productive and widespread aquifer
in the County.
Umati1L Pla:n. The Columbia River basalt acts as a foundation for
tyoeS of terrace-like deposits.
Two large terrace deposits of conglomerates of Pliocene age immediately
These are the McKay
oveclie the Columbia River basalt at low elevations.
hed, in the Agency syncline near Pilot Rock and the Shutler formation in western
i/ Oregon S1at Executive Department, Clay Myers, Secretary of State, Oregon
Blue Book, 1971-72, January 1971.
Umatilla County.
These units contain subangular to well-rounded, lime cali..
checoated, basaltic particles ranging in size from grit to boulders.
The Pliestocene glacial-lake sediments lie mostly between 1,150 and
750 feet elevations. The beds rest upon the basalts and large terrace deposits
of conglomerates of Pliocene age.
Coarse-textured glacial deposits compose most of the area lying below
750 feet, except for areas where the Columbia River basalt is exposed. These
deposits consist of rather clean sand and fine gravel with some large boulders
and local silt lenses.
A deposit of loessial silts derived in part from the glacial-lake silts
is called the Palouse formation. The bess varies in depth from 1 to 2
feet on the summit of the Blue Mountains to more than 50 feet at Holdman and
Helix.
Thin ribbons of recent alluvium border the streams.
alluvium are the outwash from the glacial deposits.
Other areas of older
The principal topographic features of Umatilla County are the Umatilla
plains and the Blue Mountains.
Blue Mountains. The highland is a nearly horizontal, platform-like
crest of a broad anticline.
The elevation ranges from 3,500 feet to 5,000
feet. Steep walled canyons with narrow alluvial bottoms separated by narrow
to broad remmants of the older surface of the bedrock lavas compose the general
landform.
The Blue Mountains slope is a gentle ramp-like descent down to the lowlands of the Umatilla plain.
Umatilla Plain.
This area is a broad topographic and structural trough
lying east to west in the County. It is bounded by the Blue Mountains on
the south and east and the Columbia River on the northwest. This trough
is divided in the central part by a northeasterly-trending crest of the Rieth
anticline which forms the division between the Pendleton plain in the east
to the Umatilla lowland on the west.
The Pendleton plain slopes gently with elevations of 1,200 to 2,000
feet along the Agency syncline and the remaining part is gently rolling with
elevations ranging from 1,300 to 2,100 feet,
The Umatilla lowland is gently sloping surface to the northwest,
slightly dissected, and has gently rolling topography.
is
Climate
Iimatilla County has a temperate and semi-arid climate, characterized
by low annual precipitation, low winter temperatures, and high summer temperatures. The most severe water erosion that is generally experienced is froit
sudden chinooks in February when there usually is snow on the ground.
Strong winds, generally from the west and southwest, may occur at any
time of the year, drifting snow in the winter and causing soil movement and
excessive evaporation during other seasons.
Average annual precipitation varies from 55 inches in the Blue Mountains
Annual precipitation in most of
to less than 10 along the Columbia River
Precipitation during the
the agricultural areas varies from 8 to 20 inches
irrigation season, April 7 to September 30, averages less than 6 inches in
most agricultural areas and is as low as 2.5 inches at Umatilla. The average
annual precipitation at Pendleton is 12.38 inches.
The mean annual snowfall is 157 inches at Meacham in the Blue Mountains
and 19 inches at Pendleton.
430 F. at Meacham,
The mean annual recorded temperature varies from
Recorded
elevation 4,050 feet, to 530 F at Hermiston, elevation 624 feet
temperature extremes at Pendleton varied from -22° F. to 1100 F.
The frost-free growing season varies from 30 days at higher elevations
At Pendleton the growing season
to around 200 days along the Columbia River
The
is about 160 days, in the area around Milton-Freewater it is 190 days
growing season in the dryland grain areas ranges from 150 to 180 days.
Table 1.
Weather Stations, Elevation and Years of Record,
Umatilla County, 1971
Station
Echo
Hermiston 2S
Meacham WB Airport
Milton-Freewater IJNW
Pendleton Branch Exp. Sta.
Pendleton WB Airport
Pilot Rock 1SE
Ukiah
Walla Walla 13 ESE
Weston 5 ESE
SOURCE:
Elevation
660
624
4,050
839
1,487
1,482
1,697
3,355
2,400
3,200
Years of Record
66
65
28
54
41
36
54
45
28
15
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administratio", Environriental Data Service, Clinato1ogical Data,
Annual Summary, 1971, Vol. 77, No. 13.
Table 2.
Station
Average Temperatures and Total Precipitation,
Umatilla County, Monthly, 1971
Jan.
Feb.
Average Temperatures, degrees F.
Apr. May 1Je July( Aug. Sep.
Mar.
J
Echo
41.3
141.1
Hertaiston 2S
39.0
30.5
41.6
141.0
Meacham WB Airport
Milton-Freewater UNW
Pendleton Brch.Exp.Sta.38.0
Pendleton WB Airport
40.0
Pilot Rock 1 SE
39.5
30.8
41.7
39.5
39.8
40.2
Uk ia h
Walla Walla 13 ESE
Weston 5 ESE
33.6
35.7
43.1
42.0
29.6
143.8
39.9
40.5
51.0
49.9
37.9
51.4
46.8
61.9
61.3
639
714.6
63.8
48.3
61.0
56.3
50.7
63.3
58.3
63.3
75.2
65.4
74.4
69.9
76.1
72.2
49.4 605
40.14
46.4
31.9
36.2
40.5 4931535 63.7
45.3
58.2 ,59.5
53.7
56.0
77.9
68.6
75,7
73.7
76.8
59.4
49.5
58.4
55.9
59.1
f
Oct.
Nov.
50.7
41.1
142.7
50.l"44.0
46.7
51.4
75M'572 49.3
65.8-'48.0
33.1
39.7
41.14
43.7
42.3
33.5
65.6'68.2'52.6 43.9"37.7
f
Dec.
37.0
24.8
36.6
35.0
36.9
362M
25.530.7
Total Precipitation, inches
Echo
.60
.48
Hermiston 2S
.67
.21
Meacham WB Airport
6,33 2.95
Milton-Freewater UNW
1.00
.51
Pendleton Brch.Exp.Sta.1.4/4
.77
Pendleton WB Airport
.84
.69
Pilot Rock 1 SE
1.06
.39
Ukiah
2.47 / .74
Walla Walla 13 ESE
7.93'3.48
Weston 5 ESE
3.80 1 11
1.07
.69
.53
.99
4.00
1.25
1.28
1.11
1.21
1.67
5.40
7
7
1.05
.90
.78
3.02
1.03
3.67
2.29
3.14
1.73
2.30
2.32
1.14
1.65
1.15
1.44
1.53
2.70
1.50
1.66
1.41
1.35
1.24
4.57
9
7
Lu
7Lt
.77
.49
.55
.40
.75
.63
.32
.43
.48
4.09
1.06
ALt
-.15
.31
.35
.33
.14
.36
.19
.80
7A
.91
.41
3.23
1.31
3.63
1.142
1.72
.96
1.03
.70
1.66
1.83
1.35
4.31
5.27
)
c
1.39
5.20
2.87
3.14
2.73
1.70
2.09"2.47
(fl
5.49
Li
1Q
1.87
6.69
1.61
3.93
2.59
2.39
2.93
7.65
R
93
No record.
/ One or more days record missing; if average value is entered, less than 10 days record
is missing.
E/ Amount is wholly or partially estimated.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
C1imato1nica1 Data, Oregon Annual Summary 1971, Vol. 77, No.13.
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Table 3.
Station
Freeze Data, Umatilla County, 1971
l6'
or
below
Echo
Hermiston 2S
Meacham WB Airport
Milton-Freewater TJNW
Pendleton Brch.Exp.Sta.
Pendleton WB Airport
Pilot Rock 1SE
Ukiah
Walla Walla 13ESE
Weston 5ESE
3-1
2-7
3-1
3-19
4-1
3-19
4-12
3-19
4-4
3-2
4-12
3-19
3-6
4-20
/4-26
6-29
3-18
3-19
4-19
3-18
1-5
1-13
1-4
32° or
be low
Echo
Rermiston 2S
Meacham WB Airport
Milton-Freewater UNW
Pendleton Brch.Exp.Sta.
Pendleton WB Airport
Pilot Rock 1SE
Ukiah
Walla Walla 13ESE
Weston 5ESE
Date--Last Spring Minimum of:
20° or
24° or
28° or
below
below
below
9-30
9-27
9-17
9-14
10-16
9-17
7-7
9-15
3-2
3-6
3-19
3-1
3-2
3-1
4-12
5-17
4-1
4-16
4-1
4-19
Date--First Fall Minimum of:
28° or
2/4° or
20° or
below
below
below
10-16
10-14
10-16
9-18
10-16
10-16
7-7
10-16
10-16
10-16
10-16
10-16
10-27
10-28
9-14
10-28
10-16
10-27
10-28
10-16
10-29
10-28
9-14
10-28
32'-' or
below
4-26
5-21
5-30
4-16
5-21
4-12
5-18
6-30
5-21
16° or
bel ow
10-28
10-27
12-27
10-29
12-27
10-29
10-17
10-28
-- No record.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climatological Data, Oregon Annual Summary 1971, Vol. 77,
No. 13.
Table Li..
Temperature Extremes, Umatilia County, 1971
Station
Echo
Hermiston 2S
Meacham WB Airport
Milton-Freewater UNW
Pendleton Branch Exp. Sta.
Pendleton WB Airport
Pilot Rock 1SE
Ukiah
Walla Walla 13ESE
Weston 5ESE
Highest
Date
108°F.
95
108
107
108
111
101
8-1
7-31
7-31
8-1
7-31
8-1
8-1
Lowest
Date
9°F.
12-30+/
2
7
12-28
12-28
9
1-4
12
8
1-4+/
12-7
-13
12-2 8
8
12-28
No record.
+/ Also on earlier date(s) or months.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Clirnatological Data, Oregon Annual Summary 1971,
Vol. 77, No. 13.
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Table 5.
Annual Average Temperatures and Annual Total Precipitation,
Umatilla County, 1971
Station
Echo
Hermiston 2S
Meacham WB Airport
Milton-Freewater UNW
Pendleton Branch Exp. Sta.
Pendleton WB Airport
Pilot Rock 1SE
Ukiah
Walla Walla 13ESE
Weston 5ESE
Average Temperature
46.1°F.
53.3
42.5
53. 5M/
50. l
53.1
51.4
42.7M/
46.6M/
I
Total Precipitation
9.49 inches
41.75
15.54
21.11
14.44
15.64
18.41
52.75E/
33.00
No record.
M/ One or more days record missing; if average value is entered, less than
10 days record is missing. See monthly Climatological Data for detailed
daily record.
E/ Amount is wholly or partially estimated.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Climatological Data, Oregon Annual Summary,1971,
Vol. 77, No.13.
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Table 6.
Station
Mean Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures, Umatilla County,
By Month, 1951 - 1960
No. of
Years
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May
Mean Daily
Maximum Temp.
Echo
degrees Farenheit
Pea' 9 41.6 49.1 56.5 66.8 75.2 82.4 91.0 87.1 80.0
Re'52
Hermiston 2S
Meacham WB
Airport
Nilton-FreeWater 4NW
Pendleton WB
Airport
Pilot Rock
1SE
Ukiah
Umatilla
Walla Walla
13ESE
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
10
54
10
16
6
42
10
26
8
48
7
32
10
58
9
11
39.5
39.8
39.3
32.6
31.8
39.6
38.8
39.7
37.4
42.1
40.9
35.2
34.0
40.3
39.8
34.5
32.6
47.8
47.2
47.2
36.4
36.6
45.9
45.7
45.6
44.4
47.0
45.9
40.8
40.5
48.0
47.2
40.4
40.0
58.5
55.8
59.0
40.2
40.6
55.3
56.3
52.2
53.4
53.5
55.8
46.5
48.1
56.2
58.9
47.4
47.2
67.8
66.3
68.5
50.0
50.0
65.8
65.7
62.5
62.8
62.6
64.2
57.0
57.6
66.6
68.7
59.0
59.5
Mean Daily
Minimum Temp.
Echo
Hermiston 2S
Pendle ton WB
Airport
Pilot Rock
1SE
Ukiah
Umatilla
Walla Walla
13ESE
76.2
75.0
76.5
58.1
58.8
74.0
73.6
70.4
71.0
70.9
72.8
63.3
83.6
81.7
83.6
65.4
65.3
80.5
80.6
78.0
77.7
79.3
80.8
71.3
64.8
75.2
76.8
67.2
67.2
81.9
83.8
72.8
73.0
92.6
91.0
91.9
78.3
77.7
90.8
89.8
88.8
88.1
90.4
90.7
84.1
74.2
81.2
80.8
73.5
73.5
66.6
67.9
66.7
67.3
55.9
55.1
66.2
65.3
63.5
63.7
66.3
65.9
62.6
63.3
67.0
67.1
59.1
58.7
50.2
51.7
49.8
51.0
41.6
41.5
50.2
49.6
48.3
48.2
51.0
51.3
46.8
47.2
50.3
50.9
42.0
42.5
43.9
43.3
42.4
42.1
35.8
35.4
43.7
42.7
41.9
42.0
44.6
43.2
38.7
37.7
42.9
41.9
36.7
36.9
66.3
53.1
53.0
64.8
64.4
62.7
62.6
64.6
64.9
58.5
58.8
65.8
66.6
58.2
58.1
47.8
48.2
48.5
46.4
44.4
43.9
51.0
50.8
51.2
51.6
44.8
46.6
33.3
32.4
49.9
48.8
41.1
40.4
39.5
40.1
39.3
38.1
37.0
36.4
42.2
42.7
42.0
42.6
36.7
38.6
28.4
28.4
39.4
40.1
36.0
35.2
29.6
31.9
29.5
30.4
27.6
27.9
33.1
33.5
32.0
32.7
28.5
31.3
22.2
22.8
30.7
33.1
28.6
28.8
27.9
27.8
27.2
26.5
24.4
24.2
30.5
28.8
29.1
29.9
27.1
26.9
19.6
17.6
28.5
28.3
26.5
25.9
40.0
40.6
40.1
39.1
34.2
34.2
42.2
42.0
41.6
41.8
37.0
38.6
28.3
27.5
40.8
41.3
34.9
34.2
90.1
87.5
89.5
74.5
75.2
86.5
87.0
84.6
85.1
87.5
88.8
80.7
80.5
80.7
80.2
68.6
68.0
79.6
77.6
77.4
77.4
80.2
78.3
75.3
72.0 84.l82.1
91.3 88.3
92.7 90.4
84.5 81.0
84.5 81.4
65.9
66.6
65.-3
degrees Farenheit
Per
Rec
Per
Re c
Meacham WB
Airport
Milton-FreeWater 4NW
June July Aug.I Sept.
Per
Re c
Per
Rec
Per
Re c
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
9
52
10
54
10
16
6
42
10
26
8
47
7
32
10
58
9
11
24.8
23.8
23.8
22.3
21.4
19.2
25.1
24.5
26.1
24.2
24.3
23.6
15.9
12.4
25.1
24.6
23.8
20.6
29.8
28.9
28.7
26.8
23.3
23.0
30.1
30.0
30.5
29.5
27.7
27.6
19.5
17.4
29.0
28.8
26.7
25.6
32.5
34.2
31.9
32.3
24.6
25.3
34.7
36.0
33.2
34.7
29.8
32.6
22.6
23.5
32.3
34.0
28.5
28.1
38.7
29.7
38.4
38.4
31.2
31.0
41.0
40.9
39.7
40.6
35.7
37.4
28.6
28.5
39.0
40.1
33.8
33.6
46.2
46.3
46.6
45.2
37.5
37.9
48.4
47.1
46.6
47.0
42.4
43.3
34.8
33.2
47.3
47.2
39.2
38.5
52.0
53.0
53.1
51.9
42.8
42.7
.3.4
53.2
52.4
52.5
47.0
49.1
37.8
37.8
53.3
54.0
43.4
42.9
56.3
58.0
58.1
56.7
50.4
49.7
59.5
59.2
58.9
59.1
50.8
53.6
39.3
39.5
58.2
59.6
46.3
45.9
54.3
55.6
56.0
54.2
48.5
48.7
57.6
57.6
57.0
57.3
49.5
52.3
37.4
37.0
56.6
57.3
44.6
44.3
1/ Per indicates the period or number of years the data were gathered.
2/ Rec is the number of records or how many times the data were recorded 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.
Soils
This section on soils is on the Umatilla area. It is located in the
northern section of the County and includes nearly all of the cultivated
land as well as extensive areas of grass-covered livestock range and of
forest in Umatilla County.
The survey area covers nearly 60 percent of lJmatilla County, or 1,872
square miles (1,198,080 acres). It extends 140 miles southward and eastward
from the Columbia River across the plain and into the Blue Mountains. The
Oregon-Washington line forms its northern and the Columbia River its northwestern boundary.
There were some 59 soils and 6 miscellaneous land types classified in
the area.
These 65 classifications have been catagorized into 7 related
groups by the USDA on this soil survey. They are as follows:
(1) medium
to dark-colored soils of the smooth to rolling loessal plains of the great
central wheat belt--Athena, Walla Walla, Pilot Rock, Morrow, and McKay series;
(2) light-colored soils of the smooth to rolling plains and lake terraces-Ritzville, Sagemoor, and Burke series; (3) dark-colored soils of the foothills
and lower mountains--Palouse, Waha, and Thatuna series; (Li.) light-colored
soils of the Blue Mountains--Helmer and Couse series; (5) light-colored
sandy soils of the Columbia River terraces--Quincy, Ephrata, Rupert, and
Winchester series; (6) soils of the bottotniands and low terraces--Snow,
Caldwell, Hermiston, Onyx, Yakima, Stanfield, and Umapine series; and (7)
the Waha, Underwood, and other miscellaneous nonarable soils and land types.
A generalized use of each group is as follows: (1) mostly growing wheat under
dry-farming methods; (2) dry-farmed, wheat, livestock range, alfalfa and other
irrigated crops; (3) grows wheat and peas, with potatoes in areas of abundant
rainfall or irrigated land; (4) timber, some potatoes, berries, oats, timothy,
and red clover; (5) livestock range and alfalfa, corn, and other irrigated
crops; (6) wide variety of crops under irrigation; and (7) largely for
livestock range, and sou timber in the mountains.
Medium- to Dark-Colored Soils of the Smooth to Rolling Loessal Plains.
This group of soils is the most extensive group in the Umatilla area.
They
occupy a belt of plains, ranging from 6 to 25 miles wide, parallel to the
foot of the Blue Mountains, and extending into the foothills in places. Color
ranges from grayish-brown to dark grayish-brown or almost black.
They have
slightly to distinctly granular surface soils that are primarily silt loam,
and range from very sandy loam to silty clay loam. A concentration of lime
is found in the lower subsoil layer in most places. The depth of these soils
varies greatly.
Soils included in this grouping are Athena, Walla Walla, Pilot Rock,
Morrow, and McKay soils. Athena soils are the darkest in color and the
most highly productive.
The Walla Walla soils are lighter in color and
somwhat less productive, but this soil produces the largest portion of the
wheat grown in the area. Pilot Rock soils are shallow soils over lime
The Morrow soils are
hardpan, are less productive, and light in color.
shallow soils over bedrock, and usually have heavy subsoils that contain no
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lime and are low in productivity. McKay soils are dark-colored with ,a
claypan subsoil overlying beds of gravel, more or less cemented by lime,
and are similar in productivity to the Walla Walla soils.
Wheat under dry-farming methods is grown extensively on this group
of soils.
Light-Colored Soils of the Smooth to Rolling Plains and Lake Terraces.
The soils in this series are Ritzville, Sagemoor, and Burke. These soils
occupy sorlEwhat lower and more arid areas than do Walla Walla silt loam.
The Ritzville soils occupy a wide belt of smooth to rolling uplands extending southwest from the Oregon-Washington line between State Line and Ring
to the angle on the western line of the County at Butter Creek. They also
occur in ridges along the northern part of the County bounding the Walla
Walla Valley. Sagetnoor and Burke soils are located on lake terraces and
ridges in the Walla Walla Valley.
Ritzville soils were developed from fine floury bess and sonwhat
coarser wind-laid materials This soil is underlain by basaltic bedrock
and lime-cemented gravel or silty lake deposits Silty lake-laid materials
have developed into Sagemoor and Burke soils.
These soils have a floury consistence, and are fine and silty. All
soils are light in color and low in organic content and nitrogen. They are,
however, fairly rich in other plant nutrients. The Ritzville soils have
a heavy concentraticn of lime in the subsoil. Sagemoor and Burke soils
are generally lighter in color and have lime either in the surface soils
or within a foot of the surface.
The Ritzville soils are used for dry-land farming--usually wheat and
produce fair yields. The sandier and shallow soils of this series have
trouble with drifting and are not well-adapted to farming The Sagemoor
and Burke soils are in areas that are mostly too dry for successful dryfarming. Sagemoor soils do produce good yields of alfalfa. Burke soils
are not suited for farming; they are used mainly for grazing land.
Dark-Colored Soils of the Foothills and Lower Mountains. The soil
series found in this group are the Palouse, Waha, and Thatuna series. They
occupy an irregular belt extending in a northeast-southwest direction across
the foothills and, the lower slopes and ridges of the Blue Mountains, where
the annual, rainfall is about 20 to 30 inches. These soils are slightly
acid and contain large quantities of orgaiic matter. They are fertile soils.
The Palouse soils are dark brownish-gray to nearly black in color. It
consists of granular silt basis with heavy-textured but fairly permeable
subsoils. They have developed from bess undercover of bunchgrasses. Waha
soils are shallower and heavier in texture and have heavier subsoils. They
occur on exposed hilltops) and in places are very thin over bedrock. It has
been developed from underlying basalt and partly loessal. The Thatuna
series is somewhat lighter in color than the other two series and lies at
higher elevations in the lower edge of the belt that originally supported
an open growth of western yellow pine with considerable bunchgrass and
brush. The color is medium brown to dark brown or dark brownish-gray.
This group of soils is well-suited to the production of wheat and the
Sirie the Thatuna soils receive more rainfall than the
other two series, it is suitable for growing potatoes. The Waha soils are
less productive because of their low capacity to hold moisture.
growing of peas.
Light-Colored Soils of the Blue Mountains. This group includes soils
of the Helmer and Couse series. They occupy high plateau tops, and have
devel oped under forest cover, comparitively high rainfall, and low temperatures. The soils are medium to light in color, low in organic content,
acid in reaction, and have a fluffy or floury consistence. The surface
soil is underlain by light-gray ashy layer overlaying heavy-textured mottled
materials and has been developed from bess.
The Helmer series is light yellowish-brown in color and has developed
from dense forests of fir, spruce, and tamarack. The Couse series is pale-
brown or brownish-gray and has been developed under a stand of western
yellow pine.
The Helmer series is located in a forested area and is best suited
for timber production. However, oats, timothy, red cicwer, potatoes and
berries have been grown with fairly good results. The Couse soils are
better suited for cultivation.
Light-Colored Sandy Soils of the Columbia River Terraces. This group
of soils contains the Quincy, Ephrata, Rupert, and Winchester series. They
occupy a large area in the northwestern corner of the County where the climate
is dry and vegetation is scant. All these soils have developed from old
water-laid and wind-modified materials on the Columbia River terraces. All
have sandy surface soils and a subsoil of porous sandy or gravelly subsoils
and substrata.
The Quincy soils lie at the corner edge of the Columbia River terrace
and have a sandy surface soil subject to erosion by wind and water. The
Ephrata soils are porous and sandy and lie over beds of gravel cemented by
lime. The Rupert soils are coarser in texture than the Ephrata and are underlain by coarse or gravelly sand and in most places contain little lime within
three feet of the surface. The Winchester soils consist of loose wind-shifted
sand.
The grouping of soils has little dry-land farming value. Near Hermiston
and Umatilla, the Ephrata soils are fairly productive when irrigated.
Quincy soils could be farmed if irrigated well. The other two series are
of little use for farming practices.
Soils of the Bottomlands and Low Terraces. This group contains the
Snow, Caldwell, Hermiston, Onyx, Yakima, Stanfield, and Umapine series.
They lie low and on level land and all have developed from alluvial soil
materials. The Onyx and Snow series are deep, friable, and well-drained,
lack definite surface soil and subsoil layers, and are typically not calcareous.
Caldwell soils are calcereous, dark-colored, and imperfectly to poorly drained.
Hermiston soils are brownish-gray with light-colored lintey subsoils. The
Stanfield and Umapine soils are light-colored and imperfectly to poorly drained,
have high concentrations of soluble salts, are limey, and Stanfield soils
have a layer of lime hardpan in the subsoil.
gravelly or stony over porous beds of gravel
,
Yakima soils are shallow and
cobbles, and boulders.
Snow, Onyx, axx Henniston soils are productive under both dry-farming
and irrigation. Some of the better drained areas of Caldwell, Stanfield, and
Umapine soils are productive ur1er irrigation. The poorer areas are used for
pasture.
Yakima soils are used for growing apples, prunes, and tomatoes under
irrigation but are hard to work, require large quantities of water, and are
practically worthless for dry farming.
Miscellaneous Nonarable Soilsand Lard Types. This group consists of
soils and land tyçes that are shallow, stony, steep, infertile, subject to
overflow, or otherwise unsuited to crops, including Waha stony silt loam,
Underwood stony loam, scabland, shallow stony soils, rough broken and stony
land -- timbered phase, river wash, and volcanic ash
Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
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 conditions 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 ar 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. The subclasses are "e" for wind or water erosion, "w" for wetness or frequent inundation from overflow, "s" for soil limitations and "c" for climatic limitations.
