Medford, Oregon
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Medford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97501. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Medford West quadrangle. 85,824 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,382 feet above sea level.
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On record in Medford
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 12 of 45 shown
Sophenia Ish Baker Houselisted 1993
Barnum Hotellisted 1984
BPOE Lodge No. 1168listed 1980
William Bybee Houselisted 1977
Frank Chamberlain Clark Houselisted 1982
Cooley-Neff Warehouselisted 2007
Corning Court Ensemblelisted 1991
Eden Valley Orchardlisted 2000
Fluhrer Bakery Buildinglisted 1983
Andrew J. Fredenburg Houselisted 1982
Frederic E. Furry Houselisted 1980
Gates, C. E. "Pop", Houselisted 1991
Population over time
14 figuresMedford grew from 967 to 85,824 between 1890 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 967 | |
| 1900 | 1,791 | +824 (+85%) |
| 1910 | 8,840 | +7,049 (+394%) |
| 1920 | 5,756 | -3,084 (-35%) |
| 1930 | 11,007 | +5,251 (+91%) |
| 1940 | 11,281 | +274 (+2%) |
| 1950 | 17,305 | +6,024 (+53%) |
| 1960 | 24,425 | +7,120 (+41%) |
| 1970 | 28,973 | +4,548 (+19%) |
| 1980 | 39,746 | +10,773 (+37%) |
| 1990 | 46,951 | +7,205 (+18%) |
| 2000 | 63,154 | +16,203 (+35%) |
| 2010 | 74,907 | +11,753 (+19%) |
| 2020 | 85,824 | +10,917 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1897 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1938 USGS Medford quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Medford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Medford SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Medford West quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Medford quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Medford West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Medford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 932 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 16 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 | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SOUTH STAGE 4760 |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | N ROXY |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | S. STAGE |
| 26 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | CHERRY LANE |
| 22 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | DARK HOLLOW |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 633 acres | Medford Unit | DEER RIDGE |
| 2 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford Unit | 3645 PIONEER |
| 18 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | GLORY C |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 42 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Medford: 31 past producers, 8 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bucket | Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Blue Bucket | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson Mining Company | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Jacksonville Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Jacksonville Placer 5 | Gold | Past Producer | 1851 | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Bob Swindler | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bob Swindler | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Brownsboro Pit & Plant | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Medford in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 10 hail, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Medford | - | The Mail Tribune newspaper and the police scanner indicated that numerous trees were knocked down in the Medford area. Some fell into power lines, causing multiple power outages. Other fell into vehicles and homes. Lightning also was the suspected cause of at least one structure fire. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medford | - | A member of the public reported trees down at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Medford | - | This warning was issued based on radar reports. A threshold VIL density for 1 inch hail was determined with ground truth earlier in the day and this warning was issued based on radar returns exceeding that threshold. Therefore it is assumed that this storm produced 1 inch or larger hail at some point in its lifespan. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Medford | - | This employee also reported 0.96 inches of rain. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Medford | - | Reported by Scott Lewis at KDRV television station. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Medford | - | A trained spotter 1 mile from the airport on Merriman Road reported hail that dented the roof of his car. He also measured 0.20 inches of rain. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Medford | - | Spotter JA40 in northeast Medford reported 3/4 inch hail and heavy rain. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Medford | - | Thai Bistro reported 3/4 inch hail covering ground at Stevens and Biddle. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Medford | - | Spotter JA61 in northeast Medford reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medford | - | See below. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medford | - | Spotter reported one tree and lots of limbs blown down. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Medford | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medford | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Medford | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Medford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perrydale (historical) | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Central Point | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Bybee Corner | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Four Corners | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Phoenix | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Jacksonville | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Seven Oaks | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Talent | 7.2 miles | 22 |
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 Medford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q836663 | 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 1124040. 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.











