Harney County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 27.5. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 8.51. This is about average. Closest monitor was 2.5 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Hines and their reported violations in the past:
HINES WATER DEPARTMENT (Population served: 1635, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (JUN-01-2004)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (JAN-20-2004)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-2003, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In OCT-1997, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In APR-1997, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- 14 minor monitoring violations
- 4 regular monitoring violations
HIGHLAND RANCH ESTATES (Population served: 60, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUN-2005, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-19-2001 and JUN-17-2002, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUN-17-2002)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between OCT-19-1999 and JUN-01-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUN-01-2000)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In MAY-1997, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In MAR-1997, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
- 2 minor monitoring violations
- 26 regular monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 5.0%
(4.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.8% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 40.8% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.3 people | | Oregon: | 2.3 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 62.4% | | Whole state: | 63.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 5.5% | | Whole state: | 6.3% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Hines, OR
People in group quarters in Hines:
- 11 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 5 people in other group homes
- 4 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Hines compared to Oregon state average:
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
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Fire-safe hotels and motels in Hines, Oregon:
- Comfort Inn Hines Oregon, 504 N Hwy 20, Hines, OR 97738
, Phone: (541) 573-3370
- Best Western Rory & Ryan Inn, 534 Hwy 20 N, Hines, OR 97738
, Phone: (541) 573-5050
All 2 fire-safe hotels and motels in Hines, Oregon
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Wood (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Harney County Oregon:
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Religion statistics for Hines (based on Harney County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 31.15%
| Here |  | 31.1% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Conservative Baptist Association of America | Church of the Nazarene |
| Adherents | 40.3% | 18.3% | 6.8% | 6.8% | 5.5% |
| Congregations | 18.8% | 12.5% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.3% |
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| Name | Lutheran Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | International Church of the Foursquare Gospel | Other |
| Adherents | 4.8% | 4.7% | 3.7% | 2.4% | 6.7% |
| Congregations | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 25.0% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 2 | Harney County: | 2.96 / 10,000 pop. | | Oregon: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 3 | Harney County: | 4.43 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 1.69 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 6 | Here: | 8.87 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 9.93 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 9.5% | | Oregon: | 7.4% |
Adult obesity rate: | Harney County: | 23.9% | | Oregon: | 25.6% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 9.1% | | State: | 14.2% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
3 | $9,252 | $37,008 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 8 | $350 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
3 | $9,864 | $39,456 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 14 | $1,712 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $7,059 | $42,354 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
8 | $26,175 | $39,263 | 22 | $2,062 |
Hines government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $89,000 ($57.01)
All Other: $67,000 ($42.92)
- Current Operations - Financial Administration: $203,000 ($130.04)
Police Protection: $165,000 ($105.70)
Water Utilities: $148,000 ($94.81)
Sewerage: $98,000 ($62.78)
Regular Highways: $72,000 ($46.12)
Parks & Recreation: $24,000 ($15.37)
Fire Protection: $23,000 ($14.73)
- General - Interest on Debt: $26,000 ($16.66)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $40,000 ($25.62)
Police Protection: $20,000 ($12.81)
Health: $3,000 ($1.92)
Corrections: $2,000 ($1.28)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $8,000 ($5.12)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $509,000 ($326.07)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $52,000 ($33.31)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $529,000 ($338.89)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $32,000 ($20.50)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $34,000 ($21.78)
Interest Earnings: $6,000 ($3.84)
- Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $45,000 ($28.83)
Financial Administration: $28,000 ($17.94)
Water Utilities: $7,000 ($4.48)
Fire Protection: $3,000 ($1.92)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $200,000 ($128.12)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $138,000 ($88.40)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $80,000 ($51.25)
General Support: $37,000 ($23.70)
- Tax - Property: $247,000 ($158.23)
Public Utilities: $60,000 ($38.44)
NEC: $6,000 ($3.84)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $433,000 ($277.39)
8.57% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($24,371 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.57% | | Oregon average: | 8.89% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
8.65% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,794 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.65% | | Oregon average: | 7.91% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Hines:
- KZZR (1230 AM; 1 kW; BURNS, OR; Owner: STANLEY M. SWOL)
- KBOI (670 AM; 50 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KWEI (1260 AM; 50 kW; WEISER, ID; Owner: TREASURE VALLEY BROADCASTING CO.)
- KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KXL (750 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
- KPAM (860 AM; 50 kW; TROUTDALE, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
- KPNW (1120 AM; 50 kW; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KBSU (730 AM; 15 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: IDAHO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION)
- KOTK (1080 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - PORTLAND RADIO, L.L.C.)