Umatilla County has five classes of land capability in the County.
The
eastern and southern porticns of the County are in capability Class VII, which
is classified as larii fairly well suited for grazing or forestry.
Class VII
lands are characterized by very steep slopes shallow or droughty soils,
excessive erosion or severe alkali conditions. Another area located in the
southern section is classified as moderately well suited for grazing or
forestry, Class VI, and is characterized by steep slopes, susceptible to
erosion and shallow soils. Class VI also lies along the middle portion of
the western border of the County and just north of Class VII. Located from
the center to the northern border are Classes II, III, and IV. This area is
the main agricultural land. There is another section of VII in the northwestern corner.
,
There is a constant need for information
on conservation needs that will
aid in carrying out a conservation
program.
There is also a need for a systematic collection of facts regarding soil and water
resources, the problems
in their use, and an estimate of the acres needing
treatment.
The need for
these facts resulted in an inventory by the Oregon Conservation
Needs Committee.
The data from the inventory are compiled in
Oregon Conservation Needs Inventory
published by the Committee in September, 1962.
The acreage covered by the inventory included about 48
percent of the
total land area in Oregon by county.
Most of the excluded area was federally
owned land on which conservation programs were already in
progress.
The inventory was developed from basic data regarding:
(1) present
acreage in major uses and (2) acreage of each land use classified by physical
problems affecting its use. The estimates of needs for
conservation treatment, for each major land use, were based on acreages expected for 1975
and
the condition of the land or of the vegetation
cover as of January 1, 1958
and 1967.
Table 7.
Land Area and Use of Inventory Acreage,
Umatilla County and State, 1958 and 1967
(1,000 acres)
Use
Inventory Acreage:
Cropland
Pasture
Range
Forest
Other Land
Sub-Total
Non-Inventory Acreage:
Federal Non Cropland
Urban and Built-up Areas
Small Water Areas
Sub-Total
Total
SOURCE:
Umatilla
State
1967
1958
698.0
36.3
562.0
254.0
680.0
1967
1958
5,473.8
696.6
9,589.7
1 , 576.4
10.6
1,589.7
5,480.9
673.5
9,650.3
12,231.8
734.7
28,771.2
442. 7
p435.8
31 ,938.5
31 , 588.6
39.2
3.8
762.7
115.0
485.7
32.8
3.8
472.4
32,816.2
665.3
109.9
32,363.8
2,062.1
2,062.1
61,587.4
61,587.4
26.1
34.7
573.1
291. 3
12 , 814.9
648.6
29,223.6
Oregon Conservation Needs Inventory Committee, Oregon Soil and
Water Conservation Needs Inventory.
January 1971.
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Use of Inventory Acreage by Capability Class (1,000 acres)
Table 8.
Capability Class I-IV
Use and Year
Crop land
1958
I
26.5
25.2
1975
II
r111r Iv-]
263.9
269.2
260.14
22.1
15.1
1014.2
280.0
I-IV Total
123.2
109.5
6714.0
77.0
86.2
203.3
182.5
683.9
Pasture-Range
1958
1975
Forest-Wood land
1958
1975
81.2
Other Land
1958
1975
Total
1.2
1.2
.6
.6
.6
1.6
3.6
14.0
.6
1958
1975
27.7
26.4
286.6
284.9
365.2
261.8
201.8
199.3
881.3
VI
VIII
Ca'abili
Class VI-VIlI
V-VIII
VIII
6.0
872.14
Total
Cropland
1958
1975
Past ure-Range
1958
1975
Forest-Wood land
1958
1975
6.0
5.0
3.0
291.5
281.9
113.0
110.0
291.3
285,4
6.0
8.0
--
607.8
574.4
4014.5
391.9
291.3
285.4
680.0
691.9
291.3
--
285.1.i.
Other Land
1958
1975
SOURCE:
588.8
587.3
.2
.2
15.2
30.2
6.4
6.4
10.6
42.6
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, USDA Soil Conservation
Service.
OregQn Soil and Water Conservation Needs Inventory,
1962.
Table 9.
Estimates of Needs for Conservation Treatment
on Expected Acreage of Land by Classification,
Umatilla County-1975
Class ification
IRRIGATED CROPLAND
Land on which the dominant problem is:
Erosion by water, wind or both
Excess water
Unfavorable soil conditions
NON- IRR IGA flL) CROPLAND
Land on which the dominant problem is:
Erosion by water, wind or both
Excess water
Unfavorable soil conditions
PASTURE LAND
Type of treatment needed:
Establishment of vegetation
Improvement of vegetation
Protection of vegetative cover
Water management
RANGE LAND
Type of treatment needed:
Establishment of vegetation
Improvement of vegetation
Protection of vegetative cover
Water management
GRAZED WOODLAND
Type of treatment needed:
Establishment of vegetation
Protection of vegetation
FOREST AND WOODLAND
Description of problem is:
Establishment of timber stand
Improvement of timber stand
Eros ion control
Establishment of shelter belts
OTHER LAND
Land on which the dominant problem is:
Eros ion
Excess water
Unfavorable soil conditions
SOURCE:
Total
Acreage Needing
Acreage
Treatment
97 ,800
52
:00
38,100
11,700
27,500
594,100
15. 300
452.1400
589,400
452,400
34,700
29, 300
27 ,000
10, 500
7, 000
22 , 300
2 , 600
20,800
539,800
410,300
50,000
105 ,500
474,800
500
243,700
182 ,
800
20,000
152,200
285,400
114,400
128,000
8 , 000
100
42,600
20,600
36,200
19,800
5 ,200
800
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, USDA Soil Conservation Service,
Oregon Soil and Water Conservation Needs Inventory, 1962.
Table 10.
Irrigated Gropiand Acres in
lJmatilla County and State, 1967
(1,000 acres)
Class if ication
Cropland in Tillage Rotation
Field Crops
All Row Crops
Close Grown Crops
Summer Fallow
Total Field Crops
Umati lla
6.8
28.0
State
213.7
324.9
0
0
34.8
538.6
76.2
111.0
968.3
249.1
3.9
15.4
1,775.3
Orchards, Vineyards and Bush Fruit
41
56.3
Open Land Formerly Cropped
0
Total Cropland
115.1
Rotation Hay and Pasture
Hayland
Conservation Use, Only
Temporarily Idle Cropland
Total Tillage Rotation
SOURCE:
O
O
O
.5
1,832.1
Oregon Conservation Needs Inventory Committee, Oregon Soil and
Water Conservaticrt Needs Inventory, January 1971.
Table 11.
Irrigated and Dry Cropland Acres in
Umatilia County and State, 1967
(1,000 acres)
Classjfjca tion
Cropland in Tillage Rotaticxi
Field Crops
All Row Crops
Umatilla
State
Total Field Crops
6.8
330.0
250.0
586.8
246.0
1,916.3
896.7
3,059.0
Rotation Hay and Pasture
Hayland
Conservation Use, Only
Temporarily Idle Cropland
Total Tillage Rotation
77.0
3.0
9.5
15.0
691.3
1,574.8
422.0
119.7
5,281.0
Orchard Vineyards and Bush Fruit
4.1
129.9
Open Land Formerly Cropped
2.6
70.0
698.0
5,480.9
Close GrMn Crops
Sumner Fallow
Total Cropland
SOURCE:
105 .5
Oregon Conservation Needs Inventory Committee, Oregon Soil and
Water Conservation Needs Committee, January 1971.
Table 12.
Pasture and Range, Forest and Other Land Acres in
Umatilla County and State, 1967 (1,000 acres)
Classification
Pasture and Range
Pasture
Range
S ub-Total
Forest
Commercial
Ncti-Commerc ial
Sub-Total
Commercial Grazed
Non-Commercial Grazed
Sub-Total
Other Land
In Farms
Not in Farms
Sub-Total
Total
SOURCE:
Acres
413
36.3
562.0
598.3
63.98
68.11
246.0
28.01
8.0
.91
254.0
246.0
28.92
28.01
8.0
254.0
State
Percent
673.5
9,650.3
10,323.8
2.89
141.414
44.33
48.22
4.30
52.52
15.93
3.68
28.92
11,231.1
1,000.7
12,231.8
3,710.9
856.9
4,567.8
9.6
16.5
26.1
1.09
1.88
2.97
452.1
282.6
731.7
1.94
1.21
3.15
878.4
100.00
23,290.3
100.00
.91
19.61
Oregon Conservation Needs Inventory Committee, Oregon Soil and Water
Conservation Needs Inventory, January 1971.
Land Ownership
In this report, land ownership in Umatilla County is classified as
public lands, federal, state, and county, and private. About 75 percent of
Umatilla County is privately owned. Most of this private land is u6ed for
dryland farming, intensive agriculture and some forestry. Twenty-two percent of the county is federally owned, of which 88 percent is national
forests administered by the U.S. Forest Service. This land, the Umatilla
National Forest, lies in the southern part of the county and along the eastern
side.
The majority of the remaining federal land is administered by the
Bureau of Land Management, about 7 percent. The Army, Corps of Engineers,
Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Bonneville Power Administration, and Bureau of Indian Affairs own the remaining Federal land or 4 percent
of the total.
Only 1.3 percent of Umatilla County is owned by the State of Oregon.
The Game Commission owns most of this with 56 percent followed by the Highway
Commission with 34 percent. The remaining state agencies owning land-State Land Board, Higher Education, Board of Control, and Board of Aeronautics-administer 10 percent of the state-owned land.
Another 1.3 percent of the county is locally owned and consists of
county and city parks, city and county roads or streets, and municipalities.
Table 13.
Land Use and Ownership, Umatilla County, 1964
Use and Ownershi p
Land Use
Urban
Indus trial
Military
Intensive Agriculture
Dryland Farming
Forests
Parks
Conservation
Grazing
Non-Productive Land
Total Land Area
Land Ownership
Total Land in Acres
Private Land Ownership
Public Land Ownership
Total
Federal
State
Local
SOURCE:
State
Percent
.49
.16
.10
6.52
3.33
44.84
.32
2.25
41.50
Umt11la Count y
Acres
Percent
5,790
4,756
54,798
679,078
708,028
413
7,237
601,948
.28
.28
2.65
32.84
34.24
.02
.35
29.11
.49
100.00
2,067,840
100.00
100.00
44.20
2,067,840
1,557,181
100.00
75.30
55.80
51.80
2.90
1.10
510,659
455,719
27,320
27,620
24.70
22.04
1.32
1.34
Oregon State Department of Planning and Development, Resources for
Development, March 1964.
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Table l4. Federal Land Ownership in Oregon and Umatilla County, 1962
Umatilla County
Percent
Agency
Acres
Bureau of Land Management
34,764
401,924
U.S. Forest Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
7.63
88.19
.10
.93
451
Bureau of Reclamaticn
/4,232
National Park Service
Navy
Corps of Engineers
1.31
5,961
8,129
Army
Agricultural Research Service
Bonneville Per Administration
1.78
.06
257
Bureau of Indian Affairs*
1/
Federal Aviation Agency
Maritin Administration
Air Force
*
Percent
15,937,354
15,001,833
444,024
173,447
160,877
98,646
59,473
19,362
14,594
1,511
1,219
971
917
802
686
-
Coast Guard
State Totals
Acres
Veterans Administration
474
Federal Communications Commission
Bureau of Mines
109
47
Post Office De"tment
3ervi
dministration
Public Thal Service
Gener
Totul Fcder1 Agencies
1/
1/
*
15
*
7
1
455,719
2,067,840
Total Land Area
Percent Federal Ownership
100.00
31 ,916,368
61,641,600
22.04
49.90
47.00
1.40
.50
.50
.30
.20
/
/
.10
.10
.01
.01
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
100.00
51.8
Les .01% of total ownership.
1/ Less than r-half acre.
Lands within tbc exterior boundary of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are
owned by the Indians, the tribe or by hite men.
SOURCE: Carolan, W, B., Jr., Federal Land in Oregon, Oregon State University,
*
1963.
Table 15.
State Land Ownership, Umatilla County, 1970
Umatilla County
Acres
Percent
Agency
Land Division
Board of Forestry
Highway Commission
Office of Maintenance
Park
Game Commission
Higher Education
Board of Control
State Engineer
Military Department
Board of Aeronautics
Fish Commission
Fair Commission
State
Percent
858.53
5.214
45.60
1 .00
.01
36.80
13.43
5,568.48
9,182.13
600.40
.08
4.30
33.97
56.02
3.66
3.30
1 - 00
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4.08
161.40
.02
-
.98
.03
01
Liquor Commissicti
*
Public Employees Retirement Board
Department of Employment
Finance and Administration
25
.69
Total
*
08
05
6,390.39
*
100.00
*
*
*
100.00
Less than .01% of total ownership.
Oregon State Land Divison, Inventory of State-Owned Real Property,
By County, January 1970.
SOURCE:
Table 16.
Land Area in Highways, Streets and Roads, Umatilla County
Urnatilla Count
Owner ship
Acre
State Highways
County Roads
City Streets
8, 300
12 ,375
Total
SOURCE:
J
Percent
State Totals
Acres
Percent
955
38.37
57.21
4.42
227,520
24,400
33.60
59.97
6.43
21,630
100.00
379,420
100.00
127, 500
Oregon State Department of Planning ard Development, Resources for
Development, March 1964.
Table. 17.
Inventory of State-Owned Real Property, Umatilla County, 1970
16,390.39
818,524
$12,711,933
$13,530,457
39,951
$
5,191
$
2.10
14,495
$
Acres
Land Value
Improvement Value
Total Value
$
Annual Rental Income
Taxes Paid
Surpi us pronprtv(Acres
(Value
Improvement
Value
La rid
Acres
A gene y
.25
Employment Div.
1.00
Dept. of Forestry
9,182.13
Game Commission
Dept. of General
.69
Services
Oregon State
460.00
University
Div. of State Lands 858.53
Eastern Oregon
State Hospital &
140.40
Training Center
4.08
Military Dept.
161.40
Aeronautics Div.
Highway Div.5,568.48
Parks
Highway Div.Office and
13.43
Maintenance
Total
SOURCE:
State
Umatilla County
Classif ication
Value
Total
Value
1,695,548.15
$424,818,437
$497,610,573
$922,429 ,010
$
1,083,103
223,309
$
1,810,970
$
1 ,414/4. 10
Annual
Rental
Va 1 ue
127,490
$80,250
92,410
45,130
$95,250
92,430
172,620
30,600
231,040
261 ,640
187,816
37,215
135,807
323,623
37,215
2,100
199,500
59,180
12,328
10,657,825
709,350
10,857,325
768,530
12,328
35,583
10/4,785
4/43,112
5/47,897
780
44,590
317,009
361,599
8/40
$15,000
20
16,390.39 $818,524 $12,711,933
Surplus
Taxes L_Property
Paid [Acres Value
$--6/48
---
$13,530,457 $39,951
4,546
645
2.10
$5,191
14,495
2.10 $14,495
Legislative Fiscal Committee, Inventory of State Owned Real Property, 1970,
Sec. 7, 115 State Capitol, Salem, Oregon.
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
Approximately 33 percent of the land was used in 1964 for
forestry lands.
Less than 3 percent is used for
dryland farming producing mainly wheat.
intensive agriculture.
Approximately 34 percent of the land is in forests which are located in
the Blue Mountain Range.
More than half of this is national forest. Another
30 percent of the land is used for grazing of livestock.
The remaining .88 percent is used for purposes such as cities, towns,
highways and roads, and parks. Also included are waterways and non-vegetative
areas.
Agricultural Land
In 1969, the land base for agriculture consisted of 574,465 acres of all
other pasture-land, 122,943 acres of grazed woodland, and 630,371 acres of
cropland.
Pasture-land and grazed woodland constitute about 33.8 percent of the
county area, or 697,408 acres. Pasture-land is defined as noncropland pasture,
and grazed woodland as land grazed by livestock and is at least 10 percent
stocked with trees.
About 30.5 percent of the total land area is cropland. The major uses
of cropland are for the production of small grains, hay crops, peas, and other
vegetables and fruits.
Table 18.
Land
Total Land Area
Proportion in Farms
Land in Farms
Cropland harvested
Cropland used only for
pasture or grazing
All other cropland 1/
Woodland, including woodland pasture
All other land 2/
Land in Farms, 1969
Umatilla County
Percent
Acres
,065,536
1,327,779
354,739
36,862
100.00
64.3
100.0
26.7
2.8
State
Acres
61,557,184
18,017,850
2,893,632
1,077,257
Percent
100.0
29.3
100.0
16.0
6.0
9.2
1,226,631
2,030,077
6.8
11.3
43.3
10,790,253
59.9
238,770
18.0
122 , 943
574,465
"All other cropland" inc1es cropland used for soil-improvement crops,
crop failure, cultivated summer fallow, and idle cropland.
2/ "All other land" includes pasture land other than cropland and woodland
pasture, rangeland, and land in house lots, barn lots, ponds, roads,
wasteland, etc.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
SOURCE:
Area Reports. Part 47. Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
1/
Forest Land
The forests in Umatilla County are almost exclusively softwoods, with
small stringers of hardwoods in the river valleys.
Ponderosa pine predominate
in the forested areas and often occur in pure stands at lower elevations.
As elevation increases, other species--Douglas-fir, white fir, western
larch, and lodgepole pine--are found in increasing proportions.
On the cool,
moist, upper slopes, these species give way to subalpine fir and Engelman
spruce.
Extensive pure stands of lodgepole pine are often found at higher
elevations where fire, insects, or disease killed the original stand.
About 40 percent of the forest land in Umatilla County, or 232,340
acres, was in private ownership in 1958.
Except for two or three large private
parcels, the private forest land is owned by scattered individuals.
Sixty percent, or 337,150 acres, of the forest land of the county was
federally owned in 1958.
Fifty-five percent of the federal forest land, or
313,630 acres, is in Umatilla National Forest. The remaining 5 percent of
the federal forest land is administered by the Bureau of Land Management
or Indian Affairs.
The state, county and municipal governments each own less than 0.5 percent
of the total commercial forest land. A total of 2,160 acres is owned by the
three groups.
The major uses of forest land in Umatilla County are for production of
commercial timber, for outdoor recreation, for grazing of livestock, and for
watershed protection.
Its use as a wildlife habitat is also very important.
The national forest land is managed under the "Multiple Use-Sustained
Yield" concept.
This means the management of 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 canbination that will best meet the needs of the
American people.
On many private holdings the only management is that related to harvesting
of mature timber while on other private holdings considerable attention is
given to measures that will maximize the continuous production of timber.
There is a present rapid depletion of timber stands which, if continued, will
result in near exhaustion of merchantible-sized timber within 25 years. On
many farms, the owner is mainly interested in growing forage for livestock
and therefore gradually converts some forest land to grassland.
There was an estimated 562,650 acres of commercial forest land in Umatilla
County in 1958.
Commercial forest land is forest that is (a) producing, or
is physically capable of producing, usable crops of wood, (b) economically
available, now or prospectively, for timber harvest, and (c) not withdrawn
from timber harvest.
Noncommercial forest land is only one percent of the total forest land
or 26,260 acres.
Noncommercial forest land is physically incapable of producing
usable crops of wood or is reserved, that is, withdrawn from timber harvest
through statute, ordinance, or administrative order.
- 24 -
Table 19.
Forest Acreage Statistics, 1958
I teai
LAND
Total Land
Forest Land
Commercial
Non-commercial
Productive (reserved)
Non-productive
Non-forest Land
OWNERSHIP
Commercial Forest Land
Private
State
County
Municipal
Federally Owned or Managed
Bureau of Land Management
National Forest
Indian
1/
Acres
Percent
2,067,840
588,910
562,650
26,260
4,670
21,590
1,478,930
100
562,650
232,340
1,910
100
40
60
190
337,150
3,340
313,630
20,180
28
27
1
1/
1
72
1/
1/
60
1
55
4
Less than 0.5 percent.
U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Umatilla and Union Counties,
Forest Survey Report 135, Pacific Northwest Experiment
Oregon.
Station, April 1960.
SWRCE:
Table 20.
Net Volun
of Live Sawtimber and Growing Stock
on Commercial Forest Land in Umatilla County,
by Ownership Class, 1958
Live Sawtimber Volume
Ownership Class
(Scribrier Rule)
Million
Board Ft.
Growing Stock
Vol ume
Million
Percent
Cubic Ft.
1,291
30.0
394
State
11
County
1/
.3
*
*
1/
Private
Munici pal
1
Percent
30.6
.2
3
*
L'
*
3.3
41
3.2
.5
6
.5
845
892
65.5
69.2
1,289
100.0
Federally Owned or Administered
Indian
Bureau of Land Managennt
National Forest
Total Federal
140
20
2,834
2,994
65.9
69.7
All Ownerships
4,297
100.0
*
Less than .1 percent.
1/ Less than .5 million.
SOURCE:
U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for TJmatilla and Union Counties,
Oregon, Forest Survey Report 135, Pacific Northwest Experiment
Station, April 1960.
Table 21.
Net Volume of Live Sawtimber and Growing Stock
on Commercial Forest Land in Utaatillà County,
by Species, 1958
Spec ies
Live Sawtimber Volume
(Scribner Rule)
Million
Board Ft.
Softwoods
Ponderosa pine
Western white pine
Lodgepole pine
Douglas-fir
Western larch
White fir
Subalpine fir
Engelmann spruce
Total
Hardwoods
Red alder
Bigleaf maple
Northwestern paper birch
Quaking aspen
Percent
1,238
1/
28.8
85
1,159
460
1,069
2.0
27.0
10.7
24.9
67
1.5
216
5.0
99,9
4,294
3
*
*
Vol ume
Million
Cubic Ft.
329
1/
4,297
100.0
Percent
25.5
*
131
10.1
295
108
336
22.9
8.4
26.1
1.9
4.8
99.7
25
62
1,286
1
*
1/
*
2
1/
Total
All Species
Growing Stock
.1
*
3
2
1,289
100.0
*
Less than .1 percent.
Less than .5 millicn.
!
SOURCE: U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Umatilla and Union
Counties, Oregon, Forest Survey Report 135, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station, April 1960.
Water
Surface Water.
A. Drainage Basin. The Umatilla drainage basin includes 83.2 percent or 2,210 square miles of Umatilla County. It includes
the watersheds of the Walla Walla and Umatilla Rivers.
All of the approximately 280 miles of perennial streams head in the Blue
Mountains of the southern and eastern part of Umatilla County. These streams,
along with intermittent streams heading at lower levels, flow in a northwesterly
direction into the Columbia River.
All major and most minor streams are dry
in some parts of the channels during the lowest flow period of many years,
mainly due to prevailing semi-arid conditic*is.
Profiles of the most important streams in the Walla Walla and Umatilla
Sub-basins exhibit relatively steep gradients of 100 to 300 feet of drop per
mile in their headwaters and 2 to 60 feet per mile in the valley portions.
SOURCE:
State Water Resources Board, Umatilla River Basin, June 1963.
Annual Discharge. 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, ar3 net underground percolation.
B.
Estimated Average Annual Discharge of Principal Streams
Drainage Area
Square Miles
Stream
N. Fork Walla Walla
nr. Milton
S. Fork Walla Walla
nr. Milton
Umatilla R. nr. Umatilla
42
Average Discharge
Acre-Feet
34,170
Years of
Rec ord
38
(1930-68)
63
126,000
47
(1907-17, 1931-68)
2,290
307,000
41
(1927-68)
Umatilla R. at Pendleton
637
349,700
Birch Creek at Rieth
291
33,590
McKay Creek nr. Pilot Rock
180
69,430
34
(1934-68)
39
(1929-68)
40
(1926-27, 1929-68)
SOURCE:
U.S. Department of the Interior, Water Resources Data for Oregon, 1968.
C.
Distribution. Runoff in the basin is highly variable, typical of semiarid regions which are influenced by snowmelt. The peak months of discharge
are March, April, and May for all streams except the Umatilla River at Umatilla.
These three months account for between 50 and 60 percent of the basin's average
annual yield. Flows are extremely low in July, August and September. Seasonal
flow variations of the Umatilla River below Pendleton are influenced by
storage at McKay and Cold Springs Reservoirs which effect both the high and
low flows.
Table 23.
Average Monthly Discharge of Selected Streams,
October 1967 to September 1968
Discharge in CFS
Stream
Oct.
S.F. Walla Walla
nr. Milton
N.F. Walla Walla
nr. Milton
Umatilla River
nr. Umatilla
Umatilla River
at Pendleton
Birch Creek
at Rieth
McKay Creek
nr. Pilot Rock
SOURCE:
.IJan.f Feb. IMiAp1 MayJun[L1yjAug. Sep.
1N0v.I
98
109
165
154
256
175
170
169
125
98
93
95
6
9
42
42
103
33
42
21
13
3
3
7
60
114
552
311 1,123
165
5
4
3
4
4
4
60
100
644
430 I323
439
385
198
100
40
43
59
0
0
10
33
59
21
12
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
78
106
237
67
65
12
5
0
U.S. Department of tte Interior, Water Resources Data for Oregon, 1968.
D.
Extreme Discharges.
Extreme differences in daily flows occur on
most streams in t
County with the months of January through June showing
the most extreme differences. The following table lists the maximum and minimum discharges for selected years at selected stations. Most streams have
zero minimum flows at tinEs, with the exception of the upper Umatilla River,
Meacham Creek, and the North and South Forks of the Walla Walla River.
Table 24.
Maximum and Minimum Flows
Minimum Discharge
Stat ion
cfs ] Month rear
Birch Creek at Rieth
N.F. Walla Walla nr.
0.9
no flow at times
Mi 1 t on
S.F. Walla Walla nr.
