Cottage Grove, Oregon
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cottage Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97424. It stands on Bennett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cottage Grove quadrangle. 10,574 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
On record in Cottage Grove
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 11 records
Chambers Bridgelisted 1979
Cochran-Rice Farm Complexlisted 1991
Cottage Grove Armorylisted 2012
Currin Bridgelisted 1979
First Presbyterian Churchlisted 1974
Mosby Creek Bridgelisted 1979
Musick Guard Stationlisted 1991
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Churchlisted 1997
Horace J. and Ann S. Shinn Cottagelisted 1998
LaSells D. Stewart Houselisted 1994- Cottage Grove Downtown Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1994
Population over time
2 figuresCottage Grove grew from 9,686 to 10,574 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9,686 | |
| 2020 | 10,574 | +888 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1921 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Cottage Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | DIVIDE |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Western Lane District | BENNETT CK BEE FARM FIRE |
| 7 September 1998 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | East Lane Unit - ODF | HOOTEN |
| 6 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ELM STREET |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FIR GROVE DUSTY GRAVE |
| 5 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | GOWDYVILL2 |
| 5 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | BRYSON SEARS |
| 3 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | DOWENS ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Cottage Grove: 20 past producers, 13 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam Deposit | Aluminum, Clay | Prospect | ||
| Putnam | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| East Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| East Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fawn Peak Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fawn Peak Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cottage Grove in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2005: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Lightning | Cottage Grove | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottage Grove | - | 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.
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 Cottage Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1007028 | 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 1166636. 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.





