Pacific City, Oregon
16 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 97135. It stands on Horn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nestucca Bay quadrangle. 1,109 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresPacific City grew from 1,027 to 1,109 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 | 1,027 | |
| 2010 | 1,035 | +8 (+1%) |
| 2020 | 1,109 | +74 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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 Nestucca Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Pacific City between 1992 and 2018, burning about 13 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tillamook District | CONDOR RD |
| 21 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | ROCK PIT 112 |
| 21 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tillamook District | RED BARN |
| 18 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROCKPIT FIRE |
| 13 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | JENCK ROAD |
| 1 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | ELK HOOF |
| 1 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Tillamook District | HUDSON HOUSE |
| 9 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tillamook District | STUCK - I |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Pacific City: 11 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clear Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| East Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hurliman Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Johnson Wirth Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pacific City in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2007: 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 2007 | Heavy Rain | Pacific City | - | A total accumulation of 2.40 inches was reported in Pacific City. |
| September 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Pacific City | - | A resident of Pacific City reported seeing a funnel clouod over the ocean touch down briefly over the ocean and again inland. No damages were reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Oretown | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Tierra Del Mar | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cloverdale | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Meda | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hebo | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Neskowin | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sandlake | 7.3 miles | 17 |
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 Pacific City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1746597 | 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 1136609. 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.