Milton
Umatilla R. at Pendleton
!Jmatilla
.
nr. ljmatilla
McKay Cek nr. Pilot
72
10
Maximum Discharge
cfs
1
Morith [ar
2,200
2,050
1
1
1965
1965
8
8
1955
2
1932
2,530
1
1965
7
1940
15,500
19,800
7,400
1
1965
1
1965
1965
1961
no flow at times
no flow at times
1
Rock
SOIRCE:
U.S. Department of the Interior, Water Resources Data for Oregon, 1968.
Groundwater. A. Occurence.
The Columbia River basalt flows form
the most widespread and productive aquifers in the basin.
In the Blue Mountains,
where precipitation reaches about 50 inches annually, the porous and permeable
tops of sort
flows, as well as incomplete closures between flows, form tabular
zones that are infiltrated by large quantities of surface water.
There are three general areas in which wells yielding up to 2,500 gallons
per minute are principally located.
They are Milton-Freewater to Adams,
Pendleton to Pilot Rock, ar1 in a broad area from Umatilla to Butter Creek.
The wells top basalt aquifers.
Groundwater recharge from precipitation falling directly on most of the
lower areas in the basin is considered minimal because of low rainfall, high
temperatures and use of most available supplies by existing vegetation.
Water Use. A.Domestic, Domestic 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
primarily from wells and springs with little use of streamf lows.
B.
Municipal. All incorporated communities in Umatilla depend primarily
on groundwater except Pendleton.
The water is of good quality and needs no
treatment, with the exception of the three largest cities.
There are 12 public water supply systems in the County which are listed
below:
Table 25.
Umatilla County Municipal Water Supplies
Water
Source
Cert ified
City
Population (1968)
Adams
Athena
Echo
200
965
Hel ix
Berm ist on
130
L
80
5, 300
McNary
290(1960)
MiTt on-Freewater
L.
,510
lL, 600
Pendl et on
Wells
Wells
Wells
Wells
Wells
Wells
Wells
S. Fk.
Walla
Treatment
N one
None
None
None
Aerat ion
None
Pressure
Filled
Cl2
Stanfiel d
Umatilla
Weston
SOURCE:
1,650
950
670
780
Wells
Wells
Wells
Wells
Wells
Adequate wells
Walla Walla River
Wa 1 la
Thorn-
C12,Flrd.
hollow Sp.
Pilot Rock
Potential Source
of Supply
Wells
Wells
Wells
Wells
Sp.,Pine Ck.
Wells
None
None
None
Cl2
Wells, Umatilla
River storage
Wells
Columbia River
Spring, Wells
State Water Resources Board, Umatilla River Basin, 1963, and Portland
State University, Oregon Population Counties and Cities, CPRC Series
P-1, July 1, 1968.
- 30 -
Quantity problems associated with groundwater supplies are those of
shortages due to seasonal lcMering of the water tables and to additional
municipal, industrial, and irrigation wells in the basin.
Quality problems are varied. Pendleton has sone problems with its
springs during flood stages of the Umatilla River. Chaiücal pollution is
believed to occur in the shallow wells in populated areas although it's not
a critical problem yet.
Irrigation. Irrigation has been practiced in the County for many
yrs, primarily to furnish feed for livestock in former years. Water was
diverted from streams and rivers for irrigation. Since l9LI.9, irrigation expansion has been accomplished by development of groundwater supplies, which now
provide for over half the 26,000 acres presently irrigated in the Walla
Walla sub-basin. There are 35,270 irrigated acres in the Umatilla sub-basin
of which 30,000 acres are supplied with water from the Umatilla River.
Use of surface flows is predominant in all three sub-basins for early
season irrigation, with storage releases and groundwater used more extensively
as streamfiows decrease.
Irrigation water is supplied primarily by flooding but sprinkler irrigation use increases as the season progresses and more groundwater is used.
Industrial. Food processing and lumber manufacturing concerns are
the major industrial water users of the basin.
Water requirements for use in 1 umber and wood prDducts manufacturing
include water for fire protection, hydraulic barkers, log ponds and processing. No substantial increase is expected in this type of industry in the
interior of the basin. Any major development would likely be limited to locations along the Columbia River where water supply and water transportation are
available.
Water requirements for use in food and kindred products processing include
water for washing and cleaning of food products, brining, packaging, and canning
of food stuffs. Water use is very seasonal, with approximately 80 percent being
required during the summer processing season from June through October. Any
increase in water requirements would be due to a longer canning season. Most
canneries utilize municipal water.
Much of the water used for industrial uses can be reused but often waste
products from some manufacturing processes lower the quality of the water and
contribute to its pollution.
Pollution Abatement. Pollution of streams has long been a matter of
state and local concern. However, it has not been a major problem in the
Umatilla Basin due to a relatively small industrial development and a sparse
population.
All major population centers are served by secondary or lagoon type
sewage treatment plants. Most of the smaller communities have individual
sewage disposal facilities consisting of septic tanks.
- 31 -
Stream pollution is intermittent and not normally a major prOblem.
It
usually occurs locally as a result of logging operations, soil erosion, irrigation return flows, or from municipal or cannery wastes.
Table 26.
Sewage Treatnnt Plants in Umatilla County
(December 31, 1967)
Year
Built
Locat ion
Design
Pop.
Design Pop.
Flow Served
MCD
Umatilla Agency
1920
100
0.150
1.000
0.175
0.625
5.000
0.250
0.224
0.350
0.010
Wes ton
1958
1,000
0.100
Athena
1953
He rm is ton
McNary
1951
1947
Mi lto n-Freewater
Pendleton
Pilot Rock
Stanf ield
1959
1952
1951-62
TJma t ill a
*
1947-58
1949-53
1,200*
10,000
2,500
5,000
20,000*
2,500
1,500
3,500
Est.
Receiving
Stream
1, 000 Wildhorse Crk.
4,250 Umatilla River
450 Columbia River
4,250 Land
15,000 Umatilla River
1,660 Birch Creek
800
1 ,150
100
Umatilla River
Columbia River
Subs urface
800 Pine Creek
Plus additional capacity for industrial wastes.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Sanitary Authority (A Division of the Oregon State Board
of Health), Water Quality Control in Oregon, Oregon's Water and Air
Quality Control Programs for Calendar Years 1966-67.
Power. Sufficient power supply is available for potential needs from
a private power company and an electric cooperative, their source of energy
being the Bonneville Power Administration Good power sites within the County
are scarce and power can presently be obtained more economically from the
outside No addftional use of water for power is expected in the foreseeable
future.
Recreation. Water is the most important prerequisite for much
recreational use or development. The use of large areas of surface water for
boating a-id water skiing is continually increasing The rivers and reservoirs
in or adjacent to the basin provide areas for water-based recreation and the
habitat for fish, waterfowl, and small game.
There are approximately 21 square miles of reservoir surface water with
much more adjacent to the County Cold Springs Reservoir, McKay Dam and
McNary Dam on the Columbia River are the three reservoirs in the County
Wildlife. There is a problem of adequate water supply for wildlife
in the County. The rapid drawdown of reservoirs, and the wide fluctuations
in wster levels of marshes and ponds, which are fed by irrigation water,
caj3es many waterfowl nests to be abaidoned Lack of adequate water supplies
is a seriously limiting factor to upland game use of dryland areas.
I. Fishlife. Fishlife will probably be an increasing nonconsumptive
user of water of the Umatilla River and of headwater streams. Presently
available supplies are considerably less than the normal and sumsr flcMs
recommended.
The principal factors limiting proiuction of anadromous fish are
obstruction to passage, depleted strèamflows, warm water during the summer,
pollution, and unscreened diversions. The Walla Walla and Umatilla Rivers
appear to have a considerable potential for salmon and steelhead production
if streamflows can be augmented ar1 fish passage facilities provided.
Minerals
The cxily income-producing mineral deposits in lJmatilla County are sand,
gravel and stone.
There are no other mineral deposits of significant commercial value in the basin. This is due primarily to the lack of mineralization
in the Columbia River basalt which underlies most of the area.
Wildlife
Big Game. The most nurner ous big game species in the County is the
mule deer and the elk. The following tables show the population trends and
the herd compositions for the County:
Table 27.
Mule Deer and Rocky Mountain Elk Population Trends
Miles
Traveled
Deer
Observed
Uma till a
62
61
Walla Walla
4L4.
889
944
478
Units by Region
U k ia h
1971
14.3
15.4
10.1
Deer per mile
*5...year average
[ 1970
9.0
21.1
6.1
15.6
17.0
9.5
Rocky Mountain Elk
Ukiah
Umatilla
Walla Walla
*
69
93
55
1,586
1,660
844
22.9
17.9
15.3
21.1
17.9
22.4
5-year average, 1966-1970.
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report.
SOURCE:
16.5
16.8
20.5
Table 28.
Mule Deer and Rocky Mountain Elk Herd Compositions
Units by Region
Bucks
Ukiah
Umatilla
Walla Walla
1971
Bucks_J
Ukiah
Uniatilla
Walla Walla
Deer Classified, 1971*
Fawns
r Does
Total
13
26
124
166
72
106
209
298
14
52
19
75
Average Number Per 100 Does
1970
1966-70 Average
Fawns
Bucks
Fawns
Bucks
Fawns
10
16
58
9
614
13
8
36
9
62
62
70
15
13
15
69
69
69
Rocky Mountain Elk Herd Composition
Elk Classified
Bulls
Cows
Calves
Total
J
_J
Ukiah
Umati ha
Walla Walla
1971
Bulls
Ukiah
Umatilla
Walla Walla
*
8
4
4
214
314
20
/423
10
229
147
217
115
1485
660
354
Average Number Per 100 Cows
1970
1966-70 Average
Calves
Bulls J Calves
Bulls
f Calves
47
42
7
49
40
8
2
2
47
45
50
5
48
4
'#7
1971 information gathered November-December 1970 and early January 1971.
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report.
SOURCE:
34-
Table 29.
Units by
Region
Number of
Hunt ers
Uk iah
Umatilla
Walla Walla
Ukiah
3,310
3,600
1,010
Walls Walla
SOURCE:
1970 Deer Seascn
Bucks
Bucks
Hunter
Days
1-2 Pt.
3. Pt.+
770
680
180
17 , 390
20,160
5, 380
Number of
Hunters
Hunter
Days
240
3,700
1,570
Li. ,
Uma t ii la
1970 Deer and Elk Seasons
310
480
90
Seas on
Anti erie s s
170
260
240
1970 Elk Season
Yearling
Adult
Bulls
Bulls
Antler less
37 , 370
432
202
28,160
518
194
98
69
122
14
148
14, 020
Total
1,250
1,420
510
Season
Total
756
630
411
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report.
Small GaRE and W aterf owl. There are several game bird species in
Umatilla including ch ukar which was recently introduced and the China pheasant
for which the County is noted.
Umatilla County is one of the best pheasant
producing and hunting areas of the State.
Migratory waterf owl are abundant in the County during migration periods.
Waterfowl rest on tl
Columbia River, McKay Reservoir, and Cold Springs
Reservoir, flying out to feed in neighboring wheatlands which provide the
hunting opportunity. Small numbers of sorr
species nest in the County, also.
Other small gage birds present in t
County are valley quail, bobwhite
quail, Hungarian part ridge, blue and ruffed grouse, turkeys, and mourning dove.
Table 30.
Pheasant Crowing Counts, Umatilla County and State
Item
Umatilla County
Number of Samples
Average Calls Heard per Stop
1971
1970
1969
1968
SOURCE:
State
45
9.9
2.5
6.0
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report.
5.6
5.9
6.4
Table 31.
1971 Small Game Birds Production Inventory
It em
Umatilla County
Pheasant
Miles
Total
Birds
Production Inventory:
Traveled
Birds Observed
Per 10-Mile Sample
256
213
1971
1970
8
1969
12
Hens
Number Observed
Percent with Broods
Chicks Per Brood
Chicks Per Hen
1971
1970
1969
Valley Quail Production Inventory:
Miles Traveled
Birds Observed
Birds Per 10-Mile Sample
1971
1970
1969
Birds Classified
Adults
Chicks
Chicks Per Brood
Chicks Per Adult
1971
1970
1969
Chukar-Partridge Production Inventory:
Miles Traveled
Birds Observed
Birds Per 10-Mile Sample
State
2,595
1,805
8
54
81
5.2
4.3
2.1
2.8
9
313
79
5.7
3.4
3.7
4.0
256
115
4,048
3,209
4
8
10
8
11
3
836
42
73
9.4
2,146
9.6
1.7
3.1
9.5
2.6
2.8
3.3
182
102
1,820
3,387
1971
6
1970
10
19
27
1969
3
26
Birds Classified
Adults
Chicks
Total
Chicks Per Brood
Chicks Per Adult
1971
1970
1969
SOURCE:
24
78
102
8.0
2,250
3,181
10.1
3,3
3.6
8.4
2.4
2.4
4.6
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report.
931
Table 32.
1970 Pheasant Liberatii*s
Spring Adult
Summer Young
Fall Adult
Total Released
SOURCE:
384
3,215
0
382
6 ,767
766
19,936
9, 9514
Oregon State Game Coginission, 1971 Annual Report.
Table 33.
Waterfowl Populations, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge,
October 5, 1970 through January 2, 1971
Sep. 12 Sep. 26 Oct. lOjOct. 2LelNov. 7TNov. 21 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 Jan. 12
Species
16,900 18,600
35
12,1400
6,550
14,200
20,000
16,980 114,775
13,280
895
5,785
245
100
4,250
11,950
1,800
485
4,100 4,300
11,300 10,750
1,830
1,850
4,750
7,400
1,490
390
50
265
680
19,020
270
90
1,128
1,720
55,898
325
35
5
Whistling Swan
Canada Goose
Mallard
Gadwall
Widgeon
Pintail
G.W. Teal
Shoveler
775
2,425
350
2,280
105
55
730
5,625
14,580
675
4,850
260
90
Red head
Canvas-bach
Other Waterfowl*
Coot
Total
*peak of
SOURCE:
State
Umatilla County
Classification
164
660
477
6,988
13,142
635
35
55
365
280
75
15
17
17,550
18,250
10,350
18,100
100
7,400
8,510
1,380
100
7,700
9,600
855
370
75
15
15
140
370
75
40
365
2,650
510
2,650
810
1,595
58,580
820
1,590
48,362
1,398
1,650
54,953 53,680
43,070
375 bluewing teal on Sept; 26; 470 scoups' cci Oct. 24; 220 snow geese and
318 common mergansers on Nov. 7; and 140 buff leheads on Dec. 19.
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report.
Table 34.
Species
Duck
Goose
Snipe
SOURCE:
1970 Waterfowl Harvest by Umatilla County Hunters
Hunters
(
1,840
22,860
14,320
60
400
2,1480
Harvest
Hunter Days
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report.
20,7g0
3,420
860
Furbearers. Many species of furbearers including beaver, mink, muskrat,
raccoon, skunk, badger, wildcat, coyote and nutria inhabit Utnatilla County.
Beaver, muskrat, mink, coyote and wildcat seem to be the most numerous species.
Table 35.
Trappers' Reports, 1970-1971, Umatilla County and State
Species
Umatilla County
Number Trappers' Reports
Beaver
Otter
Mink
Muskrat
Raccoon
Marten
Skunk
Civet Cat
Weasel
Opossum
Badger
Gray Fox
Red Fox
Wildcat
Coyote
Nutria
SOURCE:
63
852
19
773
5,490
198
635
21,215
1,431
39
3
219
305
45
399
14
97
136
202
22
1,110
1,005
3,479
40
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report.
Table 36.
Coyote Population Trends, 1971, Umatilla County and State
It em
Miles of Census
Coyotes
Bobcats
Foxes
SOURCE:
13
105
State
Umatilla County
State
199
5,717
24
161
24
15
0
0
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report.
Anadromous Fish. Steelhead trout is the only species of anadromous fish
now present in the Walla Walla River, and except for a few spring chinook
salmon, the Umatilla River.
Table 37.
It em
Uniatilla River
Number Anglers Interviewed
Hours Fished
Total Steelhead
Hours Per Steelhead
SOURCE:
Steelhead Catch Data, 1969-70,
Umatilla & Walla Walla Rivers
247
708
30
23.6
f
Walla Walla River
28
65
3
21.7
Oregon State Game Commission, Fishery Division, 1970 Annual Report.
Native Fish. Streams and reservoirs in the County contain many of the
game fish species found in Oregon.
The fish present are rainbow trout,
bass, Dolly Varden trout, whitefish, channel catfish, crappie, perch,
squawfish, and chiselmouth.
HUMAN RESOURCES
In 1847 an Indian mission was established near the present site of
Pendleton on the Umatilla River.
The mission was abandoned after a few
months.
In 1860, the first white settlements were established above Milton.
In 1863, gold was discovered around Powder River Valley and many settlements
were made along the Umatilla and Walla Walla Rivers.
The early settlers in
these valleys were interested principally in raising cattle, sheep, and
supplies for the miners. In 1862, an area was tatcen from Wasco County to
form Umatilla County; MorrcM and Union Counties gave up part of their area
to Umatilla in 1885; and in 1913 part was annexed to Union County and part
of Union County was annexed to Umatilla County. By 1920 the population of
Utnatilla County was 25,946.
Today the population is about 45,000 people.
Population
The population of Umatilla County was 44,923 in 1970, or about 13.9
persons per square mile. In 1960 about 51.7 percent of the people lived in
urban areas and 48.3 percent in rural areas. But, in 1970, about 49.4 percent
of the people lived in urban areas and 50.6 percent in rural areas.
There
are presently 11 incorporated cities in Umatilla County1 with Pendleton
being the largest at 13,197 in 1970.
Table 38.
Population Rank Order in Umatilla and
Bordering Counties, 1960-1971
1971*
County
UMATILLA
Grant
Morrow
Union
Wal iowa
45,120
6,910
4,430
19,600
6,140
Population
1960**
1970**
44,925
6,996
4,465
19,377
6,247
L4,352
7,726
4,871
18,180
7,102
% Change
i97O-i97J 1960-1970
0.4
-1.2
-0.8
1.3
-9.4
-8.3
6.6
1.2
-1.7
-12.0
Rank
1970
1960
12
30
33
22
32
Estimates as of 1 July 1971 by Oregon Center for Population Research and
Census.
** Data as of 1 Apr-il 1960 and 1970 by U.S. Bureau of the Census.
The data for 1970 incorporates the revised data on p. 39-6 of the U.S.
Note:
Bureau of the Census publication noted in the source below.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1970 Census of Population, Number of
SOURCE:
Inhabitants, Oregon, Final Report, PC(1)-A39 (July 1971), PP. 39-6,
39-15; Oregon Center for Population Research and Census, Population
Estimates of Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, 1 July 1971
(Dec. 1971).
*
Table 39.
County and State
Land Area and Population Density, 1960, 1970, 1971
Land Area, 1970
(square miles)
State of Oregon
Ut4A TI LLA
96,184
3,227
Grant
4 ,530
Mor row
2,060
Union
Wallowa
2 ,032
3, 178
Population Density
1960
1970
1971
(persons per sq. mile)
22.3
14.0
1.5
2.2
9.6
1.9
21.7
13.9
1.5
2.2
9.5
2.0
18.4
'13.8
1.7
2.4
8.9
2.2
By definition, population density is the average number of persons
per square mile in a giva-i area, i.e., the number of inhabitants in
The
the area divided by the number of square miles in the area.
data used in calculating 1970 population density incorporates the
revised data on P. 39-6 of the 1970 U.S. Bureau of the Census publication noted in the source below.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1960 Census of Population, Number of
Inhabitaflts, Oregon (1961), P. 39-14; 197Centhis'Of Pou1ation,
Number of Inhabitants, Oregon, Final Report, PC(l)-A39 '(July t'97l),
PP. 39-6, 39-15; Oregon Center for Population Research and Census,
Population Estimates of Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon
1 July 1971 (Dec. 1971).
Note:
11
28
33
23
31
Population Growth. The recent population growth, 1960 to 1970, has
increased about 1.3 percent. But, the total population of the County did
decrease frcn 1960 to 1965 and increase since.
This compares to 18.2 percent increase for the State of Oregon during the period of 1960 to 1970.
Table 40.
Population Growth, Umatilla County
Year
Population
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1965*
1966
1970
20,309
25,946
24,399
26,030
41,703
*
414,352
43,100
43,500
44,923
Percent Increase
Period
r Percent
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1965
1960-1966
1960-1970
27.7
-5.9
6.7
60.2
6.3
-2.8
-1.9
1.3
Oregon Center for Population Research and Census, PSC.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1970 Census of Population, Number of Inhabitants, Oregon, Final Report, PC(l)-A39 (July 1971); 1950 and
1960 Reports, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, U. C,
SOURCE:
Table 41.
Components of Change in Yamhill County's Population, 1960-1970
County and State
State of Oregon
UMA TI LLA
Grant
Mo r r ow
Union
Wa llowa
*
Births
Deaths
346,475
7,715
1,430
182,432
4,445
705
427
1,938
676
756
3,009
1,066
Net Migration*
158,655
-2,699
-1,455
-735
126
-1,245
Net migration was estimated by subtracting births and adding deaths to the
net population change.
Note:
Although the estimates of components of change are shown unrounded,
this is not to infer that they are accurate to the last digit. For
further information on sources nE data, methods, and limitations,
see pp. 3,4 of the publication noted in the source below.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Components of Population Change by
County:
1960 to 1970, Current Population Reports, Population
Estimates and Projection, series P-25, no. 461. U.S. Governemnt
Printing Office, Washington, D. C,, 1971.
Table 42.
Urban and Rural Population Change, 1960 and 1970
Urban
County &
State
1960
1970
1,402,704
22,195
State
TJMA TILLA
Grant
Morrci
Union
Wallowa
Rural
% Change
1960-70
1,100,122
22,946
9,645
27.5
-3.3
9,014
7.0
1970
% Change
1960-70
1960
668,565
21,406
7,726
4,871
9,166
7,102
688,681
22,728
6,996
4,465
9,732
6,2147
3.0
6.2
-9.4
-8.3
6.2
-12.0
The urban populaticn comprises all persons living in urbanized areas
and in places of 2,500 inhabitants or more outside urbanized areas.
(An urbanized area generally contains at least one city of 50,000
inhabitants or more and includes that portion of the surrounding
territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, which meets
specified criteria relating to population density.) The population
not classified as urban constitutes the rural population.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1970 Census of Population, Number of
Inhabitants, Oregon, Final Report, PC(1)-A39, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D. C,, 1971.
Note:
Table !#3
City & County
1972
Population of Incorporated Cities
Umatilla County--l920-72
1966
1960
1950
1940
1930
1920
I
Umatilla County
Ad a tns
Athena
Echo
He 1 ix
Flermisto n
MiltonFreewater
Pend leton
Pilot Rock
Stanf ield
Umat illa
Weston
SOURCE:
45,450
143,500
1414,352
'41,703
26,030
214,399
25,946
220
895
480
150
5,175
220
920
450
133
5,009
4,420
192
950
1514
178
504
3,804
169
513
280
121
803
198
621
501
290
655
14,434
1,695
11,774
8,847
847
745
617
783
845
883
679
358
241
370
498
4,150
13,600
1,605
905
710
640
1/4,300
1,660
740
641
780
1456
148
4,402
4,110
750
457
182
311
193
608
6,621
275
204
345
3814
6,837
361
278
390
595
Oregon State Center for Population Research and Census, Population
Estimates of Counties and Incorporated Cities in Oregon, various
years.
Population Composition.
The composition of Umatilla County's population by age and sex
is much the same by percent as that of t
State of
Oregon. About 34 percent of the County's population is under 18 years of age,
55 percent in the 18 to 64 age group arid the remaining 11 percent 65 years
and over.
The median age in Umatilla County in 1970 was 30.9 years of age.
Composition by sex in the County is split almost in half, with 149 percent
of the population male, and 51 percent female. Figures for the State of
Oregon are almost identical with 33 percent under 18 years of age, 56 percent
18 to 64 years of age, 11 percent 65 years and over, and 49 percent male
and 51 percent female. The median age for the State is 29.0 years of age.
Table 44.
Age Group
Population by Age and Sex, 1970, Umatilla County
Male
Female
Total
22,144
22,779
414,923
100.0
5
1,711
2,068
2,336
2,319
1,358
1,709
2,002
2,254
2,260
1,534
1,248
1,231
1,196
1,413
1,460
1,381
1,288
1,098
844
741
552
324
244
3,420
5- 9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
7.6
9.1
10.2
10.2
Total Population
Under
/45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70714
1,245
1,140
1,067
1,290
1,340
1,420
1,323
1,092
896
75-7 9
633
489
80-84
85 and over
262
155
Under 18
62 and over
65 and over
Median Age
SOURCE:
7,6146
3,078
2,435
30.2
7,469
3,333
2,705
31.6
31.6
4,070
4,590
4,579
2,892
2,493
Percent
6.4
5.6
2,371
2,263
2,703
2,800
2,801
2,611
2,190
1,740
1,374
5.3
5.0
6.0
6.2
6.2
5.8
4.9
3.9
1,0/41
2.3
1.3
586
399
15,115
6,411
5,140
3.1
.9
33.7
14.3
11.4
30.9
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.
Population by Racial Groups, 1970, Umatilla County and
Cities over 10,000 Inhabitants
Table '45.
Umatilla County
Percent
No. of Persons
Item
Total
414,923
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
American Indian
Other*
£42,780
100.00
95.23
1.66
746
221
976
200
.49
2.17
.45
Pendleton
No. of Persons [Tpercent
13,197
12,682
159
114
176
66
100.00
96.10
1.21
.86
1.33
.50
*Other race includes persons of Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Korean,
Aleut, Eskimo, Malayan, Polynesian, and other races.
