Editing Arlington, Oregon

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Arlington, Oregon
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = 
| image_skyline            = Arlington Oregon.jpg
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = Community of Arlington
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = 
| image_map                = Gilliam_County_Oregon_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Arlington_Highlighted.svg
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location in [[Oregon]]
| image_map1               = 
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| map_caption1             = 
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Oregon]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Oregon|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Gilliam County, Oregon|Gilliam]]
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Jeff Bufton{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
| established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date         = 1885
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_sq_mi         = 3.17
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='41'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 8.21
| area_land_sq_mi          = 2.55
| area_land_km2            = 6.60
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.62
| area_water_km2           = 1.61
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total         = 628
| population_density_km2   = 95.10
| population_density_sq_mi = 246.27
| timezone            = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset          = -8
| timezone_DST        = Pacific
| utc_offset_DST      = -7
| coordinates         = {{coord|45|42|54|N|120|11|59|W|type:city(524)_region:US-OR_source:gnis|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft        = 285
| postal_code_type    = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code         = 97812, 97861
| area_code           = [[Area code 541|541]]
| blank_name          = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info          = 41-02800<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name         = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info         = 2409730<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2409730}}</ref>
| footnotes           = 
| pop_est_footnotes   = 
| unit_pref           = Imperial
| name                = 
| website             = https://www.cityofarlingtonoregon.com/
}}
'''Arlington''' is a city in [[Gilliam County, Oregon|Gilliam County]], [[Oregon]], United States. The city's population was 586 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST10&prodType=table American FactFinder - Results<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and has a 2019 estimate of 591.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019: ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=arlington,%20or&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=false|access-date=2020-12-16|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

== History ==
The account of how the city received its name varies; one tradition claims it was named after the lawyer Nathan Arlington Cornish, while another tradition claims that the Southern inhabitants of the city had enough clout to rename the city after [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]], home of general [[Robert E. Lee]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} Originally named Alkali,<ref name=":0" /> Arlington came into existence as a place for shipping cattle down the [[Columbia River]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} It was incorporated as Arlington by the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]] on November&nbsp;20, 1885.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|last=Leeds|first=W. H.|year=1899|title=Special Laws|journal=The State of Oregon General and Special Laws and Joint Resolutions and Memorials Enacted and Adopted by the Twentieth Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly|publisher=State Printer|location=Salem, Oregon|page=702|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gsCwAAAAIAAJ&q=%22ocean%20grove%22%20seaside%20oregon&pg=PA702}}</ref>

The original townsite was demolished beginning in 1965 due to the scheduled inundation of Arlington by the rising waters of the Columbia River to form [[Lake Umatilla]] behind the [[John Day Dam]]. A new townsite was completed two years earlier.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 21, 1965 |title=Town Of Arlington Faces Wrecker Crew |page=19 |work=[[The Oregonian]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-town-of-arlington-faces-wr/162846467/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=January 11, 2025}}</ref>

In 2008, it was discovered that Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist had posted photos of herself in [[lingerie]] online,<ref>{{cite news | title =Mayor's racy photos become the talk of the town | publisher =[[KATU]] | date =2008-01-07 | url =http://www.katu.com/news/local/13502667.html | access-date =2008-01-08 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080108232940/http://www.katu.com/news/local/13502667.html | archive-date =8 January 2008 | url-status =dead }}</ref> which, along with several other issues, led to her recall from office.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Mayor who posed in underwear loses office |url=http://www.komotv.com/news/15985072.html |work=Komo TV |date=2008-02-26 |access-date=2008-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228144201/http://www.komotv.com/news/15985072.html |archive-date=28 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.4|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|1.78|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.62|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2012-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Arlington has a [[semi-arid climate]], abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=545553&cityname=Arlington%2C+Oregon%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Arlington, Oregon]</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Arlington, Oregon, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 66
|Feb record high F = 74
|Mar record high F = 81
|Apr record high F = 97
|May record high F = 107
|Jun record high F = 117
|Jul record high F = 114
|Aug record high F = 115
|Sep record high F = 104
|Oct record high F = 90
|Nov record high F = 84
|Dec record high F = 74

|Jan avg record high F = 56.2
|Feb avg record high F = 59.4
|Mar avg record high F = 67.8
|Apr avg record high F = 79.3
|May avg record high F = 90.2
|Jun avg record high F = 96.4
|Jul avg record high F = 103.4
|Aug avg record high F = 102.1
|Sep avg record high F = 93.8
|Oct avg record high F = 79.9
|Nov avg record high F = 65.4
|Dec avg record high F = 56.7
|year avg record high F = 104.8

