Lincoln City, Oregon
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lincoln City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97367. It stands on Agnes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln City quadrangle. 9,815 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4 feet above sea level.
On record in Lincoln 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
Dorchester Houselisted 1980
Population over time
3 figuresLincoln City grew from 7,437 to 9,815 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 | 7,437 | |
| 2010 | 7,930 | +493 (+7%) |
| 2020 | 9,815 | +1,885 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1941 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Newport quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Lincoln City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | COBRA |
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | COBRA 2 |
| 3 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | LINCOLN CITY BEACH |
| 2 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.9 acres | Toledo Unit | 2200 ROAD |
| 19 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | E. DEVILS LAKE RD FIRE |
| 18 September 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Toledo Unit | EAST DEVILS LAKE |
| 16 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | 51ST STREET FIRE |
| 15 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | DRIFTWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln City: 13 past producers, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Baldy Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Baldy Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Rock | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lincoln City in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Lincoln City | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $1,240,000 | Heavy rain resulted in a multiple of large land slides from Florence to Newport. A landslide in Newport damaged 6 homes and resulted in the evacuation of other near by homes. A car fell into a sink hole in Newport as it opened up a garage. One landslide that struck a home killed an elderly woman and her dog, and injured her husband. A creek near Yachats River Rd pushed a home off of its foundation as it rerouted from the heavy rain. Highway 229 in Siletz flooded. The Siletz River near Siletz and the Alsea River near Tidewater exceeded flood stage. A new daily rainfall record was set in Newport when 3.08 inches of rain on the 17th broke the previous record of 2 inches that was last set in 1925. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln City | $1,500,000 | no account filed |
| December 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln City | - | Strong, gusty winds were reported at Lincoln City with sustained winds of 35 kts and gusts to 53 kts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delake | 0.3 miles | 12 | |
| Nelscott | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Oceanlake | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Taft | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Wecoma Beach | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cutler City | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Salishan Beach | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Roads End | 3.4 miles | 6 |
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 Lincoln City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q988751 | 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 1158323. 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.