1970, General
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
SOURCE:
Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(l)-B39 Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C,, 1971.
Table 46.
Social Characteristics of the Population, 1970, Umatilla County
and Cities over 10,000 Inhabitants
Umatilla County
Item
3, 758
13,197
11,800
1,178
688
219
44,221
20,393
22,205
12,977
6,473
Total Population
Native of Native Parentage
Native of Foreign or Mixed
Parentage
Foreign Born
44,923
40,477
Total Native Population
Born in Oregon
Born in Different State
Born Abroad, at Sea, Etc.
Not Reported
SOURCE:
Pendleton
6 ,029
223
55
1,400
1420
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
According to the 1970 U.S. Census of Population, the total civilian
labor force in Tjmatilla County was 17,596 or 39 percent of the total population.
At that tinE., the unemployment rate was 7.1 percent of the total labor force
or 1,253 unemployed. For number of persons unemployed, the County ranked
in the state hever, ranking by percent, unemployment was 19th.
twelfth
- 44 -
The 1970 U.s. Census of Population shs that about 16,343 people were
employed in the County out of a total labor force of 17,643. About 11.4
percent of those employed worked in agriculture. This does not include a
large number of seasonal workers employed in growing and harvesting crops
during June, July, and August. About 15.7 percent of those employed worked
in manufacturing. About 20.6 percent of those employed worked in wholesale
and retail trade.
Public administration alone employed 9.3 percent of the
total labor force.
Table 47.
Employment Status, 1970, Umatilla County
and Cities over 10,000 Inhabitants
Class if ication
Male, 16 years and over
Labor Force
Percent of Total
Civilian Labor Fcrce
Employed
Unemployed
Percent of Civilian Labor
Force
Not in Labor Force
Inmate of Institution
Enrolled in School
Other
Umatilla County
15,5141
11 ,l69
71.9
11, 132
10,!463
669
6.0
Pendleton
4,611
3 ,043
66.0
3,038
2,905
133
144
658
1,208
2,506
1,568
570
295
703
16,291
5,192
Labor Force
Percent of Total
Civilian Labor Force
Employed
Unemployed
Percent of Civilian Labor
Force
6,474
2,382
Not in Labor Force
Inmate of Instituticn
Enrolled in School
Other
9,817
Female, 16 years and over
SOURCE:
4,372
397
1459
6,464
5,880
2,382
2,237
5814
1145
9.0
633
1,100
8,0814
6.1
2,810
536
276
1,998
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.
Table 48.
Percent in Labor Force, 1970, Umatilla County
and Cities over 10,000 Inhabitants
Pendleton
Female
Male
Urnatilla County
Age Group
Male
Female
14-l5
16-17
18-19
15.6
30.6
52.1
75.6
84.8
89.9
92.4
84.8
27.3
10.8
16.4
46.2
53.0
21.5
40.2
49.2
64.4
48.0
39.4
76.14
20-2 1
22-24
25-34
35 .44
45-64
65 and over
56
.
19.7
31.6
62.6
50.7
54.7
45.4
63.8
54.3
11.2
80.8
83.8
76.0
3
46.8
10.3
26.1
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.
SOURCE:
Table 49.
Labor Force in Umatilla County, 1968-1971
Annual Average
Industry
Civilian Labor Force
Workers in. Labor Management
Disputes
Unempi oyment
Percent of Labor Force
Employment
Agricul tural
Non-agricul tural
Self-employed, lJnpd. & Domes.
Wage and Salary Workers
Manufacturing
Food Products
Lumber and Wood Products
Other Manufacturing
Non-manufacturing
Contract Construction
Transp . -Comm. -Utilities
Wholesale & Retail Trade
Finance,Ins., & Real Est.
Service and Miscellaneous
Government
SOURCE:
1968
1969
18,850
19,140
18,730
0
0
0
880
4.7
17,970
2,600
15,370
2,110
13,260
2,960
920
520
1,520
10,300
640
1,020
2,810
430
1,560
3,840
1970
1,320
6.9
17,820
2,560
15,260
2,050
13,210
3,000
920
500
1,580
10,210
420
1,010
2,920
380
1,570
3,910
j
1,210
6.5
17,520
2,550
14,970
2,010
12,960
2,890
890
490
1,510
10,070
420
1,050
2,840
380
1,660
3,720
1971
19,020
20
1,360
7.2
17,640
2,570
15,070
2,010
13,060
2,960
830
390
1,7140
10,100
380
1,040
2,910
370
1,700
3,700
Oregon State Department of Human Resource, Employment Division,
Labor Force and Employment in Oregon by County, 1968-1971,
Research Statistics Division, 1969-72.
Table 50.
Occupation Group of Employed, 1970, Umatilla County
and Cities over 10,000 Inhabitants
Occupation
Total Employed, 16 years old
and over
Professional, Technical, and Kindred
Workers
Managers and Administrators,
except Farm
Sales Workers
Clerical and Kindred Workers
Craftsmen, Foremen, and Kindred
Workers
Operatives, except Transport
Transport Equipment Operatives
Laborers, except Farm
Farmers and Farm Managers
Farm Laborers and Farm Foremen
Service Workers, except Private
Household 1/
Private Household Workers
1/
Umatilla County
Pendletun
16,343
5,142
1,979
812
1,830
694
972
357
2,261
2,215
918
1,371
391
139
164
7/46
5147
840
767
810
2,317
934
235
113
20
53
Includes allocated cases, not shown separately.
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.
SOURCE:
Table 51.
Industry Group of Employed, 1970, Umatilla County
and Cities over 10,000 Inhabitants
Umatilla County
Industry
Total Employed, 16 years old
and over
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Furniture and Lumber and Wood Products
Food and Kindred Products
Other
Transportaticn
Communication, Utility & Sanitary Ser.
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Banking, Finance, Business and Repair Ser.
Personal, Entertainment, & Recreation Ser.
Health Service, inc. Hospital
Educational Services
Professional and Related Services
Public Administration
SOURCE:
16,343
5,142
1,867
24
953
2,568
708
579
1,281
771
514
111
237
781
234
108
439
134
259
151
976
346
344
666
471
242
424
467
2,893
784
755
1,341
1,363
527
1,516
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970, General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C39
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 52.
Month
Janua ry
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
SOURCE:
Penã let on
Covered Employment by Month for the Year, 1970,
Utuatilla County and State
Untatilla County
9,414
9,326
9,406
9,560
9,861
11,073
11,360
10,721
11,224
10,200
9,823
9,730
State
550,913
546,341
551,343
556,208
558,995
579,205
581,635
593,617
592,222
575,427
564,334
562,244
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Research and
Statistics Section, Oregon Covered Employment and Payrolls by
Industry, County and Month 1970, September 1971.
- Ll.8 -
Table 53.
Number of Hired Seasonal Agricultural Workers* by Type
of Worker, Pendleton, 1965 and 1971, Midmonth Figures
Tyof Worker
Month
May
June
July
August
September
October
Interstate
Migratory
Intrastate
Migratory
Local
1965
1971
1965
1971
1965
1971
155
310
325
365
400
440
490
500
75
35
95
165
30
20
40
35
75
20
350
160
90
75
25
135
210
275
60
125
135
45
25
25
20
10
*
Seasonal workers are those employed in agricultural jobs lasting less
than 150 days per year.
Note: Data shown here indicate the level of employment on the single date
of survey per month only and do not necessarily show either peak
or average employment for the month.
Oregon State Department of Employment, 1965; Oregon Farm Labor
SOURCE:
Report, 1966; Oregon State Department of Human Resources,
Employment Division, 1971 Annual Rural Manpower Report, 1972.
Table 54.
Median Earnings in 1969 of Persons in Experienced Civilian
Labor Force for Selected Occupation Groups, Umatilla County
and Pendleton
Umatilla County
Pendleton
Male, 16 and over with earnings 1/
Professional, Managerial, & Kindred Wrks
Craftsmen, Foremen, and Kindred Workers
Operatives, including Transport
Laborers, except Farm
Farmers and Farm Managers
Farm Laborers, exc. unpaid, & Farm Foremen
$6,989
$ 7,202
9,452
10 , 51 9
7 ,45l
7 , 544
6, 566
5,250
4,944
3,921
1,750
Female, 16 and over with earnings !/
Clerical and Kindred Workers
Operatives, including Transport
$3,181
3,997
2,875
$ 3,393
3,843
3,277
Occupation Group
5 ,629
'4,948
separately.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970, General
Social and Econcmic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l)-C39 Oregon,
1972.
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D, C.
mci udes persons in other occupation groups, not shown
SOURCE:
Table 55.
County
Rank Order of Number and Percent of Persons Unemployed
in Umatilla and Bordering Counties, 1970
Total Civilian
Labor Force
Number of Percent of
Unemployed Unemployed
Rank Order
Percent
Lml
(16 years old and over)
UMTLLLA
Grant
Morrow
Union
Wallowa
SOURCE:
1,253
17,596
2,751
l7'49
7 , 199
337
123
698
2 ,42L1.
253
Number
of
Grant
Morrow
Union
Wallowa
SOURCE:
19
33
20
20
29
2
1
5
Number and Percent of Persons Unemployed
in Umatilla aid Bordering Counties,
1968-1971
1968
UMA TI LLA
9.70
10.44
12
27
From U.S. Census of Population, 1970, General Social and Economic
Characteristics, PC(1)-C39 Oregon, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washingtcti, D. C,, 1972.
Table 56.
County
7.12
12.25
7.03
People
% of
Labor
Force
1969
% of
Number
of
Labor
People Force
880
150
4.7
1,320
14.8
1/40
70
4.1
340
160
14.6
100
380
160
6./.1
6.9
/45
5.7
4.9
6.8
1971
1970
Number
of
People
1,210
180
120
570
180
% of
Labor
Force
6.5
5.9
6.8
6.8
7.5
Number
of
People
1,360
170
140
570
230
% of
Labor
Force
7.2
5.6
7.9
6.5
9.5
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment,DiviSiofl
Labor Force and Employment in Oregon by County, 1968-1971,
Research Statistics Division, 1969-1972.
Table 57.
Last Occupation of Experienced Unemployed, 1970,
Umatilla County and Cities over 10,000 Inhabitants
md ustry
Umatilla County
Male, 16 years old and over 1/
Professional, Technical, and
Managerial Workers
Sales Workers
Clerical and Kindred Workers
Craftsmen, Foremen, and Kindred
Workers
Operatives, inc. Transport
Laborers, except Farm
Farm Workers
Service Workers, inc. Private
Household
Female, 16 years old and over 1/
Professional, Technical, and
Managerial Workers
Sales Workers
Clerical and Kindred Workers
Operatives, inc. Transport
Other Blue-Collar Workers
Farm Workers
Service Workers, except Private
Pendleton
654
133
29
6
12
11
6
113
27
212
94
53
31
15
21
22
540
136
]L3O
5
19
54
66
119
46
30
175
5
15
35
10
63
Hous ehold
Private Household Workers
1/
21
3
IncUyies persons who last worked more than 10 years ago, not shown
separately.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1970, General
Social and Economic Characteristics, PC(l)-.C39 Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1972.
Table 58.
Local Government Employees and Payroll,
Umatilla County, October 1967
Employees and Earnings
Item
1,735
Employees
Fll-tin
only
1 , 363
1 ,425
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
912
662
51 3
814
29
12
67
27
11
1L1.
Parics and Recreation
iLl.
Natural Resources
Housing and Urban Renewal
Correction
Libraries
Financial Administration
General Control
Water Supply
Other Local Utilities
Other and Unallocable
20
October Payroll
Education
Teachers only
Functions other than Education
Average Monthly Earnings, Full-time Employment:
Teachers
Others
SOURCE:
1.1.
3
30
38
65
15
11
69
$785,000
5LI.6,000
LI.
37 , 000
239,000
$659
LI.
54
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Government, 1967, Vol. 3, No, 2,
Compendium of Public Employment, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1969.
Income
Table 59.
Net Effective Buying Income Estimates, 1967 and 1970
Net Dcllars
Area
Per Household
1970
- -thousand dollars- - -
Oregon
Umatilla County
Pendleton
SOURCE:
/40,446
6,650,690
134,492
45,906
1970
¶
- - -dollars- - 8,113
8,373
9,630
9,440
9,026
10,201
Sales Management Surey of Buying Power, "Survey of Buying Power",
Sales Management, 10 June 1968 and 10 July 1971, Copyright 1968
and
Table 60.
Year
5,224,888
110,523
1967
1971.
Bank Deposits in Umatilla County and State, 1966-1970
Umatilla County
State
(thousands)
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
Note:
$63,259
70,893
74,001
77,196
80,553
$3,322,785
3,624,452
4,122,929
3,985,818
4,327,985
Data are as of 31 December each year.
The term "bank deposits" is
defined as "total deposits of all banks"; included are national
banks in Oregon in addition to banks and trust companies under the
jurisdiction of the Banking Division of the Oregon Department of
Commerce
SOURCE:
Oregon Department of Commerce, Banking Division, Annual Report,
various years.
Table 61.
Bank Debits in Umatilla County and State, 1967-1971
Umatilla County
Yea r
Stat e
(thousands)
Note:
$39,897,451
$506 ,022
537 ,161
568,1451
58/4,037
655 , 841
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
46,227,1491
55,728,035
59,596,057
66,745,322
There were 48 corporate banking units in Oregon on 31 December 1971;
many of these firms had one or more branch offices. For December
1967, 308 banks and branch banks in Oregon reported debits to the
Bureau of Business and Economic Research; for December 1971 there
were 386 reporting. Approximately 10 of the banking offices in the
state do not report their debits to the Bureau; however, reports
to the Bureau include over 99 percent of the total debits for the
state.
SOURCE: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Table 62.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups, Umatilla County
and Cities over 10,000 Inhabitants, 1970
Class ification
Umatilla County
Percent
Number
Pendleton
Percent
Number
J
j
Mean Income
Families:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
Other
Unrelated individuals:
All races
Ca uca sian
Spanish Language
Black
Other
Families by Family Income Class
All races:
Under $3,999
$4, 000-$5 ,999
$6,000-$11 ,999
$12,000+
Total
$9,559
$9,638
$8,177
$6,239
$6,219
$10,684
$10,790
$10,112
$ 6,150
$ 5,808
$3,711
$3,783
$3,073
$2,557
$2,596
$
$
$
$
$
1,824
1,500
5,217
2,986
11,527
- 54 -
15.82
13.01
45.26
25.91
100.00
3,792
3,855
3,262
2,688
4,309
378
12.45
12.06
1,307
1,059
3,134
41.70
33.79
100.00
390
Table 62. cont.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups, Umatilla County
and Cities over 10,000 Inhabitants, 1970
Classification
Caucasian:
Under $3,999
$4,000-$5,999
$6,000-$ll,999
$12,000+
Total
Umatilla County
Percent
Number
Pend leton
Number
Percent
1,1431
5,0149
15.77
12.78
373
12.32
12.25
45.08
1,248
40.98
2,953
11,199
26.37
100.00
1,0149
34.45
100.00
5
19
112
4.46
25.00
58.04
12.50
100.00
25
76.00
24.00
100.00
18
100.00
14
100.00
18
100.00
14
100.00
53
41
85
19
198
26.77
20.71
42.93
9.59
100.00
15
30.00
10.00
52.00
8.00
100.00
1,766
Spanish Language:
Under $3,999
$4,000-$5,999
$6,000-$ll,999
$12,000+
Total
Black:
Under $3,999
28
65
14
375
3,045
6
$14, 000-$5 ,999
$6,000-$11,999
$12, 000+
Total
Other:
Under $3,999
$4,000-$5,999
$6,000-$ll,999
$l2,000+
Total
5
26
4
50
Income--below poverty level (bpl)
Familes bpl:
244
100.00
1,196
All races
2314
1,096
91.64
Caucasian
2.09
25
Spanish Language
Black
10
75
6.27
Other
822
4,381
Persons in familes bpl:
Unrelated individuals bpl:
261
684
Under 65
201
657
65 and over
Male family head, 14-614 yrs. bpl:
46
420
Employed
6
54
Unemployed
57
153
Not in labor force
Female family heads bpl in labor
25
62
force with children below 6 yrs.
Income Source of families and unrelated individual bpl:
341
1,218
Earnings
281
1,134
Social security or RR ret.
120
371
Public assistance or welfare
-
100.00
95.90
4.10
Blank spaces indicate a zero, suppressed data, or not applicable.
SOURCE: Oregon State University Cooperative Extension Service, Income and
Poverty Data for Racial Group: A Compilation for Oregon Census
County Division, Special Report 367, September 1972.
Tbie 63. Family Income and Median Family Income in 1969 for
Umatilla and Bordering Counties
County
UMA 'lfl LLA
Grant
Median
Income Under $3,000
Per Capita
Families
Family
Number of
Income
Families
Percent
Income of
Persons
$8,639
7,876
8,425
8,730
1,224
10.62
8.85
12.73
9.70
14.19
11,527
1 ,922
1, 194
Morrow
Union
Wa 11 c
Number
of
a
SOURCE:
5,010
1,670
7 , 748
170
152
486
237
$2 ,795
2,600
3,071
2,813
2,604
U.S. Bureau of tIe 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.
Table64. Rank Order of Number and Percent of Families with Income
Less than Poverty Level* in 1969 for
Umatilla and Bordering Counties
Rank Order
County
IJNATILTA
Grant
Morrow
Union
Wallowa
# Families % Families # Families % Families
Total
WI Income
WI Income
Ntrnber
of
Less Than
POverty
Level
Less Than
Poverty
Level
1,196
10.38
10.09
Families
11,527
1,922
1,194
5,010
1,670
1914
115
371
9.63
7.41
2143
114.55
w/ Income W/ Income
Less Than Less Than
Poverty
Poverty
Level
Level
12
31
14
18
32
23
33
26
29
2
* Excludes inmates of institutions, members of t1 Armed Forces living
in barracks, college students in dormitories, and unrelated individuals
under 14 years.
SOURCE:
From U.S. Census of Population, 1970, General Social and Economic
Characteristics, Final Report PC(l)-C39 Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 65.
Summary of Property Tax Levies and Assessments,
1970-71 and 1971-72, Umatilla County and State
State
Umatilla County
Item
197 0-7 1
197 1-72
Gross Ad Valoretn Levies
$ 1,7614,620
Counties
$ 1,653,1439
1,112,269
9314,806
Cities
673,184
632,313
Community Colleges
Elementary & Secondary School Districts
Intermediate
3,963,423
County
3,621,071
Joint
4,133,442
Elementary and Unified 14,027,448
280,715
310,321
Union High
County Unit
$8,377,580
Total
$7,958 ,8i40
Special Districts
$28,293
$ 27,380
Cemetery
56,327
47,136
Fire Protection
11,097
12,804
Hospital
Parc and Recreaticn
126,664
117 , 591
Port
Road
Sanitary
611
570
Water Supply
17,889
17,111
Other
$240,881
$222 , 592
Total
Total Gross Ad Valorem
Levies
$11,401,990 1/ $12,168,534 1/
Percent
Change
197 0-7 1
197 1-7 2
Percent
Change
6.7
19.0
6.5
$ 51,334,322
69,320,668
18,915,099
$ 56,497,570
70,994,509
21,005,036
10.1
2.4
11.0
9.5
85,212,779
1,636,941
223,166,274
20,252,111
11,169,510
$341,437,615
93,441,797
1,709,290
235,967,330
20,851,073
12,563,013
$364,532,503
9.7
2.6
-9.5
5.3
$298,804
14.4
5.7
3.0
12.5
6.8
2.5
11.5
-3.8
5,8
56.7
8.2
$291,571
10,847,239
1,541,110
988,062
3,988,016
678,109
1,610,230
1,744,479
554,145
$22,242,961
1,045,598
6,250,289
708,235
1,717,638
1,774,070
1,162,285
$26,852,823
6.7
1.7
109.7
20.7
6.7
$503,250,665
$539,882,441
7.3
3.3
19.5
-13.3
7.7
7.2
4.5
12,/421,606
1,1483,298
14.4
Table 65 cant.
Summary of Property Tax Levies and Assessments,
1970-71 and 1971-72, Umatilla County and State
State
Umatilla County
1970-71
It em
r
1971-72
Percent
Change
Property Tax Relief Moneys
$353,467
General Local
514,120
Senior Citizen
3,870
Game Commission
$411,457
Total
*
*
65,965
3,636
$69,601
21.9
-6.0
-83.1
$10,990,536
$12,098,933
10.1
$36,135
$42,343
17.2
4,719
4,699
-.4
1,993
$42,847
539
$47,581
-73.0
11.0
$11,444,837
$12,216,115
6.7
1970-71
1971-72
Percent
Change
Less:
Total Net Ad
Valorem Levies
Assessments
Fire Patrol
Forest Fee
Diking and Drainage
Irrigation
Lighting
Other
Total
Total Gross Ad Valorem
Levies and Assessments
$16,969,161
2,959,963
*
*
3,133,170
57,638
$3,190,808
-84.0
$483,283,027 $536,691,633
11.1
$1,416,004
90,972
311,099
1,385,260
409,322
137,343
$3,770,000
23.3
-.3
6.2
3.6
29.3
68.8
14.7
$506,536,130 $543,652,441
7.3
38,401
$19,967,525
$1,148,131
91,235
311,643
1,336,649
316,455
81,352
$3,285,465
5.9
50.1
Before state property tax relief.
The local property tax relief account was abolisId by the 1971 Legislature when it created the
homeowners' property tax relief law. Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.
Oregon State Department of Revenue, First Biennial Report 1968-70, January 1971; Summary of
SOURCE:
Assessment and Tax Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property Tax
Collections, June 1972.
1/
*
Table 66.
Summary of Assessment Rolls by Type of Property 1970-71 and 1971-72
timatilla County and State
Umatilla County
1970-71
Item
Real Property (Locally Assessed)
$29,303,170
Lands Inside Corp. Limits
97,084,640
Lands Outside Corp. Limits
100,900,950
Improvements Inside
Corporate Limits
61,881,370
Improvements Outside
Corporate Limits
Timber (Excludes Land)
Less
Veterans' Exempt ions
Senior Citizens Residence
(3,298,830)
(1,801,470)
197 1-72
State
Percent
Change
1970-71
197 1-72
I
Percent
Change
$1,982,561,473
2,926,701,564
5,252,481,506
$2,289,060,442
103,311 ,89O
2.6
-1.4
2.4
5,763,084,831
15.5
7.6
9.7
64,726,960
4.6
14,018,079,860
4,356,155,852
8.14
6514,997 ,531
552,3924,169
-15.7
(177 341 , 251)
(182,535,629)
(105,315,054)
$30,069,980
95,708,500
(3,435,780)
(1,992,810)
4.2
10.6
,
(104,631,628)
3,1148,699,5514
2.9
.7
Exempt ion
Total Real Property
$284,069,830
Personal Property (Locally Assessed)
$22,519,185
Merchandise and Stock
in Trade*
2,736,990
Furn. Fixtures & Equip.
13,255,215
Farm Machinery & Equip.
6,015,121
Other Machinery & Equip.
Livestocks*
6,866,879
283,196
Miscellaneous
Less:
Veterans' Exempt ions
Senior Citizens
Residence Exemp.
Total Personal Property
(11,428)
(18,320)
$51,646,838
$288,388,740
1,5
$14,552,849,055
$15,821,544,165
8.7
$20,699,096
-8.1
$1,204,361,272
$1,157,734,483
-3.9
2,846,507
13,027,130
6,261,317
6,617,934
836,073
4.0
-1.7
4.1
-3.6
195.2
259,900,619
152,161,378
280,208,/493
522,247,1419
5144,1114,565
152,568,811
38,985,810
148,841,507
79,269,456
7.8
1.0
4.2
-2.5
103.3
(30,745)
(58,610)
$50,198,702
169.0
219.9
-2.8
(644,976)
(1,121,514)
$2,328,458,819
153,731,243
(2,649,556)
(2,158,904)
$2,359,091,287
310.8
92.5
1.3
Table 66 cont.
Summary of Assessment Rolls by Type of Property 1970-71 and 1971-72
Umatilla County and State
State
Timatilla County
197 0-7 1
It em
Total Real and Personal
Property
0
0
$335,716,668
Utilities (Centrally Assessed)
Airlines 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 Utilities
Total
Unallocated Private Car C
Grand Total
773,000
11,1404,750
2,600
11,9143,867
1,068,394
17 , 713, 546
1,3414,379
40 , 308
10,435,037
136,950
197 1-72
Percent
Change
19 7 0-7 1
$338,587,/442
.9
$16,881,307,874
469,000
12,462,811
2,600
12,393,039
-39.3
9.3
1,112,764
18,379,978
1,635,715
140,500
10,6214,797
7.7
36,036,400
314,6/48,200
81414, 570 , 731
918,482,635
199,200
260,790,863
1,755,000
14,100,000
-3.9
8.8
-.4
.0
200,000
2/42,598,000
3.8
217
.5
Percent
Change
$18,180,635,452
3.8
14.2
197 1-7 2
1,937,000
12,681,000
243,213,504
16,060,727
7.5
-9.4
519 , 687
14,432,900
11.2
2.6
22.5
-1.9
482,750,142
541,236,246
12. 1
17,4014,317
20,/407,390
11,404,900
12,497 , 100
17.3
9.6
4
,
249,556,4/40
19,679,263
211 , 100
2714,900
1.8
23.0
30.2
$55,073,931
$57,564,554
4.5
$1,913,376,408
$2,077,785,237
8.6
$390,790,599
$396,151,996
1.4
$18,794,684,282
$20,258,420,689
7.8
$2,620,800
$2,438,550
-7.0
$18,797,305,082
$20,260,859,239
7.8
1/
168,450
* Beginning with the 1969-70 Assessment roll, there is exempt from taxation a percentage of taxpayers' inven"Inventory" means all livestock, and items of
tory value, which shall be completely phased out by 1980.