|Jan high F = 40.8
|Feb high F = 46.9
|Mar high F = 55.6
|Apr high F = 63.7
|May high F = 73.2
|Jun high F = 79.7
|Jul high F = 89.5
|Aug high F = 88.9
|Sep high F = 80.0
|Oct high F = 65.5
|Nov high F = 50.4
|Dec high F = 41.1
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 35.3
|Feb mean F = 38.7
|Mar mean F = 45.6
|Apr mean F = 52.8
|May mean F = 61.7
|Jun mean F = 68.2
|Jul mean F = 76.3
|Aug mean F = 75.5
|Sep mean F = 66.5
|Oct mean F = 53.7
|Nov mean F = 42.4
|Dec mean F = 35.5
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 29.7
|Feb low F = 30.6
|Mar low F = 35.7
|Apr low F = 42.0
|May low F = 50.1
|Jun low F = 56.6
|Jul low F = 63.2
|Aug low F = 62.0
|Sep low F = 53.1
|Oct low F = 42.0
|Nov low F = 34.4
|Dec low F = 29.9
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 15.4
|Feb avg record low F = 18.3
|Mar avg record low F = 24.8
|Apr avg record low F = 31.1
|May avg record low F = 37.0
|Jun avg record low F = 46.2
|Jul avg record low F = 52.6
|Aug avg record low F = 51.0
|Sep avg record low F = 40.9
|Oct avg record low F = 28.4
|Nov avg record low F = 20.9
|Dec avg record low F = 16.7
|year avg record low F = 8.9

|Jan record low F = -18
|Feb record low F = -21
|Mar record low F = 7
|Apr record low F = 19
|May record low F = 26
|Jun record low F = 37
|Jul record low F = 42
|Aug record low F = 40
|Sep record low F = 26
|Oct record low F = 11
|Nov record low F = -5
|Dec record low F = -12

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 1.47
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.98
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.83
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.61
|May precipitation inch = 0.75
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.48
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.10
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.15
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.33
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.81
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.13
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.66
|year precipitation inch = 9.30

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 11.2
|Feb precipitation days = 8.1
|Mar precipitation days = 8.5
|Apr precipitation days = 6.1
|May precipitation days = 6.5
|Jun precipitation days = 3.5
|Jul precipitation days = 1.0
|Aug precipitation days = 1.7
|Sep precipitation days = 2.5
|Oct precipitation days = 6.8
|Nov precipitation days = 9.7
|Dec precipitation days = 11.4
|year precipitation days = 77.0

|Jan snow inch = 2.0
|Feb snow inch = 1.2
|Mar snow inch = 0.2
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.1
|Nov snow inch = 0.4
|Dec snow inch = 1.4
|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 1.7
|Feb snow days = 1.4
|Mar snow days = 0.2
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.3
|Dec snow days = 1.8

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00350265&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Arlington, OR
|access-date = April 15, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=pdt
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Pendleton
|access-date = April 15, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 356
|1900= 388
|1910= 317
|1920= 529
|1930= 601
|1940= 609
|1950= 686
|1960= 643
|1970= 375
|1980= 521
|1990= 425
|2000= 524
|2010= 586
|2020= 628
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}
[[File:DSCN6633 arlingtonoregonelevator e.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Park in Arlington, looking towards the Columbia River]]

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2012-12-21}}</ref> of 2010, there were 586 people, 256 households, and 149 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|329.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 315 housing units at an average density of {{convert|177.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 93.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.2% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.6% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 6.7% of the population.

There were 256 households, of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.8% were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.92.

The median age in the city was 43.6 years. 21.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.9% were from 25 to 44; 32.9% were from 45 to 64; and 15.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 53.9% male and 46.1% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 524 people, 223 households, and 144 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|295.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 277 housing units at an average density of {{convert|156.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.42% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.72% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.72% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.15% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.24% of the population.

