Creswell, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Creswell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97426. It stands on Creswell Butte. The Survey maps it on the Creswell quadrangle. 5,641 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 542 feet above sea level.
On record in Creswell
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 1 record
Population over time
2 figuresCreswell grew from 3,579 to 5,031 between 2000 and 2010. 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 | 3,579 | |
| 2010 | 5,031 | +1,452 (+41%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Creswell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Creswell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DAVISSON ROAD |
| 27 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Western Lane District | OAK FIRE |
| 26 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Western Lane District | SPENCER HOLLOW |
| 18 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ENTERPRISE FIRE |
| 17 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Western Lane District | SCHAREN ROAD |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | VINE MAPLE |
| 14 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Western Lane District | HOWE ROAD |
| 10 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | WITCHER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Creswell: 8 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O & C Land | Nickel | Unknown | ||
| O&C Lands | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sears Road Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sears Road Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Creswell Airport | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Creswell Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Creswell in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2010: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Creswell | 1 hurt, $10,500 | Tornado was only in Creswell. |
| December 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Creswell | - | On December 29th at 03:30 PM PST, a thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud, dime size hail and strong winds. A few trees and branches were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverdale | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Walker | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Goshen | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Saginaw | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Jasper | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cottage Grove | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Royal | 8.5 miles | 13 |
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 Creswell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2213840 | 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 1119540. 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.






