Lowell, Oregon
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lowell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97452. It stands on Noisy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lowell quadrangle. 1,196 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
On record in Lowell
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 3 records
Lowell Bridgelisted 1979
Lowell Grangelisted 2005
Unity Bridgelisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresLowell grew from 1,045 to 1,196 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 | 1,045 | |
| 2020 | 1,196 | +151 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:96000
- 1942 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Oakridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
145 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Lowell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 134 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LITTLE FALL CREEK STAT |
| 7 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | EAGLES ROCK |
| 5 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | EAGLES REST |
| 5 September 1992 | Other causes | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | JACOBY MOUNTAIN |
| 4 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CLAUSE RD STAT |
| 4 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FALL CREEK DAM |
| 4 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.4 acres | East Lane Unit - ODF | HAROLDS |
| 4 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | WEIGH STATION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Lowell: 8 past producers, 5 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek Ranch | Clay | Occurrence | Kaolinite | |
| Fall Creek Ranch | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Snyder Ranch Arsenic | Arsenic | Occurrence | Realgar | |
| Snyder Ranch Arsenic | Arsenic | Occurrence | ||
| Fall Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fall Creek Qurry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Little Fall Creek | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Little Fall Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Olga Kordon | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowell in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 debris flow. 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 2019 | Debris Flow | Lowell | $100,000 | Oregon Department of Transportation had to close highway 58 due to at least 3 landslides between Lowell and Oakridge. There were other landslides reported around the area as well, along LaDuke Road, Big Fall Creek Road, Winberry Road, and Sweet Creek Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Unity | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Fall Creek | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Trent | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Winberry | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Jasper | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Cloverdale | 9.7 miles | 14 |
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 Lowell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2714928 | 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 1123549. 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.






