Gold Beach, Oregon
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Gold Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97444. It stands on Riley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gold Beach quadrangle. 2,341 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 50 feet above sea level.
On record in Gold Beach
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 3 records
Gold Beach Ranger Stationlisted 1986
HUME, MARY D.listed 1979
Rogue River Bridge No. 01172listed 2005
Population over time
3 figuresGold Beach grew from 1,897 to 2,341 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 | 1,897 | |
| 2010 | 2,253 | +356 (+19%) |
| 2020 | 2,341 | +88 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Gold Beach quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Gold Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Gold Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Gold Beach between 1993 and 2019, burning about 31 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | NORTH BEACH |
| 4 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | KNOX LANE |
| 28 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | NORTH BEACH #2 |
| 25 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | EIGHTY ACRES RD |
| 21 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | THIRD STREET |
| 20 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | MARCHMONT ROAD |
| 2 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | NORTH BANK ROGUE |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | JERRY'S FLAT ROAD #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 56 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Gold Beach: 38 past producers, 11 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Ranch Priceite | Boron-Borates | Prospect | ||
| New Discovery | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| New Discovery | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Smedberg Beach Placers | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Smedberg Beach Placers | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Leith Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Leith Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Lloyd Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Smith | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Smith Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1958 |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gold Beach in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 2 flood, 1 waterspout, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2012 | Flood | Gold Beach | $4,000,000 | The Curry Coastal Pilot reported over 2 million dollars in infrastructure damage in Brookings and another 2 million in Curry County due to recent heavy rains. Sinkholes and overflowing sewage facilities were also reported. |
| December 2015 | Hail | Gold Beach | - | A member of the public reported one inch hail in Gold Beach. A photo of it was sent as well. |
| November 2012 | Flood | Gold Beach | - | The Curry Coastal Pilot reported widespread flooding in Brookings, Gold Beach, Pistol River, Harbor, and the Winchuck River. River's Edge RV park near the mouth of the Chetco had to be evacuated. The city of Brookings had flooded streets, stores and houses. Rainfall totals between 18/0800 PST and 21/0800 PST included 11.08 inches 3NE Harbor, 9.40 inches at Red Mound RAWS, 8.59 inches 1S Gold Beach, 8.56 inches 5E Port Orford, 6.88 inches at Agness RAWS, and 6.75 inches at Brookings Airport. |
| September 1997 | Waterspout | Gold Beach | - | Waterspout dissipated before reaching shore. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Creek | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wedderburn | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Knoxville (historical) | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Jerrys Flat (historical) | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bagnell Ferry | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Nesika Beach | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Pistol River | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ophir | 10.9 miles | 17 |
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 Gold Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1065556 | 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 1142804. 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.