The percentage reduction
tangible personal property,,,held for sale in the ordinary course of his business.
These reductions
for the 1970-71 fiscal year was 10 percent and for the 1971-72 fiscal year was 15 percent.
are reflected in the above figures.
1/The value of private car companies assessed under ORS 308.640 increased from $100,000 in 1969-70 to
- $300,000 for 1970-71.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Revenue, First Biennial Report 1968-70, January 1971; Summary of
Assessment and Tax Rolls for the l97T72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property Tax Collections,
June 1972
Education
Table 67.
Formal Training Facilities, Enrollment and High
School Graduates
Umatilla County, 1970
,
School District and
Facilities (Number)
Athena District #29
Elementary
-1
High School -1
Echo District #5
Elenntary
-1
High School -1
Ferndale District #10
Elementary
-2
Helix District #1
Elementary
-1
High School -1
Hermjston District #8
Elementary
-3
Junior High -1
*High School -1
McLaughlin U.H. District #3
*High School -1
Milton-Freewater District #31
Elementary
-1
Elementary
-2
Elementary
-1
Pendleton District #16
Elementary
-1
Elementary
-6
Junior High -1
Junior High -1
*High School -1
Pilot Rock District #2
Elementary
-1
*High School -1
Pleasant View District #22
Elementary
-1
Stanfield District #61
Elementary
-1
*High School -1
Tum-A-Lum District #4
Elementary
-1
Ukiah District #80
Elementary
-1
High School -1
Grades
Etrollment
1969-70 1/
1971 2/
IncludedJ
High School
Graduates 3/
KG-8
9-12
238
127
247
123
30
KG-8
9-12
140
57
123
59
17
1-8
199
219
1-8
9-12
77
56
94
60
8
1-6
7-9
10-12
1,234
614
638
1,190
637
606
200
9-12
635
601
135
39
NA
347
303
KG-KG
1-6
1-8
378
330
1-6
44
35
KG-6
1,852
315
671
949
1,787
294
604
968
314
352
295
47
35
1-8
9-12
279
120
274
1-8
71
67
1-8
54
47
9-12
24
19
7-7
8-9
10-12
1-6
7-12
1-8
61
3314
111
290
44
25
Table 67. cont.
Formal Training Facilities, Enrollment and High
School Graduated, Umatilla County, 1970
School District and
Facilities (Number)
Umapine District #13
-1
Elementary
High School -1
Umatilla District #6
Elementary
-1
*High School -1
Weston District #19
Elementary
-1
High School -1
J
Grades
Enrollment
Included [11969-70 171 1971 2/
1-8
9-12
90
/42
87
37
7
227
138
29
1-8
9-12
246
KG-8
9-12
138
129
144
5,770
1,600
3,284
5,521
1,535
3,187
10,243
County Totals
Elementary
Junior High
High School
County Grand Total
155
131
10, 6514
High School
Graduates 3/
-
23
813
813
*
Asterisk preceding High School name denotes mem.bership in Northwest
Association of Secondary and Higher Schools.
1/ Average daily membership for the 1969-70 school year. This data is
derived from the annual Pupil Personnel Account ing report submitted by
each school district.
2/ Average daily manbership as reported by school districts at tte start of
calendary year 1971.
3/ 1971 Figures on high school graduates.
SOURCE:
Oregon Board of Education, 1971-72 Oregon School-Community College
Directory, 1971 Oregon Public High School Graduates, and 1970-71
Oregon School Directory.
Table 68.
Higher Education Facilities
Na me
Locat ion
Blue Mountain College
Pendleton
SOURCE:
1971, Fall
Entollment
1,554
Blue Mountain College, unpublished data.
Date
Established
1957
Special
Emphasis
Liberal Arts
Tech. Studies
Table 69.
Total Headcount Enrollment and Total Full-Time
Equivalent Envrollment in Blue Mountain Community
College by Level of Program, Fall 1971
Headc 0 lint
Number
Percent
Enrollment
Full-Time Equiv. 1/
Percent
Number
J
Total Enrollment
Voc/Tech 1st year
Voc/Tech 2nd year
Voc/Tech Ad. Sup.
Reimbursable
Under Contract
Non-Reimbursable
1,092.2
375.1
224.3
16.4
11.6
0
100.0
31.7
11.1
5.8
14.9
0.0
10
.6
Fres hmen
440
28.3
Sophomores
118
7.6
15.4
337.8
111.6
1,554
492
172
91
231
0
100.0
34.4
20.5
1.5
1.1
0.0
1.4
30.9
10.2
1/ Estimate based on 1970 ratio.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Educational Coordinating Council, Post-Secondary
Enrolliment Distributions in Oregon--Fall 1971, February 1972.
of
Total Headcount Enrollment in Blue Mountain
Community College by Age, Fall 1971
Age
Number
Total Enrollment
Male
Female
1,554
839
715
100.0
54.0
46.0
42
276
277
17.8
17.8
17 and younger (both sexes)
18
19
Percent
2.7
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
134
21
8.6
3.9
3.8
3.5
2.9
2.8
1.3
1.3
28 and older
Unknown
387
135
24.9
8.7
SOURCE:
61
59
54
45
43
20
Oregon State Educational Coordinating Council, Post-Secondary
Enrollment Distribution in Oregon--Fall 1971. February 1972.
Table 71.
Total Headcount Enrollment in Oregon Department
of Higher Education Institutions by Institution
and by Umatilla and Bordering Counties of Home
Residence, Fall 1971
Inst it Ution
Grant
lThATI LIA
Total
706
178
28
202
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
Morrow
Union
Wallowa
677
561
147
71
8
87
17
3
5
1
38
28
51
115
30
56
2
5
55
12
22
181
22
11
19
3
2
3
29
9
6
2
26
13
1
0
0
1
0
16
1
0
2
4
1
7
School
SOURCE:
Oregon State Educational Coordinating Council, Post-Secondary
Enrollment Distribution in Oregon--Fall 1971, February 1972.
Table 72.
Total Headcount Enrollment in Private and Independent
Colleges and Universities by Institution and by
Umatilla and Bordering Counties of Home Residence,
Fall 1971
Institution
UW TILIA
Total
Grant
Morrow
Union
Wallowa
7
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
67
O
10
Conc ord ia
1
1
George Fox
Judson Baptist
Lewis & Clark
Linfield
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
11
0
0
4
1
9
3
1
1
Maryl hurst
1
0
1
0
Mt. Angel
Mt. Angel Seminary
Museum Art School
N,W. Christian
Oregon Graduate Center
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
6
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
18
1
Columbia Christian
1
0
Pacific Univers ity
Reed
University of Portland
5
1
1
0
8
Warner Pacific
Western aptist College
Western Cons. Baptist
1
4
0
0
0
0
1
O
18
Will amett e
8
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
SOURCE:
Oregon State Educational Coordinating Council, Post-Secondary
Enrollment Distribution in Oregon--Fall 1971, February 1972.
- 64 -
Table 73.
Total Headcount Enrollment in Oregon Public Community
Colleges by Institution and by Umatilla and Bordering
Counties of Home Residence, Fall 1971
Institution
1JMATIL1A
Total
Blue Mountain C.C.
Central Oregon C.C.
1,274
1,242
SOURCE:
Morrow
Unij
Wallowa
99
91
36
20
38
32
0
52
20
16
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Chemeketa CC.
Clackamas CC.
Clatsop C.C.
Lane C.C.
Linn-Benton C.C.
Mt. Hood C.C.
Portland C.C.
Rogue C.C.
South-western Oregon C.C.
Treasure Valley C.C.
Umpqua C.C.
Grant
2
1
0
0
0
12
3
4
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
11
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
0
3
O
0
0
0
6
10
0
0
0
0
0
Oregon State Educational Coordinating Council, Post-Secondary
Enrollment Distribution in Oregon--Fall 1971, February 1972.
Table 71.1..
Total Headcount Enrollment in Oregon Institutions
of Higher Education by Educational Segment and
Umatilla and Bordering Counties of Home
Residence, Fall 1971
Educational Segment
Total 18-34 Age Group Pop.
Total Enrolled All Categ.
% Age Group Enrolled in
All Categories
Total Enrolled Public C.C.
% Age Group Enrolled
Public C.C.
Total Enrolled Public 4-Yr.
% Age Group Enrolled Public
4-Year
Total Enrolled Priv. & md.
% Age Group Enrolled Priv.
UMA TI LTJ
9,300
2,047
22.0
Morrow
Grant
1,399
7714
177
1914
Union
f Wallowa
4,775
12.7
25.1
720
15.1
52
3.7
99
36
13.7
706
7.6
115
8.2
1,274
67
10
.7
38
12.8
.8
87
11.2
677
14.2
8
.7
1.0
1,052
189
18.0
3.6
147.
4
7
.1
and md.
SOURCE:
14.0
Oregon State Educational Coordinating Council, Post-Secondary
Enrollment Distribution in Oregon--Fall 1971, February 1972.
.4
Table 75.
College Enrollment Statistics by Umatilla and Bordering
Counties as Taken from the Random Ten Percent Sample,
1970-71
UMATILLA
Subject
State College
Number
Percent
Oregon Private
Number
Percent
Oregon Community College
Number
Percent
Out-of-State
20
42.5
14
73.7
3
100.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1
0
2
0
6
12.8
Total College
Number
Percent
2
66.7
Wallowa
Union
2.1
20
Percent
2
66.7
Morrow
1
42.6
N umber
Grant
147
33.3
0
0.0
3
0.0
1
33.3
3
0.0
10.5
0
3
0.0
15.8
19
3
21.4
52.8
42.9
42.9
Rank
15
25
25
9
33
Total Sample
89
7
7
169
14
SOURCE:
Oregon State System of Higher Education, Office of High School
Relations, Post-High School Studies of Oregon High School Graduates,
June 1971.
Table 76.
Library
Population
Umatilla
County
Library
13,740
SOURCE:
55.9
Major Library in Umatilla County
Location
Pendleton
Ownership
County
Total
Tota 1
Operating
Revenue
Operating
$102,837
Expend it ure
$86,083
Oregon State Library, Board of Trustees, Directory of Oregon
Libraries, Annual statistics for the year ending June 30, 1970.
Table 77.
Blue Mountain Community College Library Statistics, 1969-70
Item
Number
Collection
Volumes Added 1969-70
Number of Volumes July 1, 1970
.Number of Serials Received
2,528
16,216
359
Professional Staff
2
Expendit ures
Library Materials
Salaries Excluding Janitors
Total Operating Expenses
SOURCE:
20,857
36,238
65,122
Oregon State Library, Oregon State Board of Trustees, Directory
of Oregon Libraries, Annual Statistics for the Year Ending June
30, 1970.
Table 78.
Racial ar1 Ethnic Distribution of Public School
Enrollment by School District, 1972,
Umatilla County
Caucasian
Black
District
American
md ian
Spanish
Surname
Other 1/
Total
number of students
Athena
Echo
330
185
228
131
Fernda le
Hel ix
Hermiston
McLaughlin URS.
)
Mi lt on-F reewater
Pend let on
Pilot Rock
Pleasant View
Stanf ield
Tum-A-Lum
Ukiah
Umap me
Uma till a
Weston
Total
56
---
9
1
396
190
234
136
13
2 , 3614
5
1
5
5
2,222
20
29
80
1,292
1
5
21
3,519
21
180
27
27
27
8
1
596
40
364
66
1,319
1
LI.
70
80
115
394
4
79
100
392
278
9,822
3
10
2
46
6
1
324
162
3,774
632
41
368
285
44
10, 398
1/ Includes Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and others.
SOURCE: Compiled from Oregon Board of Education reports by OSU Extension
Service.
Table 79.
Years of School Completed by Population 25 Years Old
and over, 1970, Umatilla County
Nunb er
Education
Males
Total, 25 years and over
No school Years completed
1-4 years
Elementary:
5-7 years
8 years
High School: 1-3 years
4 years
1-3 years
College:
4 years or more
12,382
279
375
93/4
2,078
1,998
4,020
1,515
1,183
Median School Years Completed
Percent High School Graduates
SOURCE:
Number
Females
Percent
Total
100.0
13,006
210
25,388
156
531
613
1,732
2,505
1,5147
1.9
2.1
6.1
3,810
4,503
8,794
3,481
2,233
15.0
17.7
34.7
13.7
8.8
4,774
1,966
1,050
12.1
54.3
1.1.89
12.3
59.9
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.
Table 80.
Organization
Youth Organizations, Umatilla County
and Cities over 10,000 Inhabitants
Membership
Umatilla County
600
1,236
269
1/
1/
1/
Camp Fire Girls
4-H
Future Farmers
Junior Achievement
YMCA
YWCA
Pend let on
350
NA
74
1/
1/
1/
NA - not available
1/ No chapter.
Camp Fire Girls, Pendleton, Telephone Interview, January 1973 (figures
SOURCE:
for 1972): State Department of Education and State Extension Office,
4-H Division, unpublished data, 1972 (figures for 1972); Oregon State
University Extension Service, Future Farmers, unpublished data, 1972
(figures for 1972).
- 68 -
Although Umatilla County operates no correctional institutions of its
own, it is served by four state correctional institutions in Marion County
These include training schools for socially maladjusted boys between 12 and
18 years of age and girls between the ages of 12 and 21.
Table 81.
Felonies and Juvenile Delinquency in lJmatilla County, 1968
Subject
Number
Commitments to felony and Correctional
institutions, 1967-68
Total commitments
Oregon State Penitentiary
Oregon State Correctional Institution
MacLaren (boys' training school)
Hillcrest (girls' training school)
Juvenile court cases, 1968
All cases
Delinquency
Traffic
Other
26
17
9
28 1/
4 1/
1 , 501
1,252
127
122
Oregon State Children Services D ivision, Department of Human
Resources, Adolescent Population and Commitment, Data by County,
by Calendar Year 1967-1970, 1970 figures.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Executive Depa rtment, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, March 1970.
1/
Health and Vital Statistics
Table 82.
Existing Medical Facilities, Number of Existing Beds,
and Number of Beds Needed, Umatilla County, 1971
Cateogry
Community
Number of Facilities
Existing
Needed
Number of Beds
Existing
Needed
J
General Hospitals
Herm ist on
1
1
Pend leton
TJmatilla
2
2
42
176
42
154
1
1
15
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
71
50
84
103
60
94
115
Long-Term Care Facilities
Pend leto n
Hermis ton
Nilton-Freewater
Pendleton
Diagnostic and Treatment Centers
Hermiston
Pendleton
Umatilla
1
1
2
2
1
1
71
Mental Facilities
None
Tuberculosis Hospitals
None
Rehabilitation Facilities
Pendlet on
SOURCE:
Oregon State Board of Health, Health Facility Planning and Construction Section, Oregon State Plan for the Construction of Hospitals,
Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities, Annual Revision for
the Fiscal Year 1971.
- 70 -
Table 83. Diagnostic or Treatment Center Facilities, 1971
Name and Location
Visits During 1969
1
Good Shepherd Hospital, Hermiston
Pendleton Community Hospital, Pendleton
6,703
St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton
Umatilla District Hospital, IJmatilla
Services !
2 ,345
A, H, I
A, H, I
7, 347
A,B,H, I
2 , 946
A, H, I
1/ Service Code: A-General; B-Cancer; H-X-Ray; I-Clinical Laboratory.
Oregon State Board of Health, Health Facility Planning and Contruction Section, Oreon State Plan for Construction and Modernization
of Hospitals, Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities, 1971
Annual Revision, 1971.
SOURCE:
Table 84.
Existing Medical Facilities and Percent of
Occupancy, Umatilla County, 1969
Tota 1
Name of Facility
Location
Capacity
Hermiston
42
56
120
15
Percent of
0cc upancy
General Hospitals
Good Shepherd Hospital
Pendleton Community Hospital
Pendleton
Pendleton
Umatilla
St. Anthony Hospital
Umatilla District Hospital
81
47
58
72
Long-Term Care Facilities 2/
Long-Term CarE' Units of General Hospital
St. Anthony Hospital
Pendleton
Nursing Homes
Heruiiston Good Samaritan
Hermiston
Hughes Nursing Home
Milton-Freewater Hospital & Nursing
Milton-Freewater
"
713/
7/4
84
121
78
92
40
63
100
100
50
6
'4/
Nursing Home
Delamarter Nursing Home
Hiersche Nursing Home
Pendleton
Pendleton
1/ Excludes long-term care beds.
2/ There are no convalescent hospitals in this area.
3/ Excludes acute care beds.
4/ Existing beds are not counted in totals.
SOURCE: Oregon State Board of Health, Health Facility Planning and Construction Section, Oregon State Plan or the Construction of Hospitals,
Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities, Annual Revision for
the Fiscal Year 1971.
- 71 -
Table 85.
Number of Licensed Medical Personnel and Ratio of
Population per Professional, Umatilla County and
State, 1969
Umatilla County
Number
Ratio
Profession
Medical Doctors and Doctors o
Osteopathy
Dent i st s
Registered Nurses
Licensed Practical Nurses
Pharmacists
SOURCE:
36
1,260
2,695
770
23
161
79
34
1,973
282
574
1,334
1,1412
1,1470
7,520
2,071
1,510
276
1,002
1,375
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, March 1971.
Table 86.
Number of Admissions to State Psychiatric Hospitals
and Mental Health Clinics and Ratio per 100,000
Population, Umatilla County and State, 1968-69
Umatilla County
Ratio
Facility
Number
Psychiatric Hospitals
Mental Health Clinics
SOURCE:
State
Number
Ratio
152
318
335
708
State
Number
Rtjo
2,780
9,538
134
460
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, March 1971.
Umatilla County allocated a total of $198,585 for 1967-70 to its
County Health Department or $4,38 per capita.
This compares with $5.70
spent per capita on the average by all counties in the state. 1/
Umatilla County's birth rate rose from 15.2 per 1,000 population in
1968 to 17.3 in 1970. This compares with the overall 1970 state birth rate
of 16.9.
During the same time, the County's death rate fell from 10.0 to
9.4.
Meanwhile, the illegimate birth rate rose from 65.0 to 88.9 per 1,000
live births; it was above the state rate of 82.4 in 1970. During this
period the County's accidental death rate fell from 80 7 to 66 8 per 100,000
population, but remained above the state rate of 64.4.
1/
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division, District
Facts, March 1971.
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Table 87.
Population, Births and Deaths by Major Category,
Umatilla County and State, 1968 and l97
Umatilla County
Number
Rate
1968
1971
1968
1971
Category
Population
All births
All deaths
Illegitimate births
Immature births
Infant deaths
Accident deaths
44,590
677
447
44
51
18
36
45,120
670
459
61
37
15
26
15.2
10.0
65.0
75.3
26.6
State
Rate
Number
1971
1/
14.8 1/
T/
10.2
91.0
2/
2/
2/
80.7 /
T/
/
55.2 2/
22.4 /
57.6 3/
2,143,010
33,344
20,087
2,603
1,915
615
1,314
15.6
9.4
78.1
57.4
18.4
61.3
1/
T/
2/
2/
2/
3/
1/ Rates per 1,000 population.
2/ Rates per 1,000 live births.
3/ Rates per 100,000 population.
SOURCE: Oregon State Health Division, Vital Statistics Section, Vital
Statistics Annual Report, 1971, Oregon State Board of Health, Vital
Statitistics Section, 1968 Statistical Report, 1968.
Table 88.
Health Statistics, Umatilla County and State, 1971
Item
Umatilla County
Number Rate 3/
Estimated Population (July 1, 1971)
45,120
Live Births
Illegitimate Births
Immature Births
Congenital Malformations Reported
at Birth
Deaths from All Causes:
Malignant Neoplasms
Diabetes Mellitus
Diseases of the Heart
Cerebrovascular Diseases
Arteriosclerosis
Other Cardiovascular Diseases
Influenza and Pneumonia
Bronchitis, Emphysema, Asthma
Peptic Ulcer
Cirrhosis of Liver
Congenital Anomalies
670
61
37
8
Number
State
Rate
2,143,010
14.8 1/
91.0
/
55.2 2/
11.9 2/
459 10.2 1/
78 172.9
22.2
10
162 359.0
60 133.0
22.2
10
33,344
2,603
1,915
400
15.6 1/
78.1 2/
5714 2/
12.0 /
20,087
3,608
9.4 1/
168.4
13.3
349.6
110.9
21.2
17.3
26.4
26.9
4.3
15.8
5
11.1
21
19
46.5
42.1
285
7,492
2,377
455
370
566
577
4
8.9
6.6
338
175
92
3
8.2
Table 88. cont.
Health Statistics,
It em
Umatilla County and State, 1971
Umatilla County
Number Rate
Number
State
Rate
j.
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
Marriages
Divorces and Annulments
Accidental Deaths:
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Home Accidents
Public Accidents
Occupational Accidents
Not Stated
8
17.7
314
14.7
42
93.1
1,649
76.9
26
57.6
15.5
6.6
2.2
1,314
319
61.3
14.9
3.8
7
3
1
22.4
14.9
17.9
87 129.9
81
75
3.5
15
10
12
2/
2/
2/
_/
615
416
841
6,984
18.4 2/
12.5
25.5
209.5 2/
365
246
35
8.1 1/
18,100
10,687
1,385
8.4 1/
15
3
14
2
1
5.5
1/
77.6 33.2
6.6
31.0
4.4
2.2
725
194
312
99
55
V
V
5.0
33.8
9.1
14.6
4.6
2.6
MORBIDITY
Tub erculos is
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Influenza
Measles (Rubeola)
4.4
2.2
79 175.1
2
1
778 1,724.3
3
6.6
249
11.6
5.3
114
9,043 442.0
25,110 1,171.7
388
18.1
Rates per 1,000 population.
Rates per 1,000 live births.
3/ Rates per 100,000 population.
SOURCE: Oregon State Health Divison, Vital Statistics Section, Vital
Statistics Annual Report, 1971.
1/
2/
T/
64.6 -
Table 89.
Newly Reported Tuberculosis Cases and Deaths, 1971
Newly Reported Cases
Number
Rate 1/
County
State
249
Reactivations
11.6
UMA TI LLA
2
144
Grant
Morrow
Union
2
28.9
1
5.1
Deaths
44
29
1
Wallca
1/ Rates are per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Health Division, Vital Statistics Section, Vital
Statistics Annual Report, 1971.
Table 90.
Reported Cases of Venereal Diseases by Type of Infectiori,1971
Syphilis
Primary &
Rate 1/ Secondary
Total
County
Number
Gonorrhea
Early
La tent
Number
Rate
Other
J
State
UMA TI LLA
1114
5.3
1
2.2
15
12
9,043
1422.0
79
175.1
Grant
5
72.14
Morr ow
5
112.9
183.7
130.3
Union
Wal iowa
36
8
1/ All rates are per 100,000 population.
Oregon State Health Division, Vital Statistics Section, Vital
Statistics Annual Report, 1971.
SOURCE:
14
Public Welfare
Table 91.
Public Welfare Payments for Assistance, Umatilla County,
December 1968 and August 1972 1/
Cases
Category
Cases receiving non-medical payments
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Blind
Aid to the Disabled
Aid to Dependent Children
General Assistance
Foster Care
Physicians Services 2/
OAA
AB
AD
ADC
GA
FC
1972
1968
1972
275
249
5
n.a.
n.a.
$62.149
4
104
250
114
385
28
92
38
n.a.
66
55
na.
n.a.
n.a.
ri.a.
$14.36
---
89.10
106.77
143.92
33.54
n.a.
28.1414
13
62
301
22
31
$15.87
28.13
37.69
19.94
8.71
19.73
19.82
34.55
16.89
8
2
$77.50
5
20
19
42
3
6
$38.78
--298.74
155.31
457.94
179
208
3
3
48
68
126
$9.74
3.75
9.67
5.71
11.23
$20.07
3.79
18.38
8.12
6.614
5.31
2
42
131
7
AB---
Hospital Payments 2/
OAA
AD
ADC
GA
Avera:e Pa ments
1968
-- -
364.67
351.83
799.25
FC
Drug Payments 2/
OAA
AB
AD
ADC
GA
76
8
FC
8
11
3
17.514
n.a, -- not available.
Note differing months for comparison.
2/ Persons not cases.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Public Welfare in
Oregon, Public Welfare Division, December 1968 and August 1972
editions.
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 appixximately 100 children with acute vision problems
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.
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Housing
Table 92.
Housing Occupancy and Facilities, Umatilla County, 1970
Umatilla County
Percent
Number Units
Subject
State
Percent
1
Occupancy:
All housing units
Seasonal or migratory
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year-round
Population in housing unit:
Per occupied Unit
Owner
Renter
Persons per room:
All occupied units
1.00 or less
1.01 to 1.50
1.51 or more
Facilities:
Lacking sane or all plumbing
facilities
Telephone available
Air conditioning
Median number of rooms
Median value 1/
Median gross rent 2/
1/
2/
16,2614
100.0
265
9,397
5,196
1,406
1.6
57.8
100.0
1.3
8.6
61.3
31.5
5.9
100.0
92.9
5.7
100.0
94.7
4.2
1.4
1.1
750
4.6
3.6
12,335
75.8
7 ,l29
43.8
89.5
10.3
32.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
14,593
13,551
840
202
4.8
$12,800
$88
5.0
$11,300
$107
Specified owner occupied. Limited to one-family homes on less than
10 acres and no business on property.
