Brogan

History

Brogan was founded by D. M. Brogan in 1909, and when a post office was established in the locality on April 23 that year, it was named for him. Brogan is located on the north end of the now-abandoned Union Pacific Railroad branch line from Vale.

Geography

Brogan is in northern Malheur County in eastern Oregon, in the valley of Willow Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Malheur River and part of the Snake River watershed. U.S. Route 26 passes through the town, leading southeast down the Willow Creek valley to Vale and west over Eldorado Pass to Unity, away. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Brogan CDP has an area of , all land. Willow Creek forms the northeast edge of the CDP.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Greater Sage-Grouse

  Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonaparte, 1827) · Aves
  337
• Western Meadowlark

  Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844 · Aves
  295
• Red-tailed Hawk

  Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  198
• Horned Lark

  Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  168
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  147
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  146
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  143
• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  132

Most recent

• M 2.57 — 2025-02-10
  24 km ENE of Baker City, Oregon
• M 2.7 — 2024-07-20
  21 km NW of Halfway, Oregon
• M 3.0300000000000002 — 2023-03-08
  8 km WSW of Richland, Oregon
• M 2.7 — 2022-12-19
  14 km W of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
• M 2.5 — 2017-12-15
  14 km ENE of Halfway, Oregon
• M 2.95 — 2017-08-20
  22 km N of Halfway, Oregon