Junction City, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Junction City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97448. The Survey maps it on the Junction City quadrangle. 6,787 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 325 feet above sea level.
On record in Junction City
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 1 record
Dr. Norman L. Lee Houselisted 1977
Population over time
3 figuresJunction City grew from 4,721 to 6,787 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 | 4,721 | |
| 2010 | 5,392 | +671 (+14%) |
| 2020 | 6,787 | +1,395 (+26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1910 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Eugene quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Junction City between 2003 and 2018, burning about 8 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Western Lane District | WHEEL-HARROW |
| 24 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Western Lane District | HIGH PASS ESCAPE |
| 2 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Western Lane District | CORY ROAD FIRE |
| 14 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FERGUSON ROAD |
| 9 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BROWNING CREEK |
| 26 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FERGUSON ROAD |
| 23 July 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | STEWART POND 072313 |
| 29 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CORY ROAD #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Junction City: 20 past producers, 13 producers. 13 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Conser Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Conser Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Junction City in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction City | $5,000 | A county official reported that a 18 to 24 inch diameter tree was snapped by thunderstorm winds near Junction City, and blocked Love Lake Road near milepost 1.75. The Oregon Department of Transportation reported another tree was downed along the Territorial Highway near milepost 5. |
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 Junction City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2793345 | 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 1166668. 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.











