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Drain, Oregon

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Elkton-Drain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97435. It stands on Pass Creek. The Survey maps it on the Drain quadrangle. 1,172 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 290 feet above sea level.

Drain within Douglas County

On record in Drain

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

3 figures

Drain grew from 1,021 to 1,172 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,021
20101,151+130 (+13%)
20201,172+21 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Drain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 224 acres in total. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use27
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRoseburg DistrictEAGLE VALLEY
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationBREIER ROAD
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationHALO TRAIL
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use23 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationAPPLEGATE ROAD
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationJACK CREEK RD.
3 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMP 48 HWY 38
3 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationDRAIN SECTION ROAD
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRoseburg DistrictHALO RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Drain: 8 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bear Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Johnny Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mcdougal QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Mt. Baldy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Bear Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Elk Valley QuarryStonePast Producer
Elk Valley QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drain in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025FloodDrain-Elk Creek near Drain rose above minor flood stage of 16.0 ft. at 16/1040 PST, peaked in minor flood stage at 16/1900 PST at 19.58 ft. It then fell below flood stage at 17/0345 PST. At 18.0 feet, Widespread flooding of low lands and structures occurs.
April 2019FloodDrain-The river rose above minor flood stage (16.0 feet) at 08/1730 PST. The river crested at 16.44 feet at 08/1930 PST. The river fell below minor flood stage at 08/2130 PST.
January 2012FloodDrain-The Elk Creek gage near Drain crested at 15.55 feet at 19/1630 PST, below the flood stage of 16.00 feet. However, flooding was reported a few miles downstream from the gage, with damage to yards and fences.

Every storm recorded in Douglas County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Leona3.0 miles10
Yoncalla4.6 miles10
Sunnydale4.6 miles10
Calvert (historical)6.2 miles11
Anlauf6.2 miles11
Curtin7.2 miles11
Rice Hill8.4 miles10
Comstock8.9 miles11

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 DrainAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2752108The 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 1166647. 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.