Kings Valley, Oregon
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the North Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97361. It stands on Maxfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kings Valley quadrangle. 56 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 315 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKings Valley fell from 65 to 56 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 | 65 | |
| 2020 | 56 | -9 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1921 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Kings Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Kings Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 136 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 acres | Philomath Unit | FORT HOSKINS |
| 25 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | WILDWOOD STRIKE |
| 21 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Dallas Unit | SOUTH KINGS VALLEY |
| 19 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | COUNTY LINE STRIKE |
| 18 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Philomath Unit | EMRY MOORE POND |
| 18 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Philomath Unit | MAXFIELD CR. #1 |
| 1 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Philomath Unit | VINCENT CR. |
| 1 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Philomath Unit | J.J. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Kings Valley: 14 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemons | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Clemons | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Evans Products | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Evans Products Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| La Ro Lumber Co | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| La Ro Lumber Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State University | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State University | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 Kings Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459543 | 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 1122766. 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.









