Myrtle Point, Oregon
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Myrtle Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97458. It stands on Matheny Creek. The Survey maps it on the Myrtle Point quadrangle. 2,475 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 131 feet above sea level.
On record in Myrtle Point
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
Edwin and Ethel Abernethy Houselisted 1988
Black, A. H. and Company, Buildinglisted 1990- Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saintslisted 1979
Population over time
3 figuresMyrtle Point grew from 2,451 to 2,475 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 | 2,451 | |
| 2010 | 2,514 | +63 (+3%) |
| 2020 | 2,475 | -39 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1896 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Coquille quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Coquille quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Myrtle Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Myrtle Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 4 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 | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Bridge Unit | ENDICOTT CREEK |
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OLD HIGHWAY 42 |
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PARSONAGE LANE 1 |
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PARSONAGE LANE 2 |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bridge Unit | SINATRA LANE |
| 30 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bridge Unit | NORTH FORK #2 |
| 30 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Bridge Unit | NORTH FORK #1 |
| 28 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HALLS CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Myrtle Point: 46 past producers, 5 producers, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcleod Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Guerin | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Guerin Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | 1941 | |
| Bob Angell, Inc | Stone | Producer | ||
| Endicott Creek Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Leep Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Leep Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Mcleod Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Section 14 Pit | Stone | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estabrook | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Norway | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Arago | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Broadbent | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Gravelford | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Etelka (historical) | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Bridge | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Gaylord | 7.7 miles | 18 |
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 Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2439257 | 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 1124581. 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.









