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Rogue River, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Northwest Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97537. It stands on Evans Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rogue River quadrangle. 2,407 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level.

Rogue River within Jackson County

On record in Rogue River

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 1 record

Population over time

11 figures

Rogue River grew from 211 to 2,407 between 1920 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
1920211
1930286+75 (+36%)
1940383+97 (+34%)
1950590+207 (+54%)
1960520-70 (-12%)
1970841+321 (+62%)
19801,308+467 (+56%)
19901,759+451 (+34%)
20001,847+88 (+5%)
20102,131+284 (+15%)
20202,407+276 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

363 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 363 fires within 5 miles of Rogue River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,978 acres in total. 61 started naturally. 28 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 use101
Natural61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism28
Smoking27
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Recreation and ceremony18
Other causes13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Fireworks10
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 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford DistrictROGUE RIVER HWY
8 September 2002Fireworksunder an acreGrants Pass UnitFOOTHILL BLVD
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford DistrictROGEURIV 3
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGrants Pass UnitROGUE RIVER HWY. #3
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.6 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersN RIVER ROAD
7 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMedford DistrictPP R6335 LAURELWOOD
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGrants Pass UnitAVERILL POND
7 September 1994Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGrants Pass UnitPOWER POLE #R5436

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 107 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 107 workings within 5 miles of Rogue River: 47 past producers, 26 occurrences, 21 prospects, 11 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Silver, Stone. 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
Big Buck ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ManganesePast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Big Buck ProspectGold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Bristol Silica Co. MineSilica, DolomiteProducer
Cartinell MineGold, CopperProspect
Cartinell ProspectGold, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Hidden TreasureGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Hidden TreasureGold, Silver, Lead, CopperProspect
IrwinCopper, Molybdenum, Gold, Bismuth, TinOccurrenceVein
Irwin Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenum, Gold, BismuthPast ProducerCassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Irwin Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenum, Bismuth, TelluriumProspect

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rogue River in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007Thunderstorm WindRogue River$100,000Strong straight-line winds associated with a thunderstorm swept through portions of Jackson County. Numerous downed large trees were reported, and some of them damaged vehicles and trailers when they fell. Most of the damage was reported near the city of Rogue River. No injuries or deaths were reported.
January 2016FloodRogue River-A spotter 5N Rogue River reported that Evans Creek was out of its banks at 17/1518 PST.
June 2008HailRogue River-A Severe Thunderstorm moved through Rogue River. In addition to the hail, strong winds disrupted the annual Rooster Crow event in town, overturning a number of booths at the event.

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
Foots Creek2.8 miles16
Starvation Heights3.4 miles16
Dardanelles6.1 miles16
Draper (historical)6.2 miles16
Gold Hill6.4 miles16
Wimer7.2 miles17
Tolo10.7 miles23
Provolt10.7 miles16

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 Rogue RiverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2650126The 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 1166706. 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.