Pistol River, Oregon
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Gold Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97444. It stands on Crook Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cape Sebastian quadrangle. 89 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 21 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPistol River grew from 84 to 89 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 | 84 | |
| 2020 | 89 | +5 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Gold Beach quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Cape Sebastian quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Gold Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Pistol River between 1992 and 2019, burning about 340 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CARPENTERVILLE ROAD |
| 1 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Gold Beach Unit | WALKER LANE |
| 9 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.8 acres | Gold Beach Unit | GLADE CREEK |
| 5 July 2004 | Fireworks | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | S PISTOL RIVER |
| 27 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PISTOL RIVER |
| 22 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ARCH ROCK |
| 20 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 148 acres | Gold Beach Unit | PISTOL RIVER |
| 17 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Coos Bay District | CARPENTERVILLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Pistol River: 10 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyers Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Myers Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Harden Brook Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite | |
| Harden Brook Manganese | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Bankus Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bankus Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crockett | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crockett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Curry Co Rd Dept #5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Curry County Road Ept. Pit No. 5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pistol River in 2 storm reports in 2012: 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Flood | Pistol River | - | The Elks and Sixes rivers showed impacts from flooding. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Pistol River | - | The Chetco, Elk, and Sixes rivers were all impacted by flooding. It is likely that other streams in the area such as the Pistol and Winchuck were similarly impacted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenterville | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hunter Creek | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Gold Beach | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wedderburn | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| Knoxville (historical) | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Jerrys Flat (historical) | 12.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bagnell Ferry | 13.1 miles | 11 | |
| Nesika Beach | 15.8 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 Pistol River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459623 | 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 1147776. 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.





