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Phoenix, Oregon

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Medford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97535. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Medford East quadrangle. 4,475 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,543 feet above sea level.

Phoenix within Jackson County

On record in Phoenix

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 2 records

Population over time

13 figures

Phoenix grew from 277 to 4,475 between 1880 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
1880277
1910250
1920159-91 (-36%)
1930439+280 (+176%)
1940432-7 (-2%)
1950746+314 (+73%)
1960769+23 (+3%)
19701,287+518 (+67%)
19802,309+1,022 (+79%)
19903,239+930 (+40%)
20004,061+822 (+25%)
20104,538+477 (+12%)
20204,475-63 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Phoenix between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,008 acres in total. 24 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
Equipment and vehicle use40
Natural24
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Arson/incendiarism10
Fireworks5
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford UnitTALENT AVE
5 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMedford UnitGRIFFIN CREEK
26 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMedford UnitGRIFFIN CRK #2
26 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitCHERRY LANE
26 September 2000Firearms and explosives useunder an acreMedford UnitTURKEY CANNON
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresMedford UnitGARDNER WAY
22 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitTERRI DR.
22 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitDARK HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Phoenix: 28 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CaseyGold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceVein
CaseyGold, Silver, LeadProspect
Medford Ready Mix Pit and CrusherSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Briner Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Briner QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Harmony GroupTungstenOccurrence
Harmony GroupTungstenOccurrence
PhillipsMercuryProspectCinnabar
Phillips MineMercuryProspect
Brownsboro Pit & PlantStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Phoenix in 2 storm reports in 2024: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPhoenix$160,000More than 2 dozen pine trees of 1 to 2 ft. diameter snapped or fell, as well as a 3.5 to 4 ft. diameter tree that fell and demolished a fence. A tree fell on a power line in Central Point, which destroyed a mobile home and caused a 15 acre wildfire.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPhoenix-There were several downed trees with a diameter of 4 to 6 in. and height of 20 to 30 ft. Downpours also caused a creek to overflow with flooding of a yard, orchard, and a basement.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Talent2.6 miles22
Medford4.7 miles23
Perrydale (historical)7.3 miles23
Bybee Corner7.7 miles23
Ashland8.0 miles22
Jacksonville8.3 miles23
Four Corners8.6 miles23
Central Point8.7 miles23

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 PhoenixAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1922043The 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 1161474. 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.