Specified renter occupied. Excludes one-family homes on 10 acres or
more.
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.
Table 93.
Housing, Occupancy, and Facilities for Places
with over 2,500 Inhabitants
Milton-Freewater
Percentj Number Percent
Herutist on
Subject
Number
Occupancy:
All year-round
housing unit
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year-round
Facilities:
Telephone available
Air conditioning
Median gross rent of
renter occupied
SOURCE:
Pend let on
Per cent
Number
1,805
100.0
1,631
100.0
4,695
100.0
1,042
633
130
57.7
35.1
7.2
909
571
151
55.7
35.0
9.3
2,344
2,013
338
49.9
42.9
7.2
1,458
80.8
73.0
40.5
44.4
52.6
1,190
660
2,083
950
n.a.
n.a.
$83
$80
$94
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.
THE CCUNTY S ECONOMY
Umatilla County's economy is largely based on diversified agriculture,
food processing, logging, and manufacture of lumber and wood products.
Other manufacturing and recreation and the tourist trade are also important
sources of income.
From 1968 to 1970 several Umatilla County industries had significant
increases in employment.
Employment in mining, mineral and metal industries
increased 16 percent and rose 1 percent in the remaining manufacturing
industries.
Employment in food and kindred products in the County more
than doubled during this 1968-70 period. But, on the contrary, employment
in lumber and wood products decreased 1 percent.
Agriculture 1/
Agriculture in Umatilla County is highly.diversified. Markets are
available within the County which enables farmers to compete with other
areas in the Northwest. The County's soils are quite well-suited for
small grain production and the climatic conditions are quite favorable also.
Umatilla County is one of the largest wheat and pea producing counties
in the nation. It consistently ranks near the top among Oregon counties
in agricultural income and is currently experiencing further agricultural
growth and development due to new irrigation developuEnts.
This County accounts for approximately 25 percent of the state's
wheat production which is grown on a broad expanse of fertile cropland
under rainfall conditions varying from 9 to 25 inches annually. A wheat-
fallow rotation is practiced in the lower rainfall areas and a wheat-pea
rotation is practiced in the hLgher rainfall areas. Green peas are produced
on 40 to 50 thousand acres annually and are processed by six different
local processing firms.
Irrigated acreage in the County, although not nearly as large as the
dry-fanned acreage, is substantial and makes possible both diversification
and intensification of the County's agriculture. Irrigated lands are
devoted to the production of small grains, vegetables, forages and field
seed and fruit crops. Irrigation development is continuing to increase.
Deep-well pumping and high-lift pumping from the Columbia River are the
principal water supply soiuces for new development.
Potatoes are presently the most rapidly expanding crop in the County
with the Henniston-Boardman area now being recognized as a major potato
producing area. The Milton-Freewater area, because of its relatively long
growing season, is noted for the production of tree fruits, processing
crops and alfalfa seed. Other important crops raised in the County include
mint, alfalfa, asparagus, bush beans, tomatoes, sugar beets, watermelons,
and grass and legume seed crops.
Livestock and livestock products account for around 40 percent of
Utnatilla County's agricultural sales. There is a large range cattle
industry in the County as well as some of the state's largest cattle, sheep
and swine feedlot operations. Prospects for further expansion in livestock
feeding are brightened by the potentials for increased feed grain production
and the continuing expansion or irrigation.
OSU Cooperative Extension, Agriculture in Oregon Counties--Farm Sales
and General Characteristics, Special Report 330, Oregon State University,
1971.
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Table 94.
Farm Size and Value, Umatilla County,
1959, 19614 and 1969
1969
Subject
2,005,536
Approximate Acre of Land
Area
Proportion in Faru
Total Number of Farms
Acres in Farms
Average Size of Farms
Value of Land and Buildings
Average per Farm
Average per Acre
SOURCE:
1959
1964
2,065,250
7143
64.3
1,502
1,2814
,327,779
1,034.0
$146,956
$142.11
2,062,080
72.7
I , 741
1 , 534 , 950
1,021.9
$115,145
$113.45
1,499,226
861.1
$84,210
$117.45
U.S. Bureau of the Cenuus, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Report) Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
The next table shows distribution of farm sizes, In 1969, about 140.7
percent were less than 50 acres while about 32.7 percent were 500 acres or 1rger.
The average size is 1,0314.0, a 20 percent increase from 1959 to 1969.
Farm size has about doubled since 1935 with the advent of mechanization.
Farmers have had to increase in size in order to take advantage of economies
of scale.
Table 95.
Number and Percent of Farms by Size:
1969
Number
Size
Less than 10 acres
10 to 49 acres
50 to 69 acres
70 to 99 acres
100 to 139 acres
1146
376
51
54
46
1140 to 179 acres
56
180 to 219 acres
220 to 259 acres
22
20
92
260 to 1499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1,000 to 1,999 acres
2,000 acres or more
Total farms
SOURCE:
1959, 1964 and 1969
19614
Percent j Number
11.4
29.3
4.0
4.2
3.6
4.4
218
465
58
71
49
122
124
175
13.6
65
33
18
90
126
134
175
1,284
100.0
1,502
1.7
1.5
7.2
9.5
9.6
Percent
14.5
31.0
3.9
4,7
3.3
1959
Number
Percent
250
550
14.4
31.6
3.9
4.8
4.2
3.4
4.3
68
83
73
60
2.2
1.2
6.0
8.4
8.9
11.6
29
119
156
148
175
6.8
9.0
8.5
10.0
100.0
1,741
100.0
30
1.7
1.7
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1, Area
Reor; Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1972.
- 80 -
The main types of farms in Umatilla County are cash-grain and livestock.
These two types comprise 37 percent of the total number of farms. Fruit and
nut farms increased 80 percent from 1959 to 1964 and are now 7 percent of
the total farms in the County.
Thirty-seven percent of the farms are unclassified or miscellaneous farms.
Table 96.
Farms by Type:
1954, 1959 and 1964
Type
1964
1959
1954
332
374
470
76
97
106
20
11
18
37
135
26
33
55
280
129
559
696
74
75
26
48
155
241
110
681
Cash-Gra in
Vegetable
Fruit and Nut
Other Field Crops
Poultry
Dairy
Other Livestock
General
Miscellaneous and Unclassified
SOURCE:
228
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 19614, Vol. 1,
Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1967.
Table 97.
Farms with Sales over $2,500, Umatilla County
1969
Product
Field Corn
Sorghums
Alfalfa
Clcwer
Hay, Grass Silage
Red Clover and Alfalfa Seed
Strawberries
Wheat
Oat, Barley, Rye
Vegetable
Orchards--Vineyerds
Nursery Products
Forest Products
1964
Farms
Acres
1,749
62
2,065
227
na.
n.a.
21,681
938
7,730
2,361
24
177,725
81,686
40,665
2,540
334
18,798
924
Farms
Acres
56
6
278
29
166
32
6
474
392
136
120
33
119
51
2
513
431
6
15
176
132
16
31
n.a.
n.a.
14,734
5,044
15
191,471
75,055
48,908
2,315
20
n.a.
Table 97.
cont.
Farms with Sales over $2,500, Umatilla County
1964
1969
Product
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
501
60
89,287
16,249
551
80,738
14,9114
52
414,119
78
59
2
2
6
9
311
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Lives toe Ic
Cattle and calves
Hogs and pigs
Sheep and lambs
Goats
Other
25,890
n.a.--not available.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Report) 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C.,
1972.
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 or more days during
the year and (2) the incon received by the operator and members of his
family from nonfarm sources was less than the value of all farm products
sold.
In 1969 Umatilla County had 915 commercial farms but only 358 had sales
of over $20,000.
The Class Iv category with sales of $5,000 to $9,999 was
the only one to increase in number from 1959 to 1969.
Table 98.
Farms by Economic Class, Umatilla County,
1959, 1964 and 1969
1969
Nwther
1964
915
182
Class II (sales of $20,000
Econcmic Class
Percent
1959
1969
1964
1959
969
188
1,042
237
71.3
14.2
64.5
12.5
60.9
13.9
176
170
215
13.7
11.3
12.6
Class III (sales of
177
198
209
13.8
13.2
12.2
Class IV (sales of $5,000
to $9,999)
Class V (sales of $2,500
to $4,999)
Class VI (sales of $50 to
161
1149
158
12.5
9.9
9.2
174
162
177
13.6
10.8
10.3
45
102
46
3.5
6.8
2.7
369
286
533
389
141
668
.457
35.5
25.9
9.4
3
1
28.7
22.3
6.1
.3
.2
39.1
26.7
12.3
.1
1,502
1,710
100.0
100.0
100.0
Commercial farms
Class I (sales of $40,000
or more)
to $39,999)
$10,000 to $19,999)
Other farms
$2,499)
Part-time
Part-retirement
Abnormal
Total farms
SOURCE:
79
4
1,284
210
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Report, Part 47, Oregon, U.S; Government Printing Office,
Washington, D. C., 1972.
More than half of the farmers in the County own their own farms. Census
that in 1969, 54.7 percent of the farmers were full owners; 33.1
percent were part owrrs; and 12.2 were tenants. Total number of farm
data show
operators has declined steadily in recent years.
Table 99. Farm Operators by Tenure, Umatilla County, 1959, 1964 and 1969
Full owners
Part owners
Managers
Tenants
425
157
Total operators
SOURCE:
702
1 ,284
863
471
13
155
1, 502
1,018
510
23
190
1,741
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area ReDort Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
The nect table shows that, in 1969, only about 18 percent of the
farmers were over 65 years old but the average age was 52.8, an increase
over 1959. This would seem to indicate that the younger generation is not
returning to the farm.
Table 100.
Farm Operators by Age and Years of School Completed,
Umatilla County, 1959, 1964 and 1969
Subject
By Age:
Average Age--Years
65 Years Old and Over
By Years of School Completed:
Elementary:
0 to 4 years
5 to 7 years
8 years
High School: I to 3 years
4 years
College:
1 to 3 years
4 years or more
1969
52.8
235
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
1964
1959
52.14
51.8
328
296
39
160
474
474
1,142
476
208
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.--not available.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Report) Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
Agriculture contributes to the economy of Umatilla County in two ways.
It not only provides income to farmers but also to workers employed for
harvesting and processing t
agricultural products. Income from the sale
of all crops, livestock and livestock products in 1970 was estimated at
about $46.9 million as reported by the Oregon State University Extension
Service and U.S.D.A. Cooperating.
Income from the sale of crops accounted for 63 percent of the agricultural income and livestock accounted for 37 percent. Wheat accounted
for 24 percent, vegetables for 10 percent, cattle and calves for 28 percent)
while sheep and lambs accounted for only 1.7 percent.
Recreation and forest products are also a means of income for farmers
in Umatilla County. In 1969, the value of forest products from farms was
$130,375.
Recreation income in 1969 from hunting, fishing and other
recreational services was $24,743 for 6 farms.
Table 101.
Value of Farm Products Sold 1/, Utnatilla County,
1966-1970
Prod uct
1966
1968
1967
1969r
l97Op
thousand dollars
All Crops, livestock and
livestock products
39,061
38,073
33,997
142,784
46,853
All crops
All grain, hay and seeds
All seed crops
All grain and hay
All hay
All grain
20,798
22,93/4
19,065
114,401
691
12,764
10,0/46
26,431
14,542
29,481
17,263
Wheat
Barley
Vegetables, fresh and
for processing
All berries
Strawberries
/483
1476
574
10,495
9,563
1,237
8,326
7,335
16,689
1,385
15,304
11,225
4,000
4,825
/420
12,3414
888
11,4614
846
908
5,685
3,815
14,066
1,389
12,677
9,994
2,566
6,240
22
39
46
54
46
13,710
997
12,713
9,213
3,279
4,429
All tree fruits and nuts
Specialty field crops
Specialty horticultural
52
2,507
3,061
1,721
2,550
1,125
448
887
615
481
648
826
731
989
800
All livestock and
livestock products
8,263
15,139
14,932
16,353
17,372
712
537
682
559
626
594
565
/499
538
617
t4,293
11,352
11,240
12,492
13,145
872
732
658
816
793
1,538
1,486
1,525
1,706
1,949
crops
Dairy products
Poultry products
Cattle and calves
Sheep and lambs
Hogs
r--revised. p--preliminary.
1/ Crop year includes quantities sold or held for sale.
SOURCE:
OSU Extension Service and USDA Cooperating,"Oregon Commodity Data
Sheets ,"Oregon State University, 1971-72.
The County is well located as far as advantages of marketing are
It borders on the Columbia River which facilitates marketing of
wheat which is tt County's main product. The Union Pacific railroad serves
the area and there is regular flight service from Pendleton. Most products
concerned.
are processed and marketed locally, however.
Wheat is marketed worldwide.
Manufacturing related to food and kindred products is reported in
detail under manufacturing later in this secticri of the report.
Table 102.
Acres of Crops Harvested, Umatilla County, 1969 and 1970
Crops Harvested
Corn for grain
Small grains
Wheat
Oats
Barley
Hay crops
Field seed crops
Ryegrass, Fescue, Clover
Bluegrass
Alfalfa
1970p
1969
400
600
168,000
190,000
2 ,000
1, 200
88,000
1 3, 000
76,000
11,000
3,000
2,800
520
520
39,700
41,600
Bent grass
Other field crops
Vegetables
Sweet corn
Snap beans
Green peas
Berries
Strawberries
Blackberries
Raspberries
Tree fruits, nuts, and grapes
3,167 !/
n.a.
n.a.--not available.
p--preliminary.
1/ Frc*n U.S. Census of Agriculture, 1969.
SOURCE:
Compiled from USDA and other government reports by OSU Extension
Service,"Oregon Commodity Data Sheets,"
The estimated numbers of livestock and poultry in Umatilla County are
shown in the table that follows.
The number of milk cows in the County has
decreased significantly since 1950, 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 increased to 47,000 in 1960 but
fell far below their 1950 level by 1970.
Number of cattle other than milk
cows has increased significantly from 37,500 to 91,600.
Table 103.
Livestock and Poultry Numbers, Umatilla County,
1950, 1960, 1969 and 1970
Category 1/
All cattle
Dairy cattle
Sheep and lambs
Hogs
Chickens
Turkeys raised
1950
1960
1969
44,000
6,500
46,000
7,300
89,000
4,200
47,000
12,500
98,000
n. a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
l970p
93,000
1, 500
1 ,'400
28,000
20,000
27,000
90,000
26,000
n.a.
27,000
100,000
n.a.--not available, p--preliminary.
!/ Numbers as of January 1, unless otherwise indicated.
SOURCE:
OSU Extension Service and Crop and Livestock Reporting Service,
USDA Cooperating,"Oregon Commodity Data Sheets", 1971.
Table 104.
Food and Kindred Products Manufacturing,
Umatilla County, 1968 and 1970
Number of Firms
1968
1970
Product Group
I
Meat products
Meat packing plants
Dairy products
Creamery butter
Canning and preserving fruits,
vegetables and seafoods
Canned fruit, vegetables,
preserves, jams and jellies
Frozen fruits, fruit juices,
vegetables and specialties
Grain mill products
Flour and other grain mill prod.
Prepared feed for animals and fowls
Bakery products
Sugar
Confectionery and related products
Employment
1970
1968
4
4
37
47
1
1
18
18
3
3
600
220
319
1,866
4
2
2
1014
88
0
1
14
0
0
0
O
O
0
0
0
O
0
0
0
0
12
12
Bevera ges
Bottled and canned soft drinks
and carbonated waters
Miscellaneous food preparation
and kindred products
0
Total
SOURCE:
15
14
1,090
2,255
Oregon State Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers, 1968 and 1970 editions.
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Logging and Wood Products
Lumber and other industries play an important role in this County.
About 34 percent of the County's area is in forests located in the Blue
Mountains. More than half of this is national forest.
Table 105.
Forest Industry Statistics, Utnatilla County
Classification
Thousands of Dollars
Percent
I,
Forest Assessment and Taxation 1/ (1967-68)
Assessed value
All taxable property
Real property assessment
102,110
77,962
100
24,762
8,754
100
55,336
3,108
100
76
Timber a.ssessnEnt 2/
Taxes
Forest yield tax receipts
Western Oregon additional timber tax
Value Added by Manufacture 3/ (1963)
All industries
Lumber and wood products
Furniture and fixtures
Paper and allied products
Payrolls and Employment 4/ (1967)
Payrolls, yearly
All industries
Lumber and wood products
Logging
S awmi 1 is
35
6
572
1
2,449
4
Plywood and veneer
Paper and allied products
Pers ons
Employees, Average Number 14/
All industries
Lumber and wood products
Logging
Sawmills
Plywood and veneer
Paper and allied products
SOURCE:
2/
1/
3/
4/
10,339
535
93
417
100
5
1
4
Excludes land.
Oregon State Tax Commission, Summary of Assessment Rolls for
1967-68 and 1966-67 Property Tax Collections, January 1968.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Census of Manufacture - 1963, Area
Statistics: Oregon MC 63(3)-38, 1966.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Oregon Covered Employments and Payrolls by Industry and County
1967, quarterly reports.
Includes covered firms employing one
or more persons.
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Table 106.
Timber Harvest by Ownership in Umatilla and State, 1970 1/
(In thousands of board feet, Scribner log scale)
Utnatilla County
Percent
Ownership
State
Timber Harvest 1 Percent
Timber Harvest
Private 2/
Forest industry
Other
12,976
12,898
Total
Bureau of Land
Management 3/
National Forest 4/
Indian 5/
Other Federal 2/
State 2/
Other public 2/
Total
25,87/4
28.8
28.6
57.4
251
.6
18,128
833
40.2
1.8
45,086
100.0
3,491,108
383,372
3,874,480
1,036,966
1437
4.8
48,5
13.0
2,831,815
78,516
1,300
149,649
8,226
7,980,952
35.5
1.0
0
1.9
.1
100.0
1/
Includes volun removed as logs and poles and piling, but not volume
removed for woodcutting operations.
2/ Compiled by State Forester.
3/ Compiled by U.S. Bureau of Land Managanent
4/ Compiled by Forest Service, Region 6.
5/ Compiled by Bureau of Indian Affairs.
StXJRCE:
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest
Service, 1970 Oregon Timber Harvest, USDA Forest Service Resource
Bulletin PNW-38, July 1971.
Table 107.
Lumber and Wood Products Manufacturing Excluding
Furniture, Umatilla County, 1968 and 1970
Nuther of Firms
Product Group
Logging camps and logging
contractors
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Special product sawmills
Millworlc plants
Veneer and plywood plants
Wood products, not elsewhere
1968
1970
Empi oyment
1970
1968
7
6
40
15
5
3
0
33/4
305
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
O
0
0
50
12
10
37/4
370
0
0
class if ied
Total
SOURCE:
Oregon State Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers, 1968 and 1970 editions.
Table 108.
Year
Timber Harvest by Year, Umatilla County and State, 1955-1970
(Scrlbner Log Rule - thousand board feet)
Umatilla County
1955 1/
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
78,653
78,026
82,026
92,494
112,029
92,221
113,608
144,486
105,051
76,144
93,456
112,699
64,056
73,251
90,846
45,086
1/
T/
T/
T/
T/
T/
1962 /
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
/
Percent of State
9,709,875
9,336,259
7,563,121
7,709,235
8,940,585
8,385,444
7,414,532
8,500,138
.8
.8
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.1
1.5
1.7
1.2
8,675,/428
9,417,980
9,393,607
8,921,406
8,357,214
9,742,762
.8
1.0
1.3
.8
.8
9, 150, 380
1.0
7,980,952
.6
Includes volume removed as logs but not vo1un removed for poles, piling,
and wood-cutting operations. Includes logs from live and dead trees.
2/ Includes vo1uu
removed as logs but not voluRE removed for poles, piling,
and wood-cutting operations.
Prepared by Forest Survey Project, Pacific Northwest Forest and
SOURCE:
Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Portland, Oregon, various years.
Table 109.
Log Production by Ownership lit Umatilla County and State
(millions of board feet)
Umatilla County
Ownership
1970
rT67
U.S. Forest Service Ownership
Other Ownership*
18.1
26.1
Total
44.3
45.0
18.8
63.8
State
1970
I
2,831.8
5,043.0
7,953.3
1967
3,180.8
4,991.3
8,281.8
6-Year Average. 1953-1958
U.S. Forest Service Ownership
Other Ownership*
14.8
Total
77.1
62
. 3
1,779.6
6,737.7
8,633.2
* Includes volunE removed from Bureau of Land Management, other federal,
state, county, municipal, and private ownership.
SOURCE: Adapted from information compiled yearly by the Oregon Department
of Forestry.
Table 110.
Origin of Logs Consumed by Sawmills in Umatilla and
State by Ownership Class, 1968
(Thousand board feet, Scribner log rule)
Umatilla County
Logs Cons ume{ Percent
Ownership Class
109,612
70,090
All Owners
National Forest
State
Bureau of Land
Management
Other Public
Forest Industry:
Own lands
Other industry
Farmer and misc.
private
SOURCE:
100.0
63.9
State
Logs Consumed
7140,227
100.0
43.3
2.6
12.6
27,605
.5
1,223,599
720,476
457,108
20.9
12.3
7.8
5,863,324
2
,
538 693
,
155,616
1,088
1.0
16,869
13,726
7,839
15.4
12.5
7.2
Percent
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest
Service, Oregon Timber Industries, 1968 Wood Consumption and
Mill Characteristics, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment
Station, 1970.
Table 111.
Spec ies
All species
Douglas-fir
Hemlock
True firs
Spruce
Ponderosa and
Jeffrey pines
White and
Sugar pines
Redwood
Other softwoods
Hardwoods
Log Consumption by Sawmills in Umatilla
and State by Species, 1968
(Thousand board feet, Scribner log rule)
Umatilla County
Log Consumption
Percent
109,612
18, 104
3,338
22,759
1,781
49,530
100.0
16.5
3.0
20.8
1.6
45.2
12.9
14,100
State
Log Consumption
Percent
5,863, 324
100.0
52.2
14.9
6.8
3,062,675
871,600
400,758
26, 197
.5
1 ,147 ,706
19.6
94,953
1.6
27,823
166,415 1/
65,197 2/
.5
2.8
1.1
Species by percent as follows: western redcedar (61), incense-cedar
(21), larch (14), lodgepole pine (2), Port-Orford-cedar (2).
2/ Species by percent as follows:
red alder (85), maple (10), oak (2),
ash (2), exotics (1).
Note:
There is no veneer and plywood, shake and shingle industry in
Umatilla County.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forestry
Service, Oregon Timber Industries, 1968 Wood Consumption and
Mill Characteristics, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experittnt Station, 1970.
!
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Table 112.
Prod ucticn and Dispostion of Wood and Bark Residues
by Sawmills in Utnatilla and State, 1968
(Tons, dry weight)
Sawmill S
Umatilla County
All residues
Total
Used
Unused
State
206,473
149,278
57,195
9,966,980
7,817,549
2,149,431
132,512
109,464
7,986,926
6,745,982
1,240,944
Wood residue
Total
Used 1/
Unused
Bark residue
Total
Used 1/
Unused
23, 048
73,961
39,814
34,147
1 ,980,O5LL
1,071,567
908,487
Used residues were not necessarily consumed in the area or county in
which produced.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest
Service, Oregon Timber Industries, 1968 Wood Consumption and
Mill Characteristics, Pacific Northst Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1970.
Table 113.
Producticn and Dispostion of Wood Residue by Sawmills
in Utnatilla and State by Type of Residue, Use, 1968
Type of Residue
All types
Total
Total used
Pulp
Board
Fuel
Umatilla County
State
132,512
109,46/4
7,986,926
6,745,982
39,696
3 , 900, 347
37 ,800
31 ,968
Miscel laneo us
Unused
Coarse 1/
Total
Total used
Pulp
Board
Fuel
Miscel laneous
Unused
23,048
73,639
62,296
39,696
22,600
11,343
971
, 170
1,700,201
174,264
1,240,944
4,149,703
3,686,90/4
3,157,124
203, 560
294,006
32,214
462,799
Table 113 cont.
Production and Dispostion of Wood Residue by Sawmills
in Umatilla and State by Type of Residue, Use, 1968
Umatilla County
Type of Residue
State
Medium 2/
Total
25 , 030
22,880
Total used 4/
Pulp
Board
15,200
7,680
F uel
Miscel laneous
2,150
Unused
Fine 3/
Total
Total used
Pulp
Board
Fuel
33,843
24,288
24,288
Mis eel laneous
9,555
Unused
1,666,541
1,490,221
302,608
690,693
437,334
59,586
176,320
2,170,682
1,568,857
440,615
76,917
968,861
82,464
601,825
1/ Coarse residue includes slabs, edgings, sawmill trim, and planer trim.
2/ Medium residue is planer shavings.
3/ Fine residue is sawdust.
4/ Used residues were not necessarily consumed in the area in which they
were produced.
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest
SOURCE:
Service, Oregon Timber Industries, 1968 Wood Consumption and
Mill Characteristics, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1970.
Table 114.
Number of Sawmills in Umatilla and State by Mill-Size
Mill-size
Umatilla County
State
5
300
1
59
1
69
C
2
D
I
70
102
Classes
Mill-size class 1/
A
B
Table 114 cont.
Number of Sawmills in Umatilla and State by Mill-Size
Mill-Size
Urnatilla County
State
Installed 8-Hour Capacity of Sawmills in Umatilla
and State by Mill-Size Class, 1968 (Thousand board
feet, Scribner log rule)
Total Capacity
Mill-Size Class 1/
A
B
C
D
380
22,944
120
110
140
10,914/4
6,467
4,041
1,492
10
Mill-size classes identified as follows: Class A mills = 120,000+
board-foot capacity per 8-hour shift; B = 80,000-119,000; C = 40,000-79,000;
D = less than 40,000.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest
Service, Oregon Timber Industries, 1968 Wood Consumption and
Mill Characteristics, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment
Station, 1970.
