Lookingglass, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Melrose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97471. It stands on Morgan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roseburg West quadrangle. 916 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
On record in Lookingglass
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
- James Wimer Octagonal Barnlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresLookingglass grew from 855 to 916 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 | 855 | |
| 2020 | 916 | +61 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1897 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Roseburg West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
117 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Lookingglass between 1993 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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 | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | GEM DRIVE |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Roseburg District | BUZZ MOUNTAIN LANE |
| 7 September 1994 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | LOOKINGGLASS ROAD #2 |
| 6 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | TOPAZ DRIVE |
| 4 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | INDIAN NOSE |
| 3 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LOOKINGGLASS |
| 3 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DOERNER CUT-OFF |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Roseburg District | STRICKLAND CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Lookingglass: 16 past producers, 9 producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Knox | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Christensen Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Looking Glass Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ollivant's Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Paroz Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| C B Ranch Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| C B Ranch Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Christensen | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Ollivant's Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Paroz Pit | Stone | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melrose | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Porter Creek | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Brockway | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Calkins | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Winston | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Elgarose | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Civil Bend (historical) | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Dillard | 6.1 miles | 17 |
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 Lookingglass | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709650 | 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 1136500. 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.






