Lacomb, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Scio-Lacomb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97355. It stands on South Fork Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lacomb quadrangle. 575 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLacomb grew from 546 to 575 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 | 546 | |
| 2020 | 575 | +29 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1951 USGS Snow Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 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
- 1983 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Lacomb quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Lacomb between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OLD MILL |
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | FORDS MILL HILL |
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | BERLIN RIDGE |
| 6 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | ISLAND INN RD |
| 5 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | BELLINGER ROAD |
| 28 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | BELLINGER ROAD |
| 27 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | GREEN MTN |
| 25 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | CHURCH CAMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Lacomb: 12 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Paetsch | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lacomb in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Lacomb | $240,000 | Tornado touched down along Green Mountain Road. Although tornado appeared to not be on the ground the entire path, the damage path appears to be 0.69 mile long. The tornado damaged five open barns, damaged 5 to 10 plus additional sheds or barns, brought down two power poles, and snapped six trees 4-12 inches in diameter. There were no injuries. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacomb | $7,500 | Property owner reported damage to 6 trees, along with minor damage to a door and a roof of two separate out buildings located on the property. There was a line of thunderstorms that moved across the area at that time. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Lacomb | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fords Mill | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Dotyville (historical) | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Berlin | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Whitaker | 7.1 miles | 20 | |
| Waterloo | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Crabtree | 8.9 miles | 20 | |
| Lebanon | 9.3 miles | 23 |
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 Lacomb | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709116 | 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 1122880. 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.








