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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.

Oakridge within Lane County

Population over time

3 figures

Oakridge 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.

YearPeople Change
20003,148
20103,205+57 (+2%)
20203,206+1 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

185 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony47
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning12
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes3
Fireworks3

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
9 September 2017Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestLARSON
9 September 2000Other causesunder an acreEast Lane Unit - ODFSOUTH HIGH PRAIRIE
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresWillamette National ForestBALD BUTTE
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresWillamette National ForestLA DUKE
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWillamette National ForestWAY CREEK MF
4 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWillamette National ForestCT BEACH MF
3 September 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWillamette National ForestBUCKHEAD R-R
3 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distribution2.7 acresEast Lane Unit - ODFBAR-B-L

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dunning RoadStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Dunning Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oakridge Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oakridge Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Salmon CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Salmon Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lane County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1996WildfireOakridge$1,700,000no account filed
August 1996WildfireOakridge$1,700,000no account filed
August 2013HailOakridge-Spotter estimated hail size of 0.88 inch.
August 2004HailOakridge-A NWS spotter's father near Oakridge reported 3/4-inch diameter hail from a thunderstorm.
August 1998WildfireOakridge-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 2003HailOakridge-no account filed
August 1996WildfireOakridge-no account filed
September 1996WildfireOakridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lane 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
Willamette City1.2 miles15
Westfir2.0 miles14
McCredie Springs9.5 miles15
Armet (historical)9.9 miles15
Bohemia (historical)15.1 miles15
Glenwood (historical)15.6 miles15
Disston16.7 miles14
Wildwood19.4 miles14

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 OakridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2369855The 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.