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Canyonville, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Myrtle Creek-Riddle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97417. It stands on Comer Brook. The Survey maps it on the Canyonville quadrangle. 1,640 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Canyonville within Douglas County

On record in Canyonville

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

Population over time

3 figures

Canyonville grew from 1,293 to 1,640 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
20001,293
20101,884+591 (+46%)
20201,640-244 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Canyonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,255 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 4 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
Natural30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use29
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2

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
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationKOKOS LANE
23 September 1999Smokingunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective Association801 TILLER TRAIL
22 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTHOMPSON RD.
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationROD & GUN CLUB ROAD
17 September 2017Naturalunder an acreRoseburg DistrictARNOLD ST
17 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictAKER DRIVE
12 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictPRUNER RD
12 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationCANYON HILLS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Canyonville: 15 past producers, 7 producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Mercury, Silver. 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
Beaver SpringSilver, Gold, Copper, ZincOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Beaver SpringCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverProspect
Levan's LedgeGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Levans Ledge MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
SweetbriarGold, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
FristoeIronPast Producer
FristoeIronPast Producer
Huckelberry MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Huckleberry MineGold, SilverPast ProducerPyrite
Koko Lane Shale PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Surprise Valley2.4 miles15
Gazley2.7 miles16
Tri-City4.3 miles15
Riddle4.7 miles15
Weaver5.8 miles17
Myrtle Creek6.4 miles17
Days Creek6.6 miles16
Anchor (historical)8.2 miles16

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 CanyonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2622557The 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 1118589. 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.