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Grants Pass, Oregon

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Grants Pass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97526. It lies near Blue Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Grants Pass quadrangle. 39,189 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 960 feet above sea level.

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Grants Pass within Josephine County

On record in Grants Pass

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 12 of 27 shown

Every listing in Josephine County

Population over time

2 figures

Grants Pass grew from 34,533 to 39,189 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.

YearPeople Change
201034,533
202039,189+4,656 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

495 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 495 fires within 5 miles of Grants Pass between 1992 and 2020, burning about 400 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 17 were 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 use121
Debris and open burning72
Smoking57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Natural47
Recreation and ceremony33
Fireworks30
Other causes27
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Arson/incendiarism17
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMedford DistrictGRANITE HILL 3
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitVERTICAL DRIVE
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitI-5 MP 55 OVERPASS #2
9 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGrants Pass UnitHIGHLAND AVE
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersREDWOOD HWY 4444
8 September 2011Smoking2.5 acresGrants Pass UnitHILLCREST
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGrants Pass Unit2119 WILLIAMS HWY
8 September 2002Fireworksunder an acreGrants Pass UnitFOOTHILL BLVD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Grants Pass: 26 past producers, 9 producers, 5 occurrences, 5 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver. 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
Jewett MineGold, Tellurium, Bismuth, Silver, Copper, ArsenicProducerAltaite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sylvanite, Tetradymite
Jewett MineGold, Arsenic, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Red Jacket MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Red Jacket MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Cal-Ore Power Co.NickelOccurrence
Cal-Ore Power Co.NickelUnknown
Derick BeryliumBerylliumProspect
Dry DigginsGold, SilverProducer
Gold ChiefGold, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gold Chief MineGold, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Josephine County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grants Pass in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2012: 4 hail, 2 lightning, 2 heavy rain, 1 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
November 2012FloodGrants Pass$4,000,000Spotters reported up to five inches of rain along with localized flooding with this storm. Local roads near OBrien were flooded in four different places.
July 2007LightningGrants Pass$60,000The steeple of the Newman United Methodist Church was struck twice this day, damaging the steeple, windows, organ, and some other stuff. Damage amounted to $60,000.
June 2012HailGrants Pass-A thunderstorm in south Grants Pass dropped hail a little bigger than quarter sized...about 1 inch in diameter. Associated winds were 20 to 25 mph.
April 2005Heavy RainGrants Pass-A spotter 4 NNW of Grants Pass recorded 3.60 inches of rain in one hour ending at 1630 PDT.
April 2005Heavy RainGrants Pass-A spotter 2 N of Grants Pass recorded 2.00 inches of rain in one hour ending at 1630 PDT.
September 1997HailGrants Pass-1-1/4 inch hail.
September 1997HailGrants Pass-3/4-1 inch hail covered the ground.
September 1997HailGrants Pass-3/4 inch hail. Storm knocked out power to about 75 residences.
April 1998LightningGrants Pass-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Josephine 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
Fruitdale1.6 miles19
Redwood3.3 miles18
New Hope5.7 miles17
Murphy6.3 miles17
Merlin7.3 miles17
Wilderville8.3 miles18
Pleasant Valley8.7 miles17
Three Pines9.5 miles17

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 Grants PassAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q143405The 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 1142947. 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.