Jordan Valley Oregon Map

About Jordan Valley, Oregon

Jordan Valley is a locality in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 130. The population density is 24.1 people per km². Jordan Valley is located at 42.9740°N, 117.0543°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Jordan Valley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 97910.

Jordan Valley sits as a stark, sun-bleached outpost where the high sagebrush plains meet the jagged, mineral-rich shoulders of the Rocky Mountains. It lies 72.9 miles south of Ontario, OR (from Ontario, OR: bearing 184°T), and is situated 46.3 miles south-southwest of Nampa. Baxter Creek threads through the landscape, a thin, silver ribbon of water that provides a necessary reprieve for the thirsty earth before it winds toward the nearby expanse of Pleasant Valley. The air here holds a singular, brittle clarity, sharpening the outlines of the hills until they appear as layered silhouettes against the vast, pale sky. Light at dusk often pools in the low pockets of the terrain, casting a bruised, violet hue over the volcanic rock and dry bunchgrass that define the immediate horizon.

Jordan Valley preserves a legacy built upon the grit of early Basque sheepherders and the resilient rhythm of ranching that still dictates the pulse of the local economy. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the wide, open spaces of the Rangeland SRMA offer a quiet expanse of public land that remains largely untouched by the frenetic pace of the modern world. Life remains tethered to the cycles of the seasons, where the movement of livestock and the seasonal demands of the arid soil dictate the quiet labor of the day. While the nearest water can be found at Antelope Reservoir, the true character of Jordan Valley is forged in the resilient, hardworking spirit of those who choose to live where the horizon stretches out, unbroken and unhurried, toward the distant, rugged peaks.

About This Jordan Valley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jordan Valley, Oregon. Coordinates: 42.974044, -117.054304. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Jordan Valley includes the ZIP code (97910), telephone area code (541), county seat of Malheur County (Vale), and school district assignment (Jordan Valley School District 3).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.