Bly, Oregon
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Langell Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97622. It stands on Fishhole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bly quadrangle. 207 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,360 feet above sea level.
On record in Bly
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
Bly Ranger Stationlisted 1981
Population over time
10 figuresBly grew from 100 to 207 between 1910 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 100 | |
| 1920 | 100 | 0 (0%) |
| 1940 | 600 | +500 (+500%) |
| 1950 | 800 | +200 (+33%) |
| 1960 | 600 | -200 (-25%) |
| 1970 | 500 | -100 (-17%) |
| 1980 | 750 | +250 (+50%) |
| 1990 | 750 | 0 (0%) |
| 2000 | 486 | -264 (-35%) |
| 2020 | 207 | -279 (-57%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1889 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Klamath quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Bly quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Bly quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Klamath Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Bly quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Bly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Lakeview District | WHITMORE |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | DRY |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Unit | NEWMAN |
| 28 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Unit | PINE CREST |
| 23 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lakeview District | DUMPSTER |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Fremont-Winema National Forest | not named |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Lakeview District | HILL |
| 7 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lake Unit | BAR (DIS 245) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Bly: 15 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Bly Millsite | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bly Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bly Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Campbell Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Angle Butte Pit & Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Angle Butte Pit & Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bly | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bly | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bly in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flood | Bly | $20,000 | The Sprague River near Beatty rose above minor flood stage of 8.5 ft. at 25/730 PST, peaked in minor flood stage at 26/145 PST at 9.13 ft. It then fell below flood stage at 26/1645 PST. This produced flooding of structures in the vicinity of the cities of Sprague River and Lone Pine, and widespread agricultural flooding. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Bly | - | The Sprague River near Beatty exceeded flood stage (8.5 feet) at 09/1945 PST. The river crested at 9.59 feet several times between 10/1415 and 10/1515 PST. The river fell below flood stage at 11/1715 PST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beatty | 12.5 miles | 20 | |
| Haynesville | 20.7 miles | 19 | |
| Lorella | 21.7 miles | 19 | |
| Hot Springs | 23.4 miles | 18 | |
| Tule Lake (historical) | 23.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bonanza | 23.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hildebrand | 24.2 miles | 20 | |
| Yonna | 24.3 miles | 20 |
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 Bly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3478051 | 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 1138344. 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.







