Redwood, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Grants Pass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97527. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilderville quadrangle. 2,702 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresRedwood fell from 5,844 to 2,702 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 | 5,844 | |
| 2010 | 2,627 | -3,217 (-55%) |
| 2020 | 2,702 | +75 (+3%) |
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.
- 1908 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Grants Pass NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wilderville quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Grants Pass quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Wilderville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
515 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 515 fires within 5 miles of Redwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 14 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 use | 136 |
| Debris and open burning | 70 |
| Smoking | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Other causes | 35 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 33 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Fireworks | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | REDWOOD HWY 7910 |
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | VERTICAL DRIVE |
| 9 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | HIGHLAND AVE |
| 9 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | LEONARD ROAD |
| 9 September 1999 | Other causes | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | SLEEPY HOLLOW LOOP |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | REDWOOD HWY 4444 |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | 2.5 acres | Grants Pass Unit | HILLCREST |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | 2119 WILLIAMS HWY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Redwood: 25 past producers, 10 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal-Ore Power Co. | Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Cal-Ore Power Co. | Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Derick Berylium | Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| Gold Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Josephine | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| L. E. J. Asbestos Mine | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| L.E.J. Asbestos | Asbestos | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Unnamed P9it | Granite | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants Pass | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Fruitdale | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| New Hope | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Wilderville | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Murphy | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Merlin | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Wonder | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 9.3 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 Redwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3301421 | 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 1867477. 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.