1/
Manufact uring
Table 115.
Value Added by Major Manufacturing Industries,
Umatilla County, 1963 and 1967
Value (million dollars)
Item
1963
1967
All manufacturing
Food and tcindred products
Canned and frozen foods
Lumber and wood products
Sawmills and planing mills
24,8
9.0
35.8
15.5
8.5
8.8
7.9
(D)
(D)
8.8
7.9
Percent
1963
1967
100.0
36.3
--35.5
31.9
100.0
43.3
23.7
24.6
22.1
Withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies.
U.S. Bureau of tIE Census, Census of Manufacturers, 1967, Area
Series:
Oregon, MC67(3)-38, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D, C., 1970.
SOURCE:
Table 116.
Manufacturing, Other than Lumber and Wood Products; Food and
Kindred Products; and Mineral, Metal, and Related Products
Manufacturing, Umatilla County, 1968 and 1970
Major and Sub-groups
Number of Firms
1968
1970
Employment
1968
1970
0
135
0
1
20
10
3
518
518
1
1
12
15
1
1
220
220
6
65
1
3
74
10
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
N.R.
0
Textile Mill Products
Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Wool
Apparel & other Finished Products
from Fabrics and Similar Materials
Apparel Belts
Furniture & Fixtures
Wood Household Furniture, except
1
Uphols tered
Wood Household Furniture, Upholstered
Paper & Allied Products
Building Paper & Building Bd. Mills
Printing, Publishing, and Allied md.
Newspapers: Publishing & Printing
Commercial Printing, exc. Lithogra phing
Commercial Printing, Lithographic
Chemicals and Allied Products
Rubber & Misc. Plastics Products
Leather & Leather Products
Footwear, exc. House Slippers
& Rubber Footwear
Leather Goods, not Elsewhere
Classified
Machinery, exc. Electrical
Farm Machinery & Equipment
Internal Combustion Engines, not
Elsewhere Classified
Food Products Machinery
Miscellaneous Machinery, exc.
Electrical
Transportation Equipment
Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories
Trailer Coaches
Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
Sporting and Athletic Goods, not
Elsewhere Classified
Signs & Advertising Displays
Total
3
4
1
0
2
1
1
10
0
10
1
1
65
90
2
2
11
16
1
1
1
2
4
175
275
2
2
7
7
1
2
26
26
N.R.
1,253
14
8
1,264
N.R.--Not Reported.
SOURCE: Oregon State Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers, 1968 and 1970 editions.
Mining-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. There are no other mineral
deposits of significant commercial value in the County.
Table 117. Mineral, Metal & Related Manufacturing,
Umatilla County, 1968 and 1970
Number of Firms
Major Group and Sub-Groups
Petroleum Refining and Related Indust.
Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Prod.
Concrete Products, exc. Block and
Minerals and Earths, Ground or
Otherwise Treated
Primary Metal Industries
Fabricated Metal Product Except
Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops)
Sheet Metal Work
Total
1
4
5
39
50
1
1
5
5
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
10
10
1
1
7
7
9
9
64
74
Value of Mineral Production in Umatilla and
Bordering Counties 1963, 1967, and 1970
Value (thousands)
1970
1967
1963
J
Grant
2
1
Oregon State Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers, 1968 and 1970 editions.
Table 118.
UMA U LLA
0
0
Ordnance, Machinery
Metal Cans
County
Employment
1968
1970
0
Brick
Ready4lixed Concrete
SOURCE:
1970
1968
$598
$5,378
$1,332
538
857
69
428
Morrow
*
Union
Wallowa
632
513
445
*
*
378
*
Minerals Produced in 1970
in Order of Value
stone, sand and gravel
stone, sand and gravel
stone
stone, sand and gravel
stone, sand and gravel
* Figure withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential data;
included with "Undistributed".
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minerals Yearbook, 1964, Vol. 3, Area
Reports, Domestic (1965); and Mineral Industry Surveys, The
Mineral Industry of Oregon in 1970, Advance Summary (Washington,
D.C., September 1971).
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Outdoor Recreation
Outdoor recreaticn is becoming a more important part of the lives of
northeastern Oregon residents. More and more people use the out-of-doors
to "get away from it all" through camping, picnicking, wilderness travel,
sightseeing, and related activities. Better and faster transportation,
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 third largest industry, some of
which is enjoyed by Umatilla County. Popular activities include sightseeing,
hiking, picnicking, swimming, fishing, hunting, boating, water skiing and
snow skiing.
The County's forested areas have many natural attractions including
lakes, fishing streams, scenery, wildlife and wilderness and are extensively
used.
Most of the public outdoor recreational facilities in the County are
adjacent to lakes or streams. The tJmatilla River is extensively used for
fishing and swimming and other water-based activities. McNary Dam on the
Columbia River, McKay Reservoir and Cold Spring Reservoir offer many recreational activities including fishing, boating and water sports. The lakes
and streams in the County are visited by fishermen, campers, and sightseers.
The area is crossed by Interstate Highway 80 N, which helps to bring
visitors to the excellent recreation afforded by the Blue Mountains.
The developed public recreational facilities of Umatilla County consist
of national forest recreational areas, state parks, county parks, and city
parks.
In the Timatilla National Forest, there are more than 100 overnight
camping sites along the Umatilla River with fishing and swimming. There
is Buck Creek Camp for group camping and cooking facilities and a kitchen
at Umatilla River forks. There are several hot springs in the area and
two ski resorts are within 70 miles of Pendleton.
There are dude ranches, church camps for boys and girls, Camp Fire
Girls and Boy Scout camps, riding clubs and hobby groups, and boating clubs
ava ilable.
The County offers some of the best China pheasant hunting1and a large
number of persons engage in waterfowl hunting. Waterfowl rest on the
Columbia River and McKay Reservoir and feed in neighboring wheatlands which
provide the hunting opportunity. Deer and elk hunting is also a popular
activity. Bass, trout and steelhead are abundant. The chukkar has been
introduced recently and hunting this game bird is becoming a popular sport.
Pendleton has 13 parks and playgrounds with activities for all ages.
There is a new swimming pool in the city, also. There is a nine-hole golf
course and country club near Pendleton.
Pendleton is also the home of the
world-.fatnous Pendleton Round-Up which attracts some 35,000 visitors for the
four-day event.
There are four state parks in the County all with picnic facilities,
one with swimming and three with overnight camping.
Table 119.
Public Park at1 Recreation Facilities by Ownership
Umatilla County
Ownership and NaaE
Facilities and Activities 1/
City Parks & Recreation Facilities. 2/
Pendleton
P,PA,PT,Pla,SP, 1,SF
State Parks & Facilities 3/
Battle Mountain
Emigrant Springs
Hat Rock
Ukiah-Dale
BLM Recreation Sites
None
National Forest Sites /4/
Bear Wallow Creek
Drift Fence
Elk Picnic Ground
Four Corners Picnic Ground
P,PT,WS, R, eStF,Hst,Fo
C, TS,PT,WS,R,eStF,V,Hst,T
P,PT,WS, R,eStF,F,S,G,BL
C, PT,WS, R, StF, F, 5, Fo
TS, C, WS, F, H, Sc
C, H
P,PT,WS,F,H,Hi,Ri, S
P, PT, F,H, S
C,PT,WS,Sh, StF,BL,B, S,H,F, Sw
F ra z ie r
Squaw Spring
Target Meadows
Tollgate
Umatilla Forks
Woodland
C, H
Woodwa rd
C,PT,CK,WS,H,Hi, L,S
1/ Legend:
B-Boating
BL-Boat Landing
BP-Berry Picking
C-Camping
CK-Community
Kitchen
F-Fishing
Fo-Unusual Forest
or trees
SOURCES:
C,P, PT,WS, BP H, Hi ,Hst ,R, S
P, PT,H,L
TS, P, PT,WS,F,H,Hi,Ri,S
TS , H
G-Geological
H-Hunting
Hi-Hiking
Hst-Historical
L-Lake
P-Picnicking
PA-Park Area
Pla-Play Equip.
PT-Picnic Tables
R-Restrooms
Ri-Riding
S-Stream
Sc-Scenery
SF-Sports Field
Sh-Shelter
SP-Swimming Pool
StF-Stoves, Fireplaces
eStF-Electric Stoves,
Fireplaces
Sw-Swimming
T-Trails
TC-Tennis Courts
TS-Trailer Sites
V-Viewpoint
WS-Water Supply
2/ Pendleton Chamber Of Commerce, Pendleton Facts.
3/ Oregon State Highway Department, 1964, U.S.D.A. Forest Service,
1966-67.
4/ U.S.D.A. Forest Service, National Forest Campground Directory,
Oregon-Washington, 1970-71.
Table 120.
Attendance at State Parks in Urnatilla County
Da
Visitors
1969-70
Park
1967 -68
1968-69
Battle Mountain
Emigrant Springs
Hat Rock
35 1/40
222 ,335
29,988
26,728
202,/436
210,512
168,808
,
Ukiah-Da le
I
1970-71
197 1-7 2
191,956
21,256
186,202
18/4,605
177,9314
13,000
213,870
193,621
21,842
4,398
21,737
4,067
no count
Overnight Camping
Emigrant Springs
Ukiah-Dale
SOURCE:
20,539
3,872
18,342
4,298
19,240
'4,703
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
"Day Visitor Attendance" and "Overnight Camping by the Public", 1972.
The following table gives the average expenditures of state park
The figures are averages for 19 state parks surveyed
throughout the state not only for Umatilla County.
visitors in 196/4.
Table 121.
Subject
State Park Visitor Expenditures, 196/4
Day Visitors
Campers
Totals
Average expenditures pr
party for total stay:
Oregon
Out-of-State
All
$10.72
18.26
$27.30
28.75
28.18
13.12
Total expenditures within
25 mi. of 19 yarks surveyed:
Lodging
$2,775,302.00
Food
4,197,357.00
Automobile
2,362,447.00
Recreation
1,376,183.00
Other
8148,646.00
Total
$11,559,935.00
$
263,448.00
92/4,006.00
505,588.00
298,316.00
191,775.00
$2,183,133.00
$3,038,750.00
5,121,363.00
2,868,035.00
1,674,499.00
1,040,1421.00
$13,743,068.00
Average exper5 itures
per car per day:
Food and drink
Lodging
Automobile
Recreation
Other Expenses
Total
SOURCE:
$3.66
2.42
2.06
1.20
$4.77
1.36
2.61
1.54
.74
.99
10.08
11.27
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
"The State Park Visitor in Oregon", a report of the 1964 State Park
Travel and Use Survey.
Table 122.
State Park Revenues, Utnatilla County
July 1, 1969-June 30, 1970
Park
Overnight
Camping
Total
Group
Camping
Hal 1
Rental
Misc.
a
Battle Mountain
Emigrant Springs
Hat Rock
Ukiah-Dale
Total
SOURCE:
$
98.20
13,744.25
57.80
1,611.30
15,511.55
13,206.00
$16.00
35.75
1,610.00
14,816.00
51.75
$
Oregon State Highway Department, State Parks and Recreation Division,
Revenue, July 1, 1969-June 30,, 1970.
Table 123.
River
Year
Umatilla
1959-60
1960-61
196 1-62
1962-63
196 3-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968 -69
1969-7 0
Aver age
Steelhead Catch I)ata for the Umatilla and
Walla Walla Rivers, 1960 through 1970
Number
Anglers
Hours
Fished
Fish/
Angler
Hours/
Fish
41
10
266
211
199
276
154
56
12
86
16
245
139
800
512
616
863
392
171
216
736
0.26
0.23
0.11
0.11
0.27
0.18
0.13
0.35
0,12
11.4
10.4
29.3
27.8
9.6
17.1
18.0
8.6
19.8
0.12
23.6
Steelhead
Catch
70
49
21
31
91
317
not reported
708
30
247
37
188
533
0.20
14.4
0.04
0.24
0.00
0.19
0.08
52.0
14.7
Walla Walla 1959-60
1960-61
1961-62
2
51
16
68
104
235
0
12
40
1962-63
8
42
196 3-64
3
39
114
59
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
4
2
13
18
40
0.31
0.11
0
0
196 7-68
0
6
0
6
0.00
1969 -70
SOURCE:
59
14.3
19.7
14.8
20.0
not reported
1968-69
Average
$ 61.40 $
375.60 126.90
57.80
1.30
437.00 186.00
3
28
65
0.11
21,7
4
28
72
0.14
18.0
Oregon State GanE Commission, Fishery Division, Annual Report, 1968
and 1970 editicns,
- 100 -
Table 124.
Trout Angling Success for Streams and Ponds in the
Umatilla District and McKay Reservoir, 1964
Number
Anglers
Water
Birch Creek
Butter Creek
McKay Creek
Mill Creek
Rhea Creek 1/
Umatilla River 1/
Walla Walla River 1/
Weston Pond
Willow Creek 1/
McKay Reservoir
Hou rs
Fished
Rainbow
Catch
17
1.2
0.9
1.1
0.8
1.6
0.6
0.7
0.5
1.3
3,222
3.00
1.2
42
149
44
81
23
35
275
302
28
135
235
295
59
36
85
154
275
374
437
66
6
111
13
1,064
2,633
Fish Per
Hour
4.67
1.57
3.73
1.22
3.86
1.53
1.07
0.89
2.83
36
28
9
Fish Per
Angler
1/ These streams received hatchery fish.
SOURCE: Oregon State Game Commissic*-i, Fishery Division, 19614 Annual Report.
Business
Table 125.
Retail and Wholesale Trade, Umatilla County, 1967
Estabi ish-
Major Kind
of Business
Retail trade, total 2/
Building materials, hardware,
and farm equipment dealers
General merchandise group
stores
Food stores
Automotive dealers
Gasoline service stations
Apparel & accessory stores
Furniture, home furnishings
and equipment stores
Eating and drinking places
ments
(number)
489
Paid
Employees
(number)
2,25/4
Sales
($1,000)
Percent of
Total
County Sale
$83,149
100.0
314
N.R.
5 ,l74
6.2
12
N.R.
3,078
3.7
51
46
25
28
N.R.
N.R.
N.R.
N.R.
N.R.
15,883
20,681
7,976
2,397
3,384
19.1
24.9
9.6
2.9
4.1
113
N .R.
7,260
8.7
67
Table 125 cont.
Retail and Wholesale Trade, Umatilla County, 1967
EstablishMajor Kind
of Business
tnents
(number)
Paid
Employees
(number)
Sales
($1,000)
Percent of
Total
County Sale
Drug stores and proprietary
stores
Miscellaneous retail stores
Nonstore retailers
14
N.R.
$ 3,955
14.8
69
30
N.R.
N.R.
10,494
2,867
12.6
3.4
Wholesale trade, total 3/
80
413
45,406
100.0
N.R.--not reported.
1/ Excludes active proprietors of unincorporated business.
2/ Only those counties with 500 or more establishments are broken down
into types of business.
3/ Only those counties with 100 or more establishments are broken down
into types of business.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967, Retail Trade:
Oregon, BC67-RA39; Census of Business, 1967, Wholesale Trade:
Oregon, BC67-WA39; U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1969.
Table 126.
Retail and Wholesale Trade; Establishments and Sales, Percent
of County Total; for the City of Pendleton, 1967
Establishments
Major Kind of Business
Retail trade, total
Number
% of Courtty
Total
Sales
% of County
$1,000
Total
189
38.7
38,563
46.4
8
23.5
2,233
43.2
4
19
17
33.3
37.3
37.0
82.2
37.1
31
46.3
2,529
5,892
9,309
3,593
13
11
52.0
39.3
1,761
41
Nonst ore reta ilers
3,197
2,293
5,597
1,015
'44.0
25
13
36.3
50.0
36.2
43.3
Wholesale trade, total
35
143.8
21,369
47.1
Building materials, hardware,
and farm equipment dealers
General merchandise group stores
Food stores
Automobile dealers
Gasoline service stations
Apparel and accessory stores
Furniture, home furnishings,
and equipment stores
Eating and drinking places
Drug stores and prop. stores
Miscellaneous retail stores
SOURCE:
7
1,11414
/45.0
145.0
47.7
52.0
58.0
53.3
3514
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967, Retail Trade:
Oregon, BC67-RA39, Census of Business, 1967, Wholesale Trade: Oregon,
BC67-WA39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1969.
Table 127.
Selected Services, Umatilla County, 1967
Es tab 1 is h-
Kind of Business
Selected Services, Total
Hotels, motels, tourist courts,
and camps, total
Hotels
Motels, motor hotels, and
tourist courts
Trailer parks
Sporting & recreational shops
Personal services, total
Laundry, cleaning, and other
garment services
Beauty shops
Barber shops
Photographic studios
Shoe repair, shoe shine,
and hat cleaning shops
Funeral service & crematories
Misc, personal services
Miscellaneous business services,
total
Services to dwellings and
other buildings
Other misc, business services
Auto repair, services, garages,
ments
(number)
309
47
Receipts
($1,000)
(number)
, 186
542
2,095
274
$7
13
764
23
1 ,0l6
*
94
---
0
3
Paid
Employees 1/
*
*
118
23
1,605
444
90
38
23
10
418
40
191
106
57
*
7
32
7
*
14
46
346
43
665
21
19
104
*
24
29
445
*
1 ,l46
26
*
3
6
59
t ot a 1
Auto repair shops
Auto parking
Auto, truck renting, services
Miscellaneous repair services,
total
Electrial repair shop
Reupholstery and furniture
3
*
*
40
42
1,036
15
5
390
34
22
612
25
222
222
17
r epa L r
Other repair shops and
related services
Motion pictures, total
Motion picture theaters
- 103 -
17
Table 127 cont.
Selected Services, Utnatilla County, 1967
Establishments
(number)
Kind of Business
Amusement and recreation services,
exc. motion pictures, total
Producers, orchestras,
entertainers
Bowling, billiards, pool
Other amusenent and recreact ion
services
Paid
Receipts
($1,000)
21
1417
5
16
3
215
186
13
Employees 1/
(number)
141
36
5
-- Represents zero.
Withheld to avoid disclosure.
1/ Excludes active proprietors of unincorporated business.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967, Selected
Services: Oregon, BC67-SA39, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washingtci, D.C., 1969.
*
PUBLIC SERVICES
Transportation
Umatilla County is served by an excellent road and highway system.
U.S. 30, which will be Interstate 80N, traverses the County in an east-west
direction from LaGrande through Pendleton, and U.S. 395 in a north-south
direction through Pendleton, also.
These two main roads connect the main
towns while U.S. 730 parallels the Columbia River from near Boardtnan to
the Washington State line. State Highway 11 extends through Milton-Freewater
from Pendleton; Route 32 links Stanfield with Umatilla; and State Highway
207 supplies transport facilities between Hermiston-Heppner and meets U.S.
730 at the Columbia River. Most of the population centers and farming
areas are linked with improved roads.
The mainline of the Union Pacific Railroad passes through Pendleton
and spur lines serve other towns along the Umatilla River. The Northern
Pacific Railroad has a freight terminal in Pendleton including six passenger
and eight freight trains.
The Port of Umatilla on the Columbia River supplies public dock
facilities for the interchange of cargoes between barges and rail or motor
freight carriers.
United Airlines serves the area with six flights daily, tying Pendleton
to other major cities. Although Pendleton has the only commercial airport,
several other towns and individuals within the County have public and private
airports.
Regular freight and bus service is available to all larger and nest
smaller towns.
Table 128.
Summary of Mileage Classified by Functional Use by
Jurisdictional Agenc ies with in Umat ii la
and State Planning Areas
Classification
Umatilla County Total
Non-city
City
Adams
Athena
Echo
Helix
Hermiston
Milt on-Freewater
Pendleton
Pilot Rock
Total
Classified
776.27
716.67
59.60
1.22
State
Highway
Principal Arterial
County and
City
Public Usage
Road
Streets
Total
148.23
135.88
1148.23
135.88
12.35
0.50
12. 35
0.50
1 .46
1.55
0.75
11.35
7.35
2.06
25.59
8.414
2.06
8.44
1.35
1 . 35
Weston
2.02
3.72
1.75
State Total
Non-city
City
20,801.71
18,895.74
1,905.97
3,171.14
2,815.46
355.68
Stanf ield
Uma t ii la
2.814
State
Highwa y
Umatilla County Total
Non-city
City
Adams
Athena
Echo
Hel ix
Hermiston
Milton-Freewater
Pen dl eto n
Pilot Rock
Stanfield
218. 08
207.18
10.90
0.55
0.54
0.04
2.89
1 .04
3.74
0.91
1.19
102.38
91.98
10.40
62.00
62.00
Minor Arterial
County and
Federal
Public Usage
City
Road
Streets Agency
11.31
8.80
2.51
6.45
6.45
0.44
0.60
1.73
0.65
4.07
3,335.52
2,907.44
428.08
Total
235.84
215.98
19.86
0.55
0.98
0.04
5.22
1 .69
7.81
0.91
1.19
Table 128 cont.
Summary of Mileage Classified by Functional Use by
Jurisdictional Agen ies within Umatilla
and State Planning Area
State
Class if icat ion
Highway
Federal
Agency
Weston
3,949.15
3,68i.47
267.68
1,567.22
1,458.81
108.41
Total
0.24
1.23
0.24
1.23
Umat iii a
State Total
Non-city
City
Minor Arteria
County and f
City
Public Usage
Road
Streets
404.33
--404.33
96.29
96.29
---
6,016.99
5,236.57
780.42
37.70
37.70
392.20
Collector
Umatilla County Total
Non-city
City
Adams
Athena
30.94
29.96
0.98
Helix
Pend leton
0.51
0.15
Pilot Rock
Stanfleld
Umat iii a
Weston
State Total
Non-city
City
SOURCE:
637.31
607.44
29.87
3614.81
27.39
.56
.72
.91
.57
.71
0.73
1.85
0.29
6.13
2.36
7.34
1.64
6.13
3.60
9.34
1.93
1.30
0.37
.83
.83
.15
2.13
0.25
0.15
Hermi ston
Mi it on-Freewat er
21.47
___
21.47
.72
.91
0.32
Echo
302.09
297.15
4.94
7,618.05
7,530.30
87.75
---
579.55
--579.55
.83
.52
2,577.20
2,576.90
0.30
11,449.20
10,751.73
697.47
Transportation Research Institute, Oregon State University, March, 1970,
Functional Classification of Public Roads and Streets in Oregon,
Table 129.
Road and Street Mileage by Jurisdiction Agencies
within Umatilla and State Planning Areas, 1968
Federal
Agency
Classif ication
Total
Roads
State
Agency
Roads
Umatilla County
Adams
Athena
Echo
Helix
Hermiston
Milton-Freewater
Pendleton
Pilot Rock
Stanfield
Umatilla
2,992
513
West on
County and
Public Usage
Roads
City
Streets
393
2,086
5
1
1
3
8
1
1
6
7
1
1
5
1
*
4
3
/4
*
26
20
10
1
52
1
2
7
1
3
8
1
2
11
33
24
63
10
12
14
12
1
1
11
Total
3,181
513
/417
2,101
150
State Total
All Counties
All Cities
90,952
4,916
6,036
40,973
40,968
9,691
9,053
638
35,336
34,895
441
4,952
*
5
4,952
Less than 0.50 mile.
Transportation Research Institute, Oregon State University,
Functional_Classification of Public Roads and Streets in Oregon,
March, 1970.
SOURCE:
Table 130.
Motor Vehicle Registrations, Umatilla County, 1967 and 1970
Number of Vehicles
Vehicle
Total vehicles
Passenger vehicles
Buses
True k S
Trailers
Mot orcyc les
Recreatj onal
1967
3/4,020
26,708
27
3,342
2,882
1,061
N.R.
r
1970
38,636
29,339
43
3,260
2,370
1,527
2,097
N.R. -- Not Reported.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Motor Vehicles, one-page report dated
18 March, 1968 (1967 figures), Oregon Department of Transportation,
Motor Vehicles Division, two-page report dated 10 March 1971
(1970 figures).
Table 131.
Nuniber of Aircraft and Boats, Umatilla County, 1968
Subject
N umber
Aircraft
69
46
Boats
SOURCE:
Oregon State Executive Department, Program PlanningDivision
District Facts, March 1970.
Communication
Umatilla County is served by four radio stations within the County and
many other stations from surrounding areas. Telephone service is provided
by several telephone cc*npanies including Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone
Company. Telegraph service is provided byWestern Union. There is no locallyowned television station; however, several stations are eceived via cable
and individual antennae.
Seven newspapers are published locally. All are weeklys except for the
"East Oregonian" which is published in Pendleton. In addition to local
newspapers, the County is served by "The Oregonianand the "Oregon Journal"
from Portland.
Table 132.
Conununication Facilities, Umatilla County
Type Service
Locati on
Network Affiliation
Radio stations:
KOHU
Her mist on
ABC/E
KTI X
Pend leton
Pend leton
MBS
KUMA
KRBM-FM
Pendleton
Telephone:
Pacific Northwest Bell
Eastern Oregon Telephone Company
Helix Telephone Company
Meacham Telephone Company
ABC
Pendleton
Pilot Rock, Ukiah
Helix
Meachani
Television stations:
None within the county but Portland,
Eugene, and Salem stations serve the area.
