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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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
John and Susanna Ahlf Houselisted 1983
George Calhoun Houselisted 1981
Clark-McConnell Houselisted 1998
Clark-Norton Houselisted 1986
Michael Clemens Houselisted 1982
Albert B. and Mary Cornell Houselisted 2002
Thomas Croxton Houselisted 1979
Dimmick-Judson Houselisted 1998
Joseph Fetzner Houselisted 1990
Grant Pass City Hall and Fire Stationlisted 1984
Grants Pass Supervisor's Warehouselisted 1991
Hotel Josephine Annexlisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresGrants 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 34,533 | |
| 2020 | 39,189 | +4,656 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1908 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Grants Pass NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
495 since 1992Regional 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 use | 121 |
| Debris and open burning | 72 |
| Smoking | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Natural | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 33 |
| Fireworks | 30 |
| Other causes | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Medford District | GRANITE HILL 3 |
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | VERTICAL DRIVE |
| 9 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | I-5 MP 55 OVERPASS #2 |
| 9 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | HIGHLAND AVE |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | REDWOOD HWY 4444 |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | 2.5 acres | Grants Pass Unit | HILLCREST |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | 2119 WILLIAMS HWY |
| 8 September 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | FOOTHILL BLVD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 46 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewett Mine | Gold, Tellurium, Bismuth, Silver, Copper, Arsenic | Producer | Altaite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sylvanite, Tetradymite | |
| Jewett Mine | Gold, Arsenic, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Red Jacket Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Red Jacket Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cal-Ore Power Co. | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Cal-Ore Power Co. | Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Derick Berylium | Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| Dry Diggins | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Gold Chief | Gold, Copper | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Gold Chief Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2012 | Flood | Grants Pass | $4,000,000 | Spotters 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 2007 | Lightning | Grants Pass | $60,000 | The 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 2012 | Hail | Grants 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 2005 | Heavy Rain | Grants Pass | - | A spotter 4 NNW of Grants Pass recorded 3.60 inches of rain in one hour ending at 1630 PDT. |
| April 2005 | Heavy Rain | Grants Pass | - | A spotter 2 N of Grants Pass recorded 2.00 inches of rain in one hour ending at 1630 PDT. |
| September 1997 | Hail | Grants Pass | - | 1-1/4 inch hail. |
| September 1997 | Hail | Grants Pass | - | 3/4-1 inch hail covered the ground. |
| September 1997 | Hail | Grants Pass | - | 3/4 inch hail. Storm knocked out power to about 75 residences. |
| April 1998 | Lightning | Grants Pass | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitdale | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Redwood | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| New Hope | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Murphy | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Merlin | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Wilderville | 8.3 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Three Pines | 9.5 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 Grants Pass | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q143405 | 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 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.








