Coos Bay, Oregon
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Coos Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97420. It lies near Telegraph Hill. The Survey maps it on the Coos Bay quadrangle. 15,985 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 23 feet above sea level.
On record in Coos Bay
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 12 of 22 shown
Chandler Hotel and Annexlisted 1984
J. S. Coke Buildinglisted 1991
Coos Bay Carnegie Librarylisted 1986
Coos Bay National Bank Buildinglisted 1989
Egyptian Theatrelisted 2010
Hub Department Store Buildinglisted 1992
Koski Buildinglisted 1994
Marshfield City Halllisted 1997
Marshfield Elks Templelisted 1983
Marshfield Hotellisted 1984
Marshfield I.O.O.F. Cemeterylisted 2012
Marshfield Sun Printing Plantlisted 1973
Population over time
3 figuresCoos Bay grew from 15,374 to 15,985 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 | 15,374 | |
| 2010 | 15,967 | +593 (+4%) |
| 2020 | 15,985 | +18 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1896 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
182 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Coos Bay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 29 |
| Smoking | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | NORTH SPIT |
| 8 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LIBBY LANE |
| 8 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GRINNELL LANE |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SECOND CREEK |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | IDA LANE |
| 5 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | SHINGLEHOUSE SLOUGH |
| 4 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | NOAH BUTTE |
| 3 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | E. CATCHING SLOUGH ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Coos Bay: 15 past producers, 10 producers, 5 occurrences, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Silica, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Magnet Process | Chromium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Parker Magnetic Process | Chromium, Iron | Unknown | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Main Quarry and Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Main Quarry and Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pigeon Point | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Pigeon Point | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Burch | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Burch Deposits | Chromium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coos Bay in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coos Bay | - | A spotter 2SSE Coos Bay reported that a wind gust estimated at 70-75 mph blew off shingles and caused widespread tree damage. Power lines were damaged by the winds and trees, and 13000 people were without power at one point. Time of the wind event was estimated. |
| March 1998 | Heavy Rain | Coos Bay | - | 3.55 inches rainfall in 24 hrs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Englewood | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Eastside | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Bay Park | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Libby | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Millington | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Cooston | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| North Bend | 2.8 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 Coos Bay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q913266 | 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 1166633. 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.









