Fair Oaks, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Sutherlin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97462. It lies near Driver Valley. The Survey maps it on the Nonpareil quadrangle. 238 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresFair Oaks fell from 278 to 238 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 | 278 | |
| 2020 | 238 | -40 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1897 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Glide quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Nonpareil quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Fair Oaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | KEYBIRD LANE |
| 9 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | HOG CREEK |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | NORTH OLD TOWN RD. |
| 8 September 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PLAT B |
| 7 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FRASER CANYON |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FRASER CANYON |
| 7 September 1992 | Other causes | under an acre | Douglas Forest Protective Association | SPARKS ROAD |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BONANZA MINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Fair Oaks: 11 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin Cr. Marsh Cr. # 75 Quarry # 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cabin Creek, Marsh Creek #75 Quarry # 2 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit #22 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ralf N Hakanson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ralf N. Hakanson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 Fair Oaks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5429870 | 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 1136275. 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.






