Brookings, Oregon
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Brookings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97415. It lies near Table Rock. The Survey maps it on the Brookings quadrangle. 6,744 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 129 feet above sea level.
On record in Brookings
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 2 records
Central Buildinglisted 1980
Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Sitelisted 2006
Population over time
3 figuresBrookings grew from 5,447 to 6,744 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5,447 | |
| 2010 | 6,336 | +889 (+16%) |
| 2020 | 6,744 | +408 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Cape Ferrelo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Brookings quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Gold Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Brookings between 1992 and 2019, burning about 165 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | RAINBOW ROCK |
| 5 September 2015 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RAINBOW ROCK RD |
| 3 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | FERRY CREEK |
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | WIMMER ROAD |
| 28 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | CARPENTERVILLE |
| 27 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | SPORTHAVEN BEACH |
| 24 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | LUNDEEN LANE |
| 23 September 1994 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | APPLE ALLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Brookings: 24 past producers, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Boron-Borates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Ranch Priceite | Boron-Borates | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Campbell Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Joe Hall Property | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Campbell Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cubic Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brookings in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2002: 1 wildfire, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Brookings | $500,000 | A spotter called at 1500 PST on 11/7 and reported the waterspout/tornado that occurred 9 hours earlier. |
| October 1999 | Wildfire | Brookings | - | See below. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Carpenterville | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Pistol River | 16.6 miles | 10 | |
| Hunter Creek | 24.2 miles | 11 | |
| Gold Beach | 25.5 miles | 11 | |
| Wedderburn | 26.9 miles | 11 | |
| Knoxville (historical) | 27.3 miles | 11 | |
| Jerrys Flat (historical) | 28.0 miles | 11 |
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 Brookings | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1630187 | 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 1138655. 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.





