Cape Meares, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tillamook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97141. It stands on Coleman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Netarts quadrangle. 135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 249 feet above sea level.
On record in Cape Meares
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Cape Meares Lighthouselisted 1993 · 1.0 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresCape Meares grew from 110 to 135 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 | 110 | |
| 2010 | 99 | -11 (-10%) |
| 2020 | 135 | +36 (+36%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Tillamook quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Tillamook quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Yamhill River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Netarts quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Cape Meares between 1992 and 2019, burning about 11 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DEER ROAD |
| 8 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | A STREET |
| 6 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | RADAR RD |
| 6 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | SNAG FIRE |
| 3 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | ELECTRIC CREEK |
| 22 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tillamook District | WHISKEY CREEK |
| 21 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | CAMPFIRE TREE |
| 20 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Tillamook District | BAY OCEAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Cape Meares: 10 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| 720 Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| 746 Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lighthouse Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mt. Meares Quarry 458 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| 458 Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| 458 Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| 600 Rock Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| 720 Rock Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnegat (historical) | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Oceanside | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Bayocean (historical) | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Netarts | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bay City | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hobsonville | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Idaville | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Garibaldi | 5.5 miles | 17 |
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 Cape Meares | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2513087 | 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 1139352. 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.







