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Danner, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Danner, Oregon is located in Oregon
Danner, Oregon
Danner, Oregon
Location within the state of Oregon
Danner, Oregon is located in the United States
Danner, Oregon
Danner, Oregon
Danner, Oregon (the United States)
Coordinates: 42°56′40″N 117°20′25″W / 42.94444°N 117.34028°W / 42.94444; -117.34028
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyMalheur
Elevation
4,232 ft (1,290 m)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (Mountain)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (Mountain)
ZIP Code
97910
Area code541
GNIS feature ID1136202[1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System[1]

Danner is an unincorporated community located in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.[1] It lies along Danner Road off U.S. Route 95 west of Jordan Valley.[2] Jordan Creek flows by Danner.[2]

History

The old Idaho-Oregon-Nevada highway ran through Danner, following the route of the Skinner Toll Road which opened the area for settlement in 1863.

Danner is the location of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau's resting place. He was the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition as the infant son of Sacagawea.[3] Charbonneau died here in 1866 at the age of 61 after developing pneumonia while passing through the area. His burial site was located, marked and fenced off through the efforts of Danner residents Kirt and Johanna Skinner, and it was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on March 14, 1973. Charbonneau's resting place lies among five other resting places near the "Inskip Station", a fortified stone ranch house that operated as a stage station in the 1860s.[4] Inskip's property was later known as the Ruby Ranch. A plaque marks the remains of Inskip Station within sight of the resting place of Charbonneau.

A town had been platted and promoted as Ruby Townsite by Harley J. Hooker, who sold land for $1.25 per acre when the Jordan Valley Irrigation District began constructing an irrigation dam and canal system near Danner about 1910.[5] The proposed agricultural town never grew as anticipated, however, since the high desert's harsh climate did not allow farmers to produce a wide enough range of crops. Hooker built a single story lava rock office building in Danner about 1915. After his death in 1919 it was used as the Danner community hall for a number of years. It became unsafe and was demolished a few years ago.[when?]

The name of the community comes from John H. Danner, an early area settler. The Postal Service denied an application to call the post office Ruby for the nearby Ruby Ranch, but in 1920 the post office name Danner was approved. The post office operated until 1942.[6][7]

By the 1930s, Danner had a general store run by Jesse Anderson, a Danish immigrant. The building he constructed is still standing today, a half mile south of the site of Inskip Station.

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Danner has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[8]

Climate data for Danner, Oregon, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1929–2017
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 62
(17) 		69
(21) 		78
(26) 		87
(31) 		99
(37) 		106
(41) 		109
(43) 		105
(41) 		104
(40) 		93
(34) 		86
(30) 		67
(19) 		109
(43)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 50.7
(10.4) 		57.3
(14.1) 		66.8
(19.3) 		77.4
(25.2) 		85.6
(29.8) 		92.6
(33.7) 		98.8
(37.1) 		96.8
(36.0) 		91.0
(32.8) 		80.3
(26.8) 		64.4
(18.0) 		52.1
(11.2) 		99.3
(37.4)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 37.4
(3.0) 		43.1
(6.2) 		51.3
(10.7) 		58.7
(14.8) 		67.0
(19.4) 		75.5
(24.2) 		86.6
(30.3) 		85.5
(29.7) 		75.8
(24.3) 		62.6
(17.0) 		46.7
(8.2) 		37.1
(2.8) 		60.6
(15.9)
Daily mean °F (°C) 27.4
(−2.6) 		31.5
(−0.3) 		38.9
(3.8) 		44.3
(6.8) 		52.3
(11.3) 		59.7
(15.4) 		67.7
(19.8) 		66.1
(18.9) 		57.0
(13.9) 		45.8
(7.7) 		34.8
(1.6) 		27.0
(−2.8) 		46.0
(7.8)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 17.3
(−8.2) 		19.8
(−6.8) 		26.5
(−3.1) 		29.9
(−1.2) 		37.6
(3.1) 		43.9
(6.6) 		48.9
(9.4) 		46.6
(8.1) 		38.2
(3.4) 		28.9
(−1.7) 		23.0
(−5.0) 		17.0
(−8.3) 		31.5
(−0.3)
Mean minimum °F (°C) −3.3
(−19.6) 		1.9
(−16.7) 		13.3
(−10.4) 		16.3
(−8.7) 		22.4
(−5.3) 		31.4
(−0.3) 		38.1
(3.4) 		36.3
(2.4) 		25.2
(−3.8) 		13.2
(−10.4) 		4.7
(−15.2) 		−2.8
(−19.3) 		−10.4
(−23.6)
Record low °F (°C) −52
(−47) 		−46
(−43) 		−12
(−24) 		5
(−15) 		11
(−12) 		18
(−8) 		22
(−6) 		20
(−7) 		10
(−12) 		−4
(−20) 		−26
(−32) 		−34
(−37) 		−52
(−47)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 1.15
(29) 		0.79
(20) 		1.06
(27) 		1.12
(28) 		1.41
(36) 		0.96
(24) 		0.63
(16) 		0.30
(7.6) 		0.51
(13) 		0.67
(17) 		1.14
(29) 		1.47
(37) 		10.90
(277)
Source 1: NOAA[9]
Source 2: National Weather Service[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Danner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
  3. ^ Nelson, W. Dale (2003). Interpreters with Lewis and Clark: The Story of Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau. Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press. pp. 10, 60, 122. ISBN 1-57441-165-9.
  4. ^ Skinner, John Sackett (2009). High Desert Promise: The Skinner Family Legacy. Golden Quill. p. 267.
  5. ^ Skinner, p. 116
  6. ^ Fretwell-Johnson, Hazel (1990). In Times Past: A History of the Lower Jordan Creek Communities. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton. p. 174.
  7. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  8. ^ "Danner, Oregon". Weatherbase. CantyMedia. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  9. ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Danner, OR". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  10. ^ "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Boise". National Weather Service. Retrieved May 28, 2023.

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