Clatskanie, Oregon
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clatskanie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97016. It stands on Conyers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clatskanie quadrangle. 1,716 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 59 feet above sea level.
On record in Clatskanie
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
Clatskanie IOOF Halllisted 2012
Thomas J. Flippin Houselisted 1979
Population over time
3 figuresClatskanie grew from 1,528 to 1,716 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 | 1,528 | |
| 2010 | 1,737 | +209 (+14%) |
| 2020 | 1,716 | -21 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1919 USGS Mayger quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Clatskanie quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Clatskanie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Clatskanie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Clatskanie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | COLVIN ROAD #1 |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | CONYERS CREEK #1 |
| 6 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.2 acres | Columbia City Unit | GRAHAM CREEK #1 |
| 5 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HOWARD DRIVE |
| 3 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | STEWART CREEK ROAD #1 |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | LINDBERG RD.#1CLATS AREA |
| 16 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COUNTY LINE FIRE |
| 16 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | OLSON RD #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 46 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Clatskanie: 34 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Bergman | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| A. Bergman | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Paul Zimmerly Road Construction | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Paul Zimmerly Road Construction | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| T. Johnson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| T. Johnson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia County | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Crown Zellerbach | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Crown Zellerbach | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Crown Zellerbach | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clatskanie in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2011: 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Clatskanie | - | A concerned citizen sent photos to the local National Weather Service office Sunday evening of a funnel cloud that formed over Clatskanie, Oregon. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Clatskanie | - | Heavy caused small streams and creeks to overflow their banks that resulted in water covering highway 30 near Clatskanie. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inglis | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Clatskanie Heights | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Quincy | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Marshland | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Woodson | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mayger | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Delena | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Kyser (historical) | 7.3 miles | 15 |
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 Clatskanie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q332856 | 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 1118980. 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.








