Abandoned Record
About Ordnance
Ordnance is a ghost town in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, southwest of Hermiston on Interstate 84/U.S. Route 30, near the intersection with Interstate 82. In 1941, the United States Department of War commissioned the establishment of the Umatilla Ordnance Depot (later the Umatilla Army Depot, then the Umatilla Chemical Depot) in northern Umatilla County.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Ordnance, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Ordnance is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Ordnance
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1908 Umatilla sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1953 Pendleton sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Pendleton sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1962 Ordnance sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1984 Hermiston sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1993 Ordnance sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Ordnance
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Oregon index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Ordnance, Oregon": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q7100869.
- USGS GNIS 1136600.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).