There were 223 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,714, and the median income for a family was $45,875. Males had a median income of $34,250 versus $21,161 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,883. About 7.9% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.6% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
The area around Arlington is largely agricultural farm land with wheat, [[barley]] and [[beef]] cattle being the principal products.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

=== Waste disposal ===
[[File:Aerial view of Arlington, OR 01.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Arlington, 2015]]
Arlington is home to a sizable [[Waste Management, Inc|Waste Management]] [[landfill]], notably receiving all of [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]'s trash and some from [[Portland, Oregon]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Mulady |first=Kathy |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/323082_trashtrain10.html |newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |title=Where your Seattle trash ends up |date=July 10, 2007 |access-date=2008-04-06}}{{dead link|date=December 2012}}</ref> In March 2010, Waste Management announced<ref>{{Cite web |last=LLC |first=S4 Energy Solutions |title=S4 Energy Solutions Announces Plasma Gasification Project |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/s4-energy-solutions-announces-plasma-gasification-project-86259507.html |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref> their plans to build a waste [[gasification]] plant next to their landfill that uses a [[plasma gasification]] technology that at the time was considered experimental. The plasma gasification plant was built in conjunction with the company, InEnTec, whose efforts to build such plants in California and elsewhere have met protest.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Greenaction - Press Release 6/16/08 |url=http://greenaction.org/incinerators/redbluff/pr061608.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711104217/http://greenaction.org/incinerators/redbluff/pr061608.shtml |archive-date=2012-07-11 |access-date= |website=greenaction.org}}</ref> The plant went into pilot operation in November 2011.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wolman |first=David |url=https://www.wired.com/2012/01/ff_trashblaster/ |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |title=High-Powered Plasma Turns Garbage Into Gas |date=January 20, 2012 |access-date=2016-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Surma |first=Jeff |url=http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/pubs/docs/sw/convtechnology/CTRulemaking120127S4EnergyPresentation.pdf |title=Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste Using the InEnTec InEnTec Plasma Enhanced Melter |date=January 27, 2012 |access-date=2016-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220044804/http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/pubs/docs/sw/convtechnology/CTRulemaking120127S4EnergyPresentation.pdf |archive-date=2016-12-20 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Wind farms ===
The area around Arlington is the location of several wind farms:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Station
!Location
!Capacity ([[Megawatt|MW]])
!Status
!Notes
!No. of turbines
|-
|Willow Creek Wind Farm
|[[Gilliam County, Oregon|Gilliam County]] and [[Morrow County, Oregon|Morrow County]]
|72
|Operational
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://renewablenw.org/node/willow-creek|title=Willow Creek {{!}} Renewable Northwest|website=renewablenw.org|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
|48
|-
|[[Shepherds Flat Wind Farm]]
|[[Gilliam County, Oregon|Gilliam County]] and [[Morrow County, Oregon|Morrow County]]
|845
|Operational
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://caithnessshepherdsflat.com/ |title=Caithness Shepherds Flat Wind Farm |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/12/07/daily36.html |title=World's Largest Wind Farm Coming to Oregon |date=December 10, 2009 |work=Portland Business Journal |access-date=2010-01-16}}</ref><ref name="USDoE-LPO-SF">{{cite web |url=https://www.energy.gov/lpo/shepherds-flat |title=SHEPHERDS FLAT |website=Energy.gov |language=en |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
|338
|-
|Rattlesnake Road Wind Farm
|[[Gilliam County, Oregon|Gilliam County]]
|103
|Operational
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rattlesnakeroadwindfarm.com/|title=Oregon {{!}} Rattlesnake Road Wind Farm|website=rattlesnakeroadwindfarm.com|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
|49
|-
|[[Leaning Juniper Wind Project]]
|[[Gilliam County, Oregon|Gilliam County]]
|302.3
|Operational
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pacificorp.com/es/re/lj1.html |title=Leaning Juniper I |website=www.pacificorp.com |access-date=2019-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628172926/http://www.pacificorp.com/es/re/lj1.html |archive-date=2019-06-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pacificpower.net/env/bsre/bses/ljii.html |title=Leaning Juniper II |website=www.pacificpower.net |access-date=2019-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310040941/https://www.pacificpower.net/env/bsre/bses/ljii.html |archive-date=2019-03-10 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|200
