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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.

Myrtle Point within Coos County

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

Population over time

3 figures

Myrtle 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.

YearPeople Change
20002,451
20102,514+63 (+3%)
20202,475-39 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

76 since 1992

Regional 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 burning28
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2006Smokingunder an acreBridge UnitENDICOTT CREEK
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD HIGHWAY 42
5 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPARSONAGE LANE 1
5 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPARSONAGE LANE 2
4 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreBridge UnitSINATRA LANE
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBridge UnitNORTH FORK #2
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBridge UnitNORTH FORK #1
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHALLS CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mcleod QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
GuerinManganeseOccurrence
Guerin ManganeseManganeseOccurrence1941
Bob Angell, IncStoneProducer
Endicott Creek PitStonePast Producer
Leep QuarryStonePast Producer
Leep QuarryStoneProducer
Mcleod QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Section 14 PitStonePast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Coos 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
Estabrook1.5 miles19
Norway2.7 miles19
Arago3.8 miles19
Broadbent3.9 miles19
Gravelford4.3 miles19
Etelka (historical)7.2 miles18
Bridge7.5 miles19
Gaylord7.7 miles18

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 PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2439257The 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.