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Bandon, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bandon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97411. It stands on Ferry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bandon quadrangle. 3,321 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

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Bandon within Coos County

On record in Bandon

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 4 records

Population over time

3 figures

Bandon grew from 2,833 to 3,321 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
20002,833
20103,066+233 (+8%)
20203,321+255 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Bandon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 were 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
Debris and open burning45
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural9
Smoking8
Fireworks7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBILL CREEK
5 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGold Beach UnitWINDHURST ROAD
3 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGold Beach UnitPROSPER JUNCTION ROAD
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGold Beach UnitROSA ROAD
29 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCROOKED CREEK
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersWINHURST LANE
28 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGold Beach UnitGEIGER CREEK
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROSA RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Bandon: 28 past producers, 15 occurrences, 6 producers, 3 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Gold, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bandon PlacerTitanium, MetalProducerChromite, Ilmenite, Zircon
Bandon PlacerTitaniumOccurrence
Iowa MineGold, Platinum, ChromiumPast Producer1934
Iowa MineGold, Chromium, PlatinumPast Producer
The LagoonsChromium, Platinum, GoldOccurrenceBeach Placer
Geiger Creek Mines, Inc.Gold, PlatinumOccurrenceBeach Placer
Geiger Creek Mines, Inc.Gold, PlatinumPast Producer
Jarvis Pit & PlantStonePast Producer
Jarvis Pit & PlantStonePast Producer
Johnson Creek Sand & GravelGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Coos County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bandon in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 11 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017FloodBandon-The Coquille River at Coquille rose above flood stage (21.0 feet) at 10/0330 PST and rose above moderate flood stage (23.0 feet) at 11/0100 PST. The river crested at 23.55 feet at 11/1245 PST. The river fell below moderate flood stage at 12/1745 PST and below flood stage at 13/1700 PST.
February 2017FloodBandon-The Coquille River near Coquille exceeded flood stage (21.0 feet) at 09/1330 PST, then exceeded moderate flood stage (23.0 feet) at 10/0200 PST. The river crested at 23.60 feet at 10/0545 PST. The river fell below moderate flood stage at 11/0615 PST and below flood stage at 12/0800 PST.
February 2017FloodBandon-The Coquille River at Coquille rose above flood stage (21.0 feet) at 22/0615 PST. The river crested at 22.49 feet at 23/0130 PST. It fell below flood stage sometime between 23/1130 PST and 24/1330 PST. The exact time could not be determined due to a data outage.
January 2016FloodBandon-The Coquille River at Coquille exceeded the flood stage of 21.0 feet at 18/0752 PST. It crested at 23.34 feet at 20/1215 PST, which constitutes a moderate flood. It dropped below flood stage at 18/1851 PST.
March 2016FloodBandon-The Coquille River at Coquille rose above the flood stage of 21.0 feet at 14/2100 PST. The river crested at 21.71 feet at 15/0915 PST, 15/1015 PST, 15/1115 PST, and 15/2015 PST. The river dropped below flood stage at 16/0200 PST.
December 2016FloodBandon-The Coquille River at Coquille rose above flood stage (21.0 feet) at 15/0530 PST, and above moderate flood stage (23.0 feet) at 15/1630 PST. The river crested at 23.64 feet at 15/2145 PST. The river fell below moderate flood stage at 16/1645 PST and below flood stage at 17/1415 PST.
February 2015FloodBandon-The Coquille River at Coquille exceeded the flood stage of 21.0 feet at 07/0230 PST and exceeded the moderate flood stage of 23.0 feet at 07/1400 PST. The river crested at 23.62 feet at 07/1830 PST and 07/2000 PST. The river dropped below moderate flood stage at 09/0400 PST and below flood stage at 10/1830 PST.
December 2015FloodBandon-The Coquille River at Coquille exceeded the flood stage of 21.0 feet at 21/1805 PST, crested above moderate flood stage at 23.17 feet at 23/2000 PST, then fell below flood stage at 26/1942 PST.
December 2015FloodBandon-The Coquille River at Coquille exceeded the flood stage of 21.0 feet at 11/0219 PST, crested above moderate flood stage at 24.46 feet at 13/2100 PST, then fell below flood stage at 16/2050 PST.
December 2015FloodBandon-The Coquille River at Coquille exceeded the flood stage of 21.0 feet at 17/2045 PST, crested above moderate flood stage at 24.22 feet at 18/2300 PST, then fell below flood stage at 21/0945 PST.
December 2014FloodBandon-The Coquille River at Coquille exceeded the minor flood stage of 21.0 feet at 21/1230 PST and exceeded the moderate flood stage of 23.0 feet at 21/2030 PST. The river crested at 24.17 feet between 22/1030 and 22/1045 PST. The river dropped below moderate flood stage at 24/0015 PST, and dropped below minor flood stage at 26/1400 PST.
January 1998Thunderstorm WindBandon-Trees down from thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Coos County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cranberry Corners1.2 miles20
Winterville2.1 miles21
Bullards2.2 miles20
Prosper2.7 miles21
Parkersburg3.9 miles21
Randolph4.4 miles21
Dew Valley5.5 miles21
Lampa (historical)6.4 miles21

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 BandonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2088015The 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 1117219. 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.