|-
|Pebble Springs Wind Farm
|[[Gilliam County, Oregon|Gilliam County]]
|99
|Operational
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://renewablenw.org/node/pebble-springs-wind |title=Pebble Springs Wind {{!}} Renewable Northwest |website=renewablenw.org |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
|47
|-
|Wheatfield Wind Farm
|[[Gilliam County, Oregon|Gilliam County]]
|97
|Operational
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://renewablenw.org/node/wheat-field-wind-farm |title=Wheat Field Wind Farm {{!}} Renewable Northwest |website=renewablenw.org |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
|46
|-
|Montague Wind Power Facility
|[[Gilliam County, Oregon|Gilliam County]]
|Phase 1 - 201 (Proposed - 404)
|Operational
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://renewablenw.org/node/montague-wind-power-facility |title=Montague Wind Power Facility {{!}} Renewable Northwest |work=renewablenw.org |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref><ref name="OL-Rogoway20170424">{{cite news |last=Rogoway |first=Mike |date=2017-04-24 |df=mdy |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2017/04/apple_says_new_oregon_solar_an.html |title=Apple says new Oregon solar and wind projects will help power Prineville data centers |work=OregonLive |access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref><ref name="PBJ-Danko20170519">{{cite news |last=Danko |first=Pete |date=2017-05-19 |df=mdy |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/05/19/apple-s-oregon-wind-farm-eyes-bigger-and-fewer.html |title=Apple's Oregon Wind Farm Eyes Bigger, and Fewer, Turbines |work=Portland Business Journal |access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref><ref name="AWT-Sellers20170519">{{cite news |last=Sellers |first=Dennis |date=2017-05-19 |df=mdy |url=https://appleworld.today/apples-wind-farm-project-developer-wants-bigger-but-fewer-turbines/ |title=Apple's wind farm project developer wants bigger, but fewer, turbines |work=Apple World Today |language=en-US |access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref><ref name="PBJ-Danko20170718">{{cite news |last=Danko |first=Pete |date=2017-07-18 |df=mdy |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/07/18/apple-s-oregon-wind-farm-cleared-for-super-sized.html |title=Apple's Oregon wind farm cleared for super-sized turbines |work=Portland Business Journal |access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref><ref name="AWT-Sellers20170720">{{cite news |last=Sellers |first=Dennis |date=2017-07-20 |df=mdy |url=https://appleworld.today/apples-oregon-wind-power-project-to-use-the-biggest-turbines-ever-deployed-in-the-area/ |title=Apple's Oregon wind power project to use the biggest turbines ever deployed in the area |work=Apple World Today |language=en-US |access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref><ref name="PBJ-Danko20170914">{{cite news |last=Danko |first=Pete |date=2017-09-14 |df=mdy |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/09/14/apple-farm-wind-that-is-under-construction-in.html |title=Apple Inc.'s Massive Oregon Wind Farm Breaks Ground |work=Portland Business Journal |access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref><ref name="AV-ER2019Q3">{{cite web |title=AVANGRID Reports Third Quarter 2019 Earnings |url=https://www.avangrid.com/w/avangrid-reports-third-quarter-2019-earnings |date=2019-10-29 |df=mdy |work=Avangrid |access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref>
|Phase 1 - 56
112-269
|-
|Saddle Butte Wind - Four Mile Wind
|[[Gilliam County, Oregon|Gilliam County]] and [[Morrow County, Oregon|Morrow County]]
|399
|Proposed
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://renewablenw.org/node/saddle-butte-wind|title=Saddle Butte Wind {{!}} Renewable Northwest|website=renewablenw.org |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oregon.gov/energy/facilities-safety/facilities/Pages/SBW.aspx |title=State of Oregon: Facilities - Saddle Butte Wind Park |website=www.oregon.gov |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
|133
|-
|2Morrow Energy
|[[Gilliam County, Oregon|Gilliam County]] and [[Morrow County, Oregon|Morrow County]]
|900
|Proposed
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://renewablenw.org/node/2morrow-energy |title=2Morrow Energy {{!}} Renewable Northwest |website=renewablenw.org |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
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[[File:H3 Montague Wind Power Project.jpg|thumb|226x226px|Montague Wind Project under construction.|alt=|left]]
[[Caithness Energy]] has the [[Shepherds Flat Wind Farm]], one of the largest land-based wind farms in the world. Approved in 2008 by state regulators, groundbreaking came in 2009. It officially opened in September 2012 and "reached full commercial operations in November 2012."<ref name="USDoE-LPO-SF" /> There have been some [[Gilliam County, Oregon#Shepherds Flat Wind Farm controversy|controversies]] around the project that emerged in 2009 and 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schmit |first=Julie |date=2009-12-10 |df=mdy |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-12-10-ge-wind-farm-turbines_N.htm |title=GE gets contract for big wind farm in Oregon |work=USA Today |access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref>

