Corvallis, Oregon
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Corvallis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97333. It stands on Marys River. The Survey maps it on the Corvallis quadrangle. 59,922 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 235 feet above sea level.
On record in Corvallis
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 44 shown
Avery-Helm Historic Districtlisted 2000
Benton County Courthouselisted 1978
Benton County State Bank Buildinglisted 1979
Benton Hotellisted 1982
John Bexell Houselisted 1992
Dr. Ralph Lyman Bosworth Houselisted 1981
J. R. Bryson Houselisted 1979
Burnap-Rickard Houselisted 1984
Camp Arboretum Sign Shoplisted 2008
Jesse H. Caton Houselisted 1979
Children's Farm Home Schoollisted 2008
College Hill West Historic Districtlisted 2002
Population over time
3 figuresCorvallis grew from 49,322 to 59,922 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 | 49,322 | |
| 2010 | 54,462 | +5,140 (+10%) |
| 2020 | 59,922 | +5,460 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1913 USGS Philomath quadrangle1:31680
- 1921 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
What the histories say of this town
7,453 words1 chapter about Corvallis from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| History | History of Benton County, Oregon (1885) | 7,453 words |
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Corvallis between 1992 and 2018, burning about 116 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 86 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CHIP ROSS FIRE |
| 28 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Philomath Unit | CHIP ROSS |
| 25 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Philomath Unit | OAK CREEK |
| 2 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Philomath Unit | OAK CREEK |
| 2 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Philomath Unit | CRESENT VALLEY DR |
| 1 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Philomath Unit | OAK CREEK |
| 9 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Philomath Unit | RESERVOIR ROAD |
| 6 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Philomath Unit | LEWISBERG AVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Corvallis: 25 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ag-Lime Plant | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Island Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fisher Island Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Wicks Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Corvallis Brick & Tile | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Corvallis Brick & Tile Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Corvallis Brick & Tile Works | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Albany Rock-Truax | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Albany Rock-Truax | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corvallis in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. 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 2014 | Lightning | Corvallis | $11,000 | Abundant lightning resulted in around 1000 PGE customers without power in the Albany and Corvallis area. A public caller reported that a large tree struck from lightning fell onto a home. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Corvallis | - | The Willamette River near Corvallis crested at 32.8 feet around 9 AM on April 10th, which is 2.8 feet above flood stage. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corvallis | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Flood | Corvallis | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corvallis | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Corvallis | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Creek | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Lewisburg | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Philomath | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| Flynn | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Calloway (historical) | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Noon | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Adair Village | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Wren | 9.0 miles | 19 |
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 Corvallis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q748474 | 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 1140162. 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.











