Neskowin, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Neskowin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97149. It stands on Hawk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neskowin quadrangle. 205 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresNeskowin grew from 169 to 205 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 | 169 | |
| 2010 | 134 | -35 (-21%) |
| 2020 | 205 | +71 (+53%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1941 USGS Nestucca Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Nestucca Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hebo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Yamhill River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Neskowin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Neskowin between 1992 and 2015, burning about 73 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | HOLIDAY |
| 2 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.9 acres | Tillamook District | HAWK CREEK |
| 16 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | 1690 |
| 7 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Tillamook District | SQUAW CREEK |
| 30 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HORIZON VIEW |
| 29 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | AUSTIN |
| 22 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SOUTH BEACH |
| 1 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | NESTUCCA BEACH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Neskowin: 8 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Neskowin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| West/Winema Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| East | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Neskowin Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Ogle Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neskowin in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Neskowin | - | A tornado briefly touched down over Cascade Head around 830 AM. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oretown | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Meda | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Pacific City | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Woods | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Cloverdale | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Happy Hollow | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Tierra Del Mar | 10.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hebo | 10.7 miles | 16 |
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 Neskowin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2688863 | 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 1146783. 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.