ABC, CBS, NBC
Table 132 cc*t. Communication Facilities, Umatilla County
Location
Type Service
Network Affiliation
Newspapers:
Pr e s s
Herald
Valley Herald
East Oregonian
Pend leton
Pendleton
Pilot Rock
Umatilla
Rec ord
News
Umatilla Sun
SOURCE:
Athena
Hermiston
Milton-.Freewater
Pacific Northwest Bell, unpublished data, 1971. Oregon Association
of Broadcasters, Directory of Radio and Television Stations for the
State of Oregon, 1972. Oregon State Executive Department, Clay
Meyers, Secretary of State, Oregon Blue Book, 1971-72, January 1971.
Table 133.
Residential Communication Facilities,
1960 and 1970, Umatilla County
Number of Housing Units
Faci lities
1960
1970
n.a.
n.a.
11,117
lO,36'4
2,958
12,335
2,258
9,955
11,314
312
1 , 957
3,055
1 ,328
n.a.
n.a.
7,592
5,679
Battery radio sets
Yes
No
Telephone available
Yes
No
Television sets
One
10 or more
None
UHF equipped set(s)
Yes
No
3,/482
n.a.--Not available.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Cens us, U.S. Census of Housing, 1960, Vol. I,
States and Small Areas, Part 7: Oklahoma-Tennessee, and Census of
Housing: 1970, Detailed Housing Characteristics, Final Report
HC(l)-B-39 Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1963 and 1972.
Library Facilities
In the 1970 fiscal year, Urnatilla County has local funds amounting to
$50,140 provided by the city and $82,455 provided by the County, while
expenditures totaled $123,886. The ten libraries in the County contain
about 117,000 volumes.
The County's circulation per capita of 5.5 and
expenditure per capita of $2.73 compares with state figures of 6.3 and $3.48.
Table 13L1..
Umatilla County Libraries, by City of Location, 1969-70
City
Volumes
39,911
1,291
Pend let on
Athena
Echo
Helix
931
676
Hermis ton
Mi lton-Freewater
Pilot Rock
Stanf iel d
Umat illa
Weston
Extension Service
County Total
SOURCE:
7,241
11,646
754
804
1,691
1,949
Circulation
98,123
6,986
3,202
1,463
43,342
57,771
8,906
5,179
'4,780
7,663
12,586
116,894 250,001
Circulation
/Capita
Hours
Open
,4eek
7.1
7.2
7.1
54
11.3
8.1
12.8
4
50
5.2
5.8
7.1
9.8
5.5
6
8
29
11
6
8
8
Operating
Expendit ur e s
$86,083
2,409
788
687
114,1476
114,130
1,506
450
1,760
1,597
$123,886
Expend -
itures
/Capita
$6.27
2.47
1.75
5.28
2.71
3.14
.89
.50
2.61
2.05
$2.73
Oregon State Library, Board of Trustees, Directo
of Oregon
Libraries, Annual statistics for the year ending June 30, 1970.
Table 135.
Financial Data for Umatilla County Libraries, 1969-70.
Expenditure
Receipts
Poplation
Library
Pendleton
Athena
Echo
Helix
Hermiston
Milton-Freewater
Pilot Rock
County
Other
Funds
Library
exc.
Ba lance
Mater ials
Janit ors
Operating
Expenditures
$86,083
2,409
$12,000 $82,455 $3,579 $102,837
507
2,809
--2,200
$17,333
$57,688
351
1,3145
873
130
687
163
78
788
687
14,476
123,886
780
710
687
13,672
15,520
1,518
516
1,807
1,510
45,370
50,140
5,350
4,500
1,700
900
Stanf ield
SOURCE:
City
Salaries
13,740
975
450
Umatilla
Weston
75
County Total
Public Furs
Total
Total
Op. Rev.
Inc.
1,410
13
82,455
5,509
1,807
1,510
606
600
600
9,313
10,317
1,323
340
844
876
1414,435
23,438
83,246
16,345
15,520
1,518
22,699
2,l36
3
529
69
14,130
1,506
45U
1,760
1,597
Oregon State Library, Board of Trustees, Directory of Oregon Libraries,
Annual statistics for the year ending June 30, 1970.
Uti lities
About 69 percent of the housing units in TJmatilla County were served by
public system or water companies in 1970, while about 29 percent received
their water from individual wells. This compared with nearly 80 percent of
housing units receiving water from public systems or water companies at the
state level.
About 62 percent of Urnatilla County's housing units are on public sewer
systems compared to 61 percent for all state housing units.
Table 136.
Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal, 1970
Subject
Water source
Public system or priv. co.
Individual well
Other or none
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other or none
Umatilla County
Percent 1/
Number
[
11,033
4,590
381
9,898
5,733
37 3
68.9
28.7
2.4
61.9
35.8
2.3
State
Percent
79.8
16.9
3.3
60
3? . 5
1.5
1/ Percent of all year-round housing.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1970, Detailed Housing
SOURCE:
Characteristics, Final Report HC(1)-B39 Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 137.
Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal,
for Places with over 2,500 Inhabitants, 1970
Pendleton
Percent
Subject
Number
Water Source
Public system or
100.0
4,695
Henniston
Number
Percent
1,712
9147
95
5.3
1,725
74
8
private company
Individual well
Other or none
Milton-Freewater
Percent
Number
1,616
100.0
95.5
4.1
1,564
147
96.8
2.9
.4
5
.3
Sewage Disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or
4,681
99.7
.3
14
cesspool
Other or none
SOURCE:
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.
Nine of the twelve incorporated communities have public disposal
systems serving approximately 70 percent of the population. Of the nine, all
except Umatilla are served by secondary or lagoon type sewage treatment
plants. The remaining population utilizes septic tanks or cesspools for
sewage disposal.
The following table lists the projects needed, determined by the Oregon
State Sanitary Authority.
Table 138.
Sewerage Works Projects Needed--Decauber 31, 1965
Required
Community
Project
Echo
Pend let on
SS-w
Legend:
SOURCE:
J
SE-I-P I
1965
Popu1atici
Design
Capacity
1450
650
14,000
130,000
Status of
Project
/
1*
1*
SE - Sewer extsions, replacement or improvement; SS - New
sewer system; TP - New sewage treatment plant; P1 - Additions
to, enlargement or improvement of existing plant; I - Interceptor
2/ 1* - Preliminary engineering report completed sometime ago but
no further progress being made at the present time.
Oregon State Sanitary Authority, Water Pollution Control in Oregon,
!
1964, 1965 Annual Reports.
Pacific Power and Light Company, Milton-Freewater Light & Power, Columbia
Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc., and Umatilla Electric Cooperative Association
provide electricity for Umatilla County. Natural gas is supplied through
Cascade Natural Gas Company. The following table shows fuels used by households in 1960 and 1970 for heating, water heating and cooking.
Table 139.
Types of Fuels for Heating, Cooking; Number of Housing Units,
1960 and 1970
Home Heating Fuel
1960
1970
Type of Fuel
Water Heating Fuel
1960
1970
Cooking Fuel
1970
1960
¶
573
11,590
118
3,557
735
Utility Gas
2,0514
Electricity
697
Coal or Coke
877
Wood
296
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. 8,588
75
Other Fuel
--None
14,186
111
623
296
5,768
1,562
12,656
877
618
11,172
783
12,705
95
81
61
261
152
18
145
1914
785
62
388
5149
174
36
36
62
19
70
13,322
114,599
13,322
114,599
39
19
.1
All Housing Units
SOURCE:
13,322
114,599
U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Housing, 1960, Vol. I, States
and Small Areas, Part 7: Oklahoma-Tennessee, and Census of Housing,
1970, Detailed Housing Characteristics, Final Report HC (l)-B39
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C, 1963 and
1972.
PUBLIC FINANCE
Table 1140.
Selected Items of Local Government Finances,
Umatilla County, 1966-67
Umatilla County
Per Capita
Amount
Amount
Total
Item
General revenue, exc. interlocal
Intergovernmental revenue
From state government
From local sources
Taxes
Property
Other
Charges and miscellaneous
$15,230,000
4,676,000
4,302,000
10, 553,000
7,961,000
7,788,000
174,000
2 ,592,000
State
Per Capita
Amount
$340
$308
104
96
236
97
178
174
4
58
83
210
156
151
5
54
Table 1140 cont.
Selected Item of Local Government Finances,
Umatilla County, 1966-67
Umatilla County
Per Capita
Amount
Amount
Total
It em
Direct general expenditure
Capital outlay
Other
Education
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
Sanitaticn other than sewerage
Park and recreation
Natural resources
Hous ing and urban renewal
Correc tions
Libraries
Financial administration
General control
General public buildings
Interest on general debt
Other than unallocable
State
Per Capita
Amount
$114,689,000
$328
1,251,000
13,439,000
9,585,000
8,832,000
1,271,000
1,103,000
66,000
299,000
158,000
90,000
420,000
199,000
251,000
182,000
40,000
112,000
297,000
56,000
39,000
107,000
280,000
470,000
109,000
414,000
586,000
28
62
300
214
254
180
197
28
25
152
30
20
1
2
7
6
$316
4
2
4
9
12
4
9
6
8
4
3
1
2
3
1
10
4
4
2
2
3
7
1
6
5
10
9
8
3
6
13
21
2
Water supply revenue
Water supply expenditure
514,000
453,000
11
10
12
General debt outstanding
Long-term
Local schools
11,700,000
11,158,000
4,180,000
6,978,000
261
249
93
156
214
203
Other
SOURCE:
13
101
101
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Government, 1967, Vol. 4, No. 5:
Compendium of Government Finances, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, P. C.,, 1969.
Table lLtl.
1968-69 and 1970-71 Property Tax Levies and Assessments
1968-69
I tern
Umatilla County
1968-69
1970-71
State
1970-71 j 1968-69
J
-----dollars----percent ----Local governnnt
County
Cities
Total
1,247,174
734,636
1,981,810
934,806
2,588,245
13.4
7.9
21.3
14.4
8.2
22.6
9.0
13,8
22.8
2,926,217
3,621,071
31.3
31.6
19.3
3,582,687
202,299
4,027,1448
38.4
35.2
310,321
2.2
2.7
43.9
4.3
391,508
7,102,711
632,313
8,591,153
14.2
5.5
75.1
2.6
1.9
72.3
27,923
40,975
13,777
27,380
47,136
12,804
.3
.4
.2
.4
1.9
.1
.1
.3
.2
88,227
117,591
.9
1.0
.8
.2
1,653,1439
School districts
I.E.D.
Joint
.3
Elementary and unified
Union high
County unit
Community college
Total
Special districts
Cemetery
Fire protection
Hospital
Park and recreation
Port
Road
76.1
.06
.2
Sanitary
Water supply
Other
504
10,475
181,881
Total
Total levies*
Special assessment
Fire patrol
Forest fee
Diking and drainage
Irrigation
Lighting
Other
Total assessment
.4
.08
570
17,111
222,592
.1
.1
1.9
1.9
4.2
9,266,401 11,401,990
99.3
99.6
99.3
.4
.3
.2
35,959
36,135
02
.09
.04
33,160
4,719
69,119
1,993
42,847
.7
.4
9,335,520 11,444,837
100.0
100.0
.3
.3
.05
Total levies and assess.
.02
.07
100.0
-H
*
Before state property tax relief.
Note: Detail of percent may not add to total due to rounding.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Tax Commission, 29th Biennial Report, 1966-68
Oregon
State Department of Revenue, Research and Special Services Division,
Summary of Levies and Assessments and Analysis of City and County
Property Tax Levies for 1970-71 Fiscal Year, Supplement to the 1968-70
1st Biennial Report.
Table 142.
Assessed Value of Taxable Property,
Umatilla County, 1968-69 and 1970-71
Umatilla County
1968-69
It em
1970-71
1968-69 j_7l
State
1968-69
1
percent
dollars
Utilities' Property
Airline companies
Electric companies
Express companies
Gas companies
Heating companies
Pipe line companies
Railroad companies
Tank &priv. car co.
Telegraph companies
Telephone companies
Water companies
Water trans. co.
Total
65,300
11,020,175
2,600
12,073,280
--948,460
16,411,864
1,188,957
67,426
10,432,139
121,000
166,100
52,497,301
Other real property
Land-inside corp.
27,867,350
limits
Land-outside corp. 126,600,200
773,000
11,40/4,750
.02
2.7
0.2
2.9
5.3
3.1
1.4
.2
2,600
11,943,867
--1,068,394
17,713,546
1,344,379
40,308
10,435,037
136,950
211,100
55,073,931
12.9
14.1
11.5
29,303,170
6.9
7.5
9.7
97,084,611.0
31.2
2/4.8
15.5
100,900,950
23.6
25.8
28.6
61,881,370
14.2
15.8
20.7
3.0
--.2
.3
4.0
4.5
.3
.3
.02
2.6
.03
.014
.01
2.7
.04
.05
.01
.07
1.5
.09
.02
2.7
.09
.05
limits
Improvements-inside 95,907,330
corp. limits
Improvement-outside 57,525,250
corp. limits
Timber (exc. land)
Less veterans'
(2,936,890)
exemptions
Less senior citizens(l,578,llO)
residence exemp.
Total taxable real
303,385,130
property
Personal property
Mdse. & stock in
20,588,617
trade
Furniture, fixtures 2,/448,935
and equipment
Farm machinery
12,212,335
and equipment
Other machinery
7,307,237
and equipment
(3,298,830)
(.7)
(.8 )
2.5
(1.0 )
(1,801,470)
(.4)
(.5 )
(.5 )
---
284,069,830
74.7
72.7
75.8
22,519,185
5.1
5.8
6.5
2,736,990
.6
.7
1.3
13,255,215
3.0
3.14
.9
6,015,121
1.8
1.5
.8
Table 142 cont.
Assessed Value of Taxable Property,
Umatilla County, 1968-69 and 1970-71
State
1968-69
Umatilla County
Item
1968-69
1970-71
1968-69
percent - - - -
----dollars
Livestock
6,847,434
Cattle
110,813
Sheep and goats
98,850
Swine
Poultry
15,8614
307,782
Other
285,324
Miscellaneous
4,152
Less veterans'
exemptions
Less senior citizens
residence exemp.
50,219,039
Total taxable
personal property
406,101,470
Total taxable
property
1970-71
6,866,879
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
283,196
11,428
1.7
.03
1.8
n.a.
n.a.
.02
n. a.
.0014
n. a.
01
.08
.07
.00l
n.a.
.014
.9
.03
007
.2
07
003
005
18, 320
51,646,838
12.4
13.2
12.7
390,790,599
100.0
100.0
100.0
n.a.--not available.
Note:
Detail of percent may not add to total due to rounding.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Tax Commission, 29th Biennial Report, 1966-68, Oregon
State Departnnt of Revenue, First Biennial Report 1968-70.
Table 1143.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in Umatilla County
It em
Population
Code Area
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$l,000 by
levying unit:
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
1-lermiston
Pendleton Code Areas
16-1
85,l914,14l5
100.00%
16-10
$2,814,406
100.00%
4.43
4.43
7,02
23.03
7.02
23.03
.38
.38
34.86
$598,065
$2,969,877
34.86
$19,757
$98,110
13,450*
5,000
$88,049,32l*
$26,425,627
100.00%
8-1
16-18
$40,500
100.00%
4.43
4.43
7.02
23.03
5.69
40.17
$2814
$1,627
7 . 02
21.614
.38
33,147
$618 ,106*
$3 ,069,6l4*
$185,508
$884,466
Table 143 cont.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in Utnatilla County
Milton-Free.1 Pilot Rock
It em
Population
4,145
Code Area 1/
31-1
$28,166,139
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
100.00%
Rate/$1,000 by levying unit:
County
4.43
City
4.26
School
Ut her
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
21.85
.29
30.83
$119,988
$868,362
City tax
Consolidated tax
7.39
26.08
.67
38.57
$18, 657
$97 ,377
$5,557,794
100.00%
4.43
3.72
23.68
890
29-1
$5,842,059
100.00%
Uma t ii la
650
19-1
$3,815,059
100.00%
$5, 7143,304
4.43
7.28
23.68
4.43
6.81
20.87
1.24
33.35
$25,981
$127,232
.48
32.31
$20,675
$179,572
61-6
$131,282
Adams
100.00%
4.43
7.
23.84
.88
36.95
$44,798
$212, 215
Helix
891*
220
16-13
152
1-1
$2,655,955*
$763, 986
$938,607
100.00%
100. 00%
100.00%
4.43
7.39
4143
4.83
23.03
26.08
1.47
39.37
$970
$5,169
Wes ton
690
6-1
.68
36.07
$42,530
$210,723
Stanfield Code Areas
Population
Code Area 1/
61-1
Assessed Value
$2,524,673
Assigned Ratio
100.00%
Rate/$l,000 by levying unit:
County
4.43
City
School
Other
Total
1,605
2-1
Athena
.68
32.97
$3,690
$25,189
$19 , 628*
$102 ,545*
4.43
15.39
20.27
38
40.47
$14,445
$37 ,985
Echo Code Areas
Pop U la
480*
t ion
Code Area 1/
5-1
$633,769
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
100.00%
Rate/$l,000 Levying Unit:
County
4.43
City
10.74
School
Other
Total
City tax
Consolidated tax
25.34
1.50
42.01
$6,807
$26,625
5-5
$717,269
100.00%
4.43
10.711.
25.34
2.30
42.81
$7,703
$30,706
*
5-8
$224,476
100.00%
$l,575,5l4*
4.11.3
10.74
25.34
.38
40.89
$2,411
$9,179
$16,921*
$66,510*
Represents total figures of corresponding cities.
1/ Code areas are assessors' divisions which cover all or part of a city.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax Rolls
for the 1971-72 Fiscal Years and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property Tax
Collections, June 1972.
- 138 -
Table 11.1.4.
Summary of 1971-72 Property Tax Levies and Assessments, Urnatilla Co.
Amount in Dollars
It em
Levies
$1,764,620
1,112,269
673,184
County
Cities
Community Colleges
Elementary and Secondary Districts
Intermediate County
Education Joint
Elementary and Unified
3,963,423
4, 133,1442
280 , 715
Union High
County Unit
Total School Districts
Special Districts
8,377,580
28,293
56,327
11,097
Cemetery
Fire Protection
Hospital
Park and Recreation
Port
126,664
Road
Sanitary
Water Supply
Other
611
17,889
240,881
12,168,534
Total Special Districts
Total Gross Ad Valorem Levies 1/
Special Assessments
Fire Patrol
42, 3143
Forest Fee
Diking and Drainage
Irrigat ion
Lighting
4,699
Other
539
Total Special Assessments
Total Gross Levies and Assessments 2/
Less Property Relief Money
Senior Citizens
Game Commission
Total Net Ad Valoretn Levies 2/
Net Ad Valorem Taxes by Class
Real Property
Personal Property
47,581
12,216,115
(-65,965)
(-3,636)
12,098,933
8,837,324
1,534,989
1,726 ,62l
Utility Property
Detail may not add to total due to rounding.
1/ Before state property tax relief.
2/ After state property tax relief ($3,190,808).
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, June 1972.
- 119 -
Table 145.
It em
Per Capita City Taxes and Valuation Percentage Distribution of
Consolidated Rates and Dollars Per Thousand Rates on True Cash
in Umatilla County
Pendleton
True Cash-Value (T.C.V.,) $88,049,321
Per Capita T.C.V.
6,546
Per Capita Tax
City
46
Cons olidated
228
Percentage of Total Levy
County
12.7
City
20.1
School
66.1
Other
1.1
Average Rate/$T.C.V. Basis
County
4.43
City
7.02
School
23.03
Other
.38
Total
3L1.86
Athena
True Cash Value (T.C.V.) $5,842,059
Per Capita T.C.V.
6,564
Per Capita Tax
City
48
Consolidated
237
Percentage of Total Levy
County
12.3
City
20.2
School
65.7
Other
1.9
Average Rate/$T.C.V. Basis
County
4.43
City
7.28
School
23.68
Other
.68
Tota 1
36.07
Hermiston
$26,425,627
5,285
Milton-Freewater
Pilot Rock
$28 ,l66,l39
$5 ,557,794
6,795
3,463
13
112
37
29
177
209
13.2
21.0
64.7
14.4
13.8
70.9
1.1
.9
13.7
11.5
73.3
1.5
4.43
7.02
21.64
4.43
4.43
4.26
21.85
3.72
23.68
.38
.29
.48
33.47
30.83
32.31
Stanfield
Umatilla
$2,655,955
2,981
$3,815,059
5,529
$5,743,304
22
115
38
184
69
326
11.5
19.1
67.5
1.8
13.3
20.4
62.6
3.7
12.0
21.1
64.5
2.4
4.43
7.39
26.08
.4.43
4.43
7.80
71
38.61
6.81
20.87
1.24
33.35
Weston
8,836
23. 84
.88
36.95
Table 1L1.5 cont.
Per Capita City Taxes and Valuation Percentage Distribution of
Consolidated Rates and Dollars Per Thousand Rates on True Cash
in Umatilla County
Adams
Item
True Cash Value (T.C.V.)
Per Capita True Cash Value
Per Capita Tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of Total Levy
County
City
School
Other
Average Rate/$T.C.V. Basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
SOURCE:
Echo
Helix
$763,986
3,473
$1,575,514
3,282
$938,607
6,175
17
35
139
250
10.5
25.4
60.0
10.9
38.0
50.1
114
13.4
114.6
69.9
2.1
95
.9
143
4.43
4143
483
10.74
25.34
1.70
42.21
15.39
20.27
14
23.03
.68
32.97
.38
40.47
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessunt and Tax Rolls
for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property Tax
Collections, June 1972.
Table 146.
Summary of Assessment Rolls for 1971-72 Fiscal Year Real
Property, Personal Property and Utilities, Umatilla County
Item
Assessed
Value
Percent of
$30,069,980
95,708,500
103,311,890
614,726 ,960
7.6
24.2
26.1
16.3
(-3,435,780)
(-1,992,810)
(- .5)
288, 388, 740
72.8
Total
Class
Real Property
Lands inside corporate limits
Lands outside corporate limits
Improvements inside corporate limits
Improvements outside corporate limits
Timber (incUxies land)
Less veterans' exemptions
Less senior citizens' residence exemptions
Taxable real property
(- .9)
Table 1/46 cont.
Summary of Assessment Rolls for 1971-72 Fiscal Year Real
Property, Personal Property and Utilities, TJtnatilla County
Assessed
Item
Value
Personal Property
Merchandise and stock in trade
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Farm machinery and equipment
Other machinery and equipment
$20,099,096
2,8146,507
Livest ocic
Miscel laneous
Less veterans' exemptions
Less senior citizens' residence exemptions
Taxable personal property
Total taxable real and personal property
13,027,130
6,261,317
6,617,934
836,073
(-30,745)
(-58,610)
50,198,702
338,587,442
Percent of
Total
5.2
.7
3.3
1.6
1.7
.2
C---)
C---)
12.7
85.5
Uti lities
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
.1
3.1
2 ,600
12,393,039
1,112,764
18,379,978
1,635,715
40,500
10,624,797
3.1
.3
4.6
.4
2.7
168,1450
Total taxable real, personal and utility property
SOURCE:
1469, 000
12,462,811
274,900
57,564,554
14.5
396,151,996
100.0
.1
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, June 1972.
Table 1/47.
Amount and Percent of Unpaid Property Tax, Umatilla County, 1971
Item
Property Taxable
Real
Pers onal
Public utilities
Total Amount
Amount Unpaid
% of Unpaid
$8,055,330
1,463,345
1,525,362
$956,962
132,614
11.9
9.1
22,9614.
1.5
$11,044,037
$1,112,540
10.1
Western Oregon addit. timber tax
Yield tax
Total
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summry and Tax Rolls for the
1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property Tax Collections,
June 1972.
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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:
Agric ult ure Stab ili. zat ion and Cons ervat ion
Assessor
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, 12314 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
97201
7
Fish Commission of Oregon, 1400 S.W. 5th St., Portland, Oregon
8.
4-H Youth Office, Extension Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
Oregon 97331
9
Forest Service, U.S.D.A., 319 S.W. Pine St., Portland, Oregon
10.
97204
Governor's Office, Economic Development Special Projects, State Capitol
Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Local Government Relations Division, Oregon Executive Department,
2140 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 md. Building, Salem,
Oregon 97310
Oregon State Game Commission, 1634 Alder, Portland, Oregon
97214
Oregon State Health Division, Department of Human Resources, 1400 S.W. 5th,
Portland, Oregon 97201
Oregon State Highway Division, State Partcs 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. Forest Service
809 N.E. 6th St., Portland, Oregon 97232
Secretary of State's Office, State Capitol Building, Salem, Oregon
97310
Soil Conservation Service, U.S.D.A., 1218 S.W. Washington, Portland,
Oregon 97205
State Water Resources Board, 1158 Chemetceta N.E., Salem, Oregon
97310
U.S. Department of Commerce, 921 S.W. Washington, Portland, Oregon
(for copies of U.S Census publications)
97204
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Office of the Governor, Planning Division, Health Facts, 1969.
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Oregon Board of Higher Education, 1969 School Directory and 1971-72 Oregon
School-Community College Directory, School Finance and Statistical
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Oregon Coiservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation
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Annual Revision, Health Facility Planning and Conservation Section, 1971.
Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
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Oregon State Department of Employment, 1965 Oregon Farm Labor Report, 1966.
Oregon State Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Conjrol
in Oregon, Oregon Sanitary Authority, 1970.
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Oregon Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
1968.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Children Services Division,
Adolescent Population and Commitment Data by County, by Calendar Year
1967-1970.
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 Divison,
Implementation and Enforcement Plan for the Public Waters of the State
of Oregon, Oregon Sanitary Authority, 1967.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health Division,
Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section, 1971.
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Oregon State DepartnEnt of Transportation, State Highway Division,
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1972.
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2
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