Oakridge, Oregon
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Oakridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97463. It stands on Salmon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oakridge quadrangle. 3,206 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,240 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresOakridge grew from 3,148 to 3,206 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 | 3,148 | |
| 2010 | 3,205 | +57 (+2%) |
| 2020 | 3,206 | +1 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1925 USGS Waldo Lake quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Oakridge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Oakridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Oakridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Oakridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
185 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Oakridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,400 acres in total. 42 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 47 |
| Natural | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | LARSON |
| 9 September 2000 | Other causes | under an acre | East Lane Unit - ODF | SOUTH HIGH PRAIRIE |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Willamette National Forest | BALD BUTTE |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Willamette National Forest | LA DUKE |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | WAY CREEK MF |
| 4 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | CT BEACH MF |
| 3 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Willamette National Forest | BUCKHEAD R-R |
| 3 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.7 acres | East Lane Unit - ODF | BAR-B-L |
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 Oakridge: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunning Road | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dunning Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oakridge Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oakridge Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Salmon Creek | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Salmon Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakridge in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2013: 5 wildfire, 3 hail. 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 1996 | Wildfire | Oakridge | $1,700,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Wildfire | Oakridge | $1,700,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Oakridge | - | Spotter estimated hail size of 0.88 inch. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Oakridge | - | A NWS spotter's father near Oakridge reported 3/4-inch diameter hail from a thunderstorm. |
| August 1998 | Wildfire | Oakridge | - | An accidentally human-caused fire consumed 260 acres of timber on steep ridges along the North Fork of the Willamette River east of Road 19 near Huckleberry Flats in the High Prairie area. No injuries or significant property damage were attributed to what was known as the Gorge fire. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Oakridge | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Wildfire | Oakridge | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Wildfire | Oakridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette City | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Westfir | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| McCredie Springs | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Armet (historical) | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bohemia (historical) | 15.1 miles | 15 | |
| Glenwood (historical) | 15.6 miles | 15 | |
| Disston | 16.7 miles | 14 | |
| Wildwood | 19.4 miles | 14 |
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 Oakridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2369855 | 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 1166689. 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.






