Portable toilets set up around Burns

By on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories

BURNS-Flood-response update as of April 1, 2025.

Portable toilets have been placed around town in City of Burns for any residents impacted by not being able to flush toilets due to sewage-system backups.

Pictured here are portable-toilet banks staged at the Elks Lodge (118 N Broadway Ave, Burns) and at the intersection of East A Street and North Alder Avenue.

At this writing, drinking water in Burns is still considered safe to drink.

PORTABLE TOILET LOCATIONS

(list subject to change; ADA accesible where noted)

Harney County Road Department: 266 S. Date Ave, Burns, OR 97720

Burns City Hall, Police, Fire (ADA accessible)

Burns Police Department

Burns High School: 1100 Oregon Ave, Burns, Or 97720 (Near the Highway side)

Nature Trail: Parking lot at the North end of the Nature Trail

Lincoln Jr. High Building: 118 N. Broadway Ave., Burns

Elks Parking Lot: 118 N Broadway Ave., Burns

Arrowhead Plaza: Park at the corner of Broadway and East A Street, Burns

Little League Fields: 779 W. Filmore, by the ballfields

High Desert Partnership (Hines): 225 US-20, Hines, OR 97738

HC Kids Club: 310 N. Birch Ave., Burns

Harney Hub (ADA accessible): 17 S. Alder

Harney County Courthouse (ADA accessible)

Home Health & Hospice & Public Health

Harney County Parole & Probation Office: 131 W Washington

Harney District Hospital (ADA accessible)

Photo credit from the Harney County Sheriff’s Office