Alsea, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Southwest Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97324. It stands on Kiger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alsea quadrangle. 165 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 292 feet above sea level.
On record in Alsea
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Hayden Bridgelisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresAlsea grew from 164 to 165 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 164 | |
| 2020 | 165 | +1 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1942 USGS Alsea quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Alsea quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Alsea quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Alsea between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Philomath Unit | YEW CREEK |
| 25 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Philomath Unit | HIGH HONEYGROVE |
| 21 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Philomath Unit | SOUTH FORK ACCESS ROAD |
| 17 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Philomath Unit | HONEYGROVE RD. |
| 16 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Philomath Unit | HAYDEN SPUR |
| 16 September 1994 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Philomath Unit | MALTBY CREEK |
| 15 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Philomath Unit | HONEY HEAD |
| 6 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | CATTLE GUARD |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Alsea: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsea Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Alsea Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tobe Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Old State Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Old State Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Tobe Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alsea in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | Alsea | $10,000 | Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the Mary River near Philomath. There was also a landslide that closed westbound highway 34 near Alsea. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenbrook | 11.1 miles | 17 | |
| Peak (historical) | 11.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bellfountain | 12.8 miles | 19 | |
| Alpine | 13.0 miles | 19 | |
| Alder | 14.6 miles | 13 | |
| Harris | 15.4 miles | 19 | |
| Blodgett | 15.4 miles | 13 | |
| Noon | 15.4 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Alsea | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3470756 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1137169. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