In fall 2017, construction was started on the [[Montague Wind Power Project]], a project owned and operated by [[Avangrid Renewables]] to provide power to [[Apple Inc.|Apple Inc]].'s Prineville Data Center through Oregon's Direct Access Program. "Apple says Montague will provide it 560,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually."<ref name="AWT-Sellers20170519" /><ref name="PBJ-Danko20170914" />

Along with the wind farm there have been several proposed solar farms. On April 20, 2020, Avangrid requested to change the boundary and site layout of its Montague Wind Power Facility. This request was to split "the existing site certificate into three new site certificates for facilities to be named Montague Wind, Montague Solar, and Oregon Trail Solar; and, transfer of site certificates for Montague Solar and Oregon Trail Solar to new limited liability companies, Montague Solar, LLC and Oregon Trail Solar, LLC, wholly owned subsidiaries of the current certificate holder owner, Avangrid Renewables, LLC."<ref>{{cite web |title=State of Oregon: Facilities - Montague Wind Power Facility |url=https://www.oregon.gov/energy/facilities-safety/facilities/Pages/MWP.aspx |website=www.oregon.gov |access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:Sign welcoming visitors to Arlington, Oregon.jpg|thumb|Welcome sign]]
Arlington is located at the intersection of [[Interstate 84 in Oregon|Interstate 84]] and [[Oregon Route 19]]. I-84 travels west towards [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] and east towards [[Boise, Idaho]]; OR 19 connects Arlington to [[Condon, Oregon|Condon]] and [[U.S. Route 26 in Oregon|U.S. Route 26]] near [[Dayville, Oregon|Dayville]].<ref name="ODOT-Map">{{cite map |date=March 2017 |title=Oregon 2017–2019 Official State Map |url=https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Data/Documents/Map_Official_State_Front.pdf |publisher=[[Oregon Department of Transportation]] |postscript=none |access-date=August 21, 2019}}, with [https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Data/Documents/Map_Official_State_Back.pdf inset maps].</ref>

The Port of Arlington<ref>[https://www.portofarlington.com/ Port of Arlington]</ref> offers access the [[Columbia River]] water way and hosts
# a marina with a water depth of 24 feet that features a fuel dock and 8 transient moorage slips, 1 side tie dock, 11-30’ slips, and 7-20’ slips;
# Mid Columbia Producer, LLC<ref>[https://mcpcoop.com/ Mid Columbia Producer, llc]</ref> River Terminal; and
# a [[windsurfing]] and [[kiteboarding]] launch.<ref>{{Cite web|title=WPS - Waterway Systems - Columbia River System Port Map|url=http://www.worldportsource.com/waterways/systems/maps/Columbia_River_System_7.php|website=World Port Source|access-date=May 25, 2020}}</ref>

The city has a small airport named [[Arlington Municipal Airport (Oregon)|Arlington Municipal Airport]], located on a nearby plateau. In 2011, the U.S. Air Force proposed Arlington as the site of a future [[United States Department of Defense]] [[unmanned aerial vehicle]] base.<ref>HQ AFSC/SEFQ Lt Col (Maggie) Howard Chief, RPA Branch CNS/ATM Conference-June 13, 2011 [http://www.afceaboston.com/documents/events/cnsatm2011/Briefs/03-Wednesday/Wednesday-PM%20Track-2/02-LtCol%20Howard-GBSAA%20Safety%20Case-%20Wednesday%20Track2.pdf "Air Force Safety Center RPA Branch Presentation"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231095825/http://www.afceaboston.com/documents/events/cnsatm2011/Briefs/03-Wednesday/Wednesday-PM%20Track-2/02-LtCol%20Howard-GBSAA%20Safety%20Case-%20Wednesday%20Track2.pdf |date=2016-12-31 }} (PDF), 2011 Air Force Presentation</ref><ref>[https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/64-drone-bases-on-us-soil/ "Revealed: 64 Drone Bases on American Soil"]</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Doc Severinsen]], jazz musician and big band leader

== Public services ==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170702101315/http://www.arlingtonclinic.org/home-1.html Arlington Health Clinic]}}
* [http://www.arlingtonclinic.org/north-gilliam-medic.html North Gilliam Medic]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
* [https://www.facebook.com/northgilliamfire1/ North Gilliam Rural Fire Protection District]
* [http://www.co.gilliam.or.us/government/sheriff_s_office/index.php Gilliam County Sheriff's Office]

== Churches ==
* Arlington United Methodist Church<ref>[https://www.umoi.org/churchdetail/350353 Arlington United Methodist Church]</ref>
* Arlington Church of the Nazarene<ref>[http://www.arnazarene.org Arlington Church of the Nazarene]</ref>
* St. Francis Catholic Church<ref>[http://www.stjohncondon.org/ St. Francis Catholic Church]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Arlington High School (Oregon)|Arlington High School]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Arlington, Oregon}}
* [https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/a-d/arlington.aspx Entry for Arlington] in the ''[[Oregon Blue Book]]''
* {{Oregon Encyclopedia|arlington|Arlington|Doyle, Susan Badger}}
* [http://www.visitarlingtonoregon.com Arlington Community Chamber of Commerce]
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