Newport, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97365. It stands on Bains Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newport North quadrangle. 10,256 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 134 feet above sea level.
On record in Newport
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 5 records
New Cliff Houselisted 1986
Old Yaquina Bay Lighthouselisted 1974
Charles and Theresa Roper Houselisted 1981
Yaquina Bay Bridge No. 01820listed 2005
Yaquina Head Lighthouselisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresNewport grew from 9,989 to 10,256 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9,989 | |
| 2020 | 10,256 | +267 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1942 USGS Yaquina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Yaquina quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Yaquina NE quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Yaquina NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Newport quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Newport North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Newport between 1992 and 2018, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Toledo Unit | DAVIS SLOUGH |
| 21 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BIG CREEK FIRE |
| 10 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | STATION FIRE |
| 7 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SURF FIRE |
| 7 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FRISBEE FIRE |
| 24 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 20 GRASS FIRE |
| 22 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Toledo Unit | NORTH THIEL |
| 21 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Toledo Unit | AGATE BEACH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Newport: 13 past producers, 11 producers, 2 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Ilmenite | Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Big Creek-Yaquina Bay-Newport Placer | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite, Ilmenite | |
| Agate Beach | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Agate Beach Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Blattner Creek Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Blattner Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Mountain Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newport in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Heights | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| South Beach | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Agate Beach | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Yaquina | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fruitvale | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Holiday Beach | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Oysterville | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Beverly Beach | 5.8 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 Newport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q824111 | 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 1124669. 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.










