Port Orford, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Port Orford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97465. It stands on Gold Run Creek. The Survey maps it on the Port Orford quadrangle. 1,146 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 59 feet above sea level.
On record in Port Orford
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 3 records
- Peter John Lindberg Houselisted 2015
- Port Orford City Jaillisted 2025
- Port Orford Coast Guard Stationlisted 1998
Population over time
3 figuresPort Orford fell from 1,153 to 1,146 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 | 1,153 | |
| 2010 | 1,133 | -20 (-2%) |
| 2020 | 1,146 | +13 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1899 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Port Orford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Port Orford between 1992 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | PARADISE POINT |
| 5 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HUBBARD CREEK |
| 24 September 2006 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Gold Beach Unit | HUMBUG |
| 21 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | ROCKY POINT |
| 19 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | RETZ CREEK |
| 13 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | BATTLE ROCK |
| 13 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | FIR ROAD |
| 8 August 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Gold Beach Unit | RHODY LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Port Orford: 15 past producers, 5 producers, 2 occurrences. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Blanco | Osmium, Platinum, Gold, Chromium | Past Producer | Chromite, Gold, Platinum | |
| Cape Blanco Mine | Gold, Platinum, Osmium | Past Producer | ||
| Hubbard Creek Beach Placer | Gold, Platinum, Chromium | Occurrence | Beach Placer | |
| Hubbard Creek Beach Placer | Gold, PGE, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Meek's Placer | Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Osmium, Iridium | Past Producer | Beach Placer | |
| Meeks Mine | Gold, Osmium, Iridium | Past Producer | ||
| Anderson Site | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wahl Site | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Anderson Site | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Griffith Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Orford in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2010: 1 heavy rain, 1 storm surge/tide, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Storm Surge/Tide | Port Orford | $300,000 | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Port Orford | - | A blogger took a picture of a waterspout off of Humbug Mountain and posted it. This event was not reported directly to the NWS. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| January 1998 | Heavy Rain | Port Orford | - | 2.24 inches of rainfall was recorded in 8 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sixes | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Plum Trees | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Denmark | 10.2 miles | 18 | |
| Lakeport (historical) | 10.9 miles | 18 | |
| Langlois | 12.5 miles | 18 | |
| Ophir | 14.0 miles | 17 | |
| Nesika Beach | 17.1 miles | 17 | |
| Eckley (historical) | 17.8 miles | 18 |
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 Port Orford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q996786 | 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 1147902. 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.








