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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.

Redwood within Josephine County

Population over time

3 figures

Redwood 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.

YearPeople Change
20005,844
20102,627-3,217 (-55%)
20202,702+75 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

515 since 1992

Regional 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 use136
Debris and open burning70
Smoking63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Other causes35
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Natural31
Fireworks29
Recreation and ceremony27
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Arson/incendiarism14
Firearms and explosives use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictREDWOOD HWY 7910
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitVERTICAL DRIVE
9 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGrants Pass UnitHIGHLAND AVE
9 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGrants Pass UnitLEONARD ROAD
9 September 1999Other causesunder an acreGrants Pass UnitSLEEPY HOLLOW LOOP
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersREDWOOD HWY 4444
8 September 2011Smoking2.5 acresGrants Pass UnitHILLCREST
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGrants Pass Unit2119 WILLIAMS HWY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cal-Ore Power Co.NickelOccurrence
Cal-Ore Power Co.NickelUnknown
Derick BeryliumBerylliumProspect
Gold ProspectGoldOccurrence
JosephineBerylliumOccurrence
L. E. J. Asbestos MineAsbestosPast Producer
L.E.J. AsbestosAsbestosProducerMetamorphic
Unnamed P9itGraniteProducer
Unnamed PitGraniteProducer
Unnamed ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Josephine 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
Grants Pass3.3 miles19
Fruitdale4.2 miles19
New Hope4.2 miles17
Wilderville5.0 miles18
Murphy5.9 miles17
Merlin6.8 miles17
Wonder8.8 miles18
Pleasant Valley9.3 miles17

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 RedwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3301421The 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.