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.
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
Charles D. Drain Jr. Houselisted 1978
Population over time
3 figuresDrain 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,021 | |
| 2010 | 1,151 | +130 (+13%) |
| 2020 | 1,172 | +21 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Drain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Cottage Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Drain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional 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 use | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Roseburg District | EAGLE VALLEY |
| 8 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | BREIER ROAD |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | HALO TRAIL |
| 6 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | APPLEGATE ROAD |
| 5 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | JACK CREEK RD. |
| 3 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MP 48 HWY 38 |
| 3 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | DRAIN SECTION ROAD |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Roseburg District | HALO RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Johnny Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mcdougal Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Mt. Baldy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Elk Valley Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Elk Valley Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Flood | Drain | - | 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 2019 | Flood | Drain | - | 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 2012 | Flood | Drain | - | 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. |
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 Drain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2752108 | 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 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.