- KEX (1190 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
- KBND (1110 AM; 13 kW; BEND, OR; Owner: COMBINED COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KKOH (780 AM; 50 kW; RENO, NV; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
Strongest FM radio stations in Hines:
- KQHC (92.7 FM; BURNS, OR; Owner: STANLEY M. SWOL)
- K240AW (95.9 FM; BURNS, OR; Owner: HARNEY COUNTY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE)
- K219BH (91.7 FM; BURNS, ETC., OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
- K203CW (88.5 FM; BURNS, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- K213DX (90.5 FM; HINES, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- KJDY-FM (94.5 FM; CANYON CITY, OR; Owner: BLUE MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- K207DD (89.3 FM; BURNS, OR; Owner: PACIFIC CASCADE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
TV broadcast stations around Hines:
- K71AT (Channel 71; BURNS, OR; Owner: NPG OF OREGON, INC.)
- K52FX (Channel 52; BURNS, OR; Owner: NPG OF OREGON, INC.)
- K36BA (Channel 36; BURNS, OR; Owner: OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING)
Hines fatal accident list:
Oct 31, 1975 02:30 PM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3 - Burns Butte 3 Mi W (Lat: 43.572639 Lon: -119.124389), Call Sign: KON799, Licensee ID: L00023712
Assigned Frequencies: 151.190 MHz, 151.460 MHz, 151.475 MHz Grant Date: 08/26/2003, Expiration Date: 09/20/2013
Registrant: State Of Dba Department Of Forestry Oregon, 2600 State St, Salem, OR 97310, Phone: (503) 945-7326, Fax: (503) 945-7320, Email:
- Burns Butte 3 Mi W (Lat: 43.572639 Lon: -119.124389), Call Sign: KOT94, Licensee ID: L00023712
Assigned Frequencies: 151.400 MHz, 151.460 MHz, 151.475 MHz Grant Date: 12/19/2001, Expiration Date: 01/28/2012
Registrant: State Of Dba Department Of Forestry Oregon, 2600 State St, Salem, OR 97310, Phone: (503) 945-7326, Fax: (503) 945-7320, Email:
- Lat: 43.553528 Lon: -119.078889, Call Sign: KB81323
Assigned Frequencies: 461.912 MHz Grant Date: 05/31/2001, Expiration Date: 06/25/2011, Certifier: Larry A Thrash
Registrant: Forest Industries Telecommunications, 871 Country Club Rd Suite A, Eugene, OR 97401-2200, Phone: (541) 485-8441, Fax: (541) 485-7556, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - HINES BUTTE, 3.5 Miles West Of (Lat: 43.559028 Lon: -119.152417), Overall height: 13.4 m, Call Sign: WHE204
Assigned Frequencies: 2163.80 MHz, 2178.20 MHz Grant Date: 06/17/1992, Expiration Date: 12/05/1997, Cancellation Date: 12/05/1997
Registrant: Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company, 421 S.W. Oak Street, Portland, OR 97204
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 32 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Hines)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: AERONCA 15AC (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 85 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 1427H , Serial Number: 15AC-491, Year manufactured: 1950, Airworthiness Date: 08/14/1955
Registrant (Co-Owned): Sam V Trustee Kaser, Po Box 1212, Hines, OR 97738, Other Owners: Wanda M Trustee Kaser
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Hines, OR among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| John | 13 | 78.4 years |
| William | 8 | 79.8 years |
| Harold | 6 | 73.5 years |
| James | 5 | 71.6 years |
| Charles | 5 | 73.2 years |
| Helen | 5 | 81.8 years |
| Frank | 5 | 71.8 years |
| Walter | 5 | 78.2 years |
| Robert | 5 | 65.6 years |
| Betty | 5 | 70.0 years |
| Most common last names in Hines, OR among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Jones | 6 | 75.0 years |
| Davis | 6 | 81.5 years |
| Walker | 5 | 79.6 years |
| Williams | 5 | 77.6 years |
| Harris | 4 | 81.2 years |
| Frisby | 4 | 80.5 years |
| Tiller | 4 | 74.8 years |
| Brophy | 3 | 76.6 years |
| Christensen | 3 | 74.0 years |
| Kahn | 3 | 86.6 years |
| Businesses in Hines, OR |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Best Western | 1 | | Nike | 1 |
| FedEx | 1 | | Rite Aid | 1 |
| GNC | 1 | | U.S. Cellular | 1 |
| McDonald's | 1 | | | |
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