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Myrtle Creek, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Myrtle Creek-Riddle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97457. It stands on Myrtle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Myrtle Creek quadrangle. 3,481 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 660 feet above sea level.

Myrtle Creek within Douglas County

On record in Myrtle Creek

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

Population over time

3 figures

Myrtle Creek grew from 3,419 to 3,481 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.

YearPeople Change
20003,419
20103,439+20 (+1%)
20203,481+42 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

158 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Myrtle Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 159 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Natural35
Equipment and vehicle use33
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationDAYS CREEK CUTOFF # 2
9 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationDAYS CREEK CUTOFF # 3
9 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationDAYS CREEK CUTOFF # 1
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDouglas Forest Protective AssociationDIVISION STREET #2
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationK-BAR CANYON
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.8 acresDouglas Forest Protective AssociationDIVISION STREET #1
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH MYRTLE
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRoseburg DistrictFOREST ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Myrtle Creek: 14 past producers, 11 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A MineChromiumProducerChromite
A-MineChromiumPast Producer
Dodson DepositLimestone, GeneralProducer
Dodson DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
FristoeIronPast Producer
FristoeIronPast Producer
Judd CreekStonePast Producer
Judd Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Stuempges Copper ProspectCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Douglas County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Weaver1.3 miles17
Tri-City2.6 miles15
Surprise Valley4.6 miles15
Gazley5.3 miles16
Riddle6.1 miles15
Round Prairie6.2 miles17
Canyonville6.4 miles15
Days Creek7.2 miles16

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 Myrtle CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981114The 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 1124576. 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.