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Harbor, Oregon

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Harbor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97415. It stands on Foster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brookings quadrangle. 2,551 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 33 feet above sea level.

Harbor within Curry County

On record in Harbor

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

3 figures

Harbor fell from 2,622 to 2,551 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.

YearPeople Change
20002,622
20102,391-231 (-9%)
20202,551+160 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Harbor between 1992 and 2019, burning about 165 acres in total. 6 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 burning27
Recreation and ceremony20
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
6 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGold Beach UnitRAINBOW ROCK
5 September 2015Smoking2.0 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersRAINBOW ROCK RD
3 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreGold Beach UnitFERRY CREEK
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGold Beach UnitWIMMER ROAD
28 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGold Beach UnitCARPENTERVILLE
27 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGold Beach UnitSPORTHAVEN BEACH
25 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH BANK CHETCO #2
24 September 1995Smokingunder an acreGold Beach UnitLUNDEEN LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Curry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Harbor: 23 past producers, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Campbell PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Joe Hall PropertyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell PitStonePast Producer
Cubic QuarryStonePast Producer
Cubic QuarryStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Curry County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harbor in 2 storm reports in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
March 2012Thunderstorm WindHarbor-A spotter 1SE Brookings reported a gust to 68 mph as a severe thunderstorm moved onshore.
January 2012FloodHarbor-At River's Edge and Riverside RV parks at the mouth of the Chetco River both partially flooded during this event and damage was reported at both parks. Crystal Creek near Cape Blanco was reported rising and closure of Hwy. 101 was expected.

Every storm recorded in Curry 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
Brookings0.9 miles9
Carpenterville12.1 miles10
Pistol River16.9 miles10
Hunter Creek24.4 miles11
Gold Beach25.8 miles11
Wedderburn27.1 miles11
Knoxville (historical)27.5 miles11
Jerrys Flat (historical)28.1 miles11

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 HarborAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1883963The 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 1143296. 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.