Scio, Oregon
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Scio-Lacomb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97374. The Survey maps it on the Scio quadrangle. 956 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 317 feet above sea level.
On record in Scio
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 7 records
David and Maggie Aegerter Barnlisted 1999
Hannah Bridgelisted 1979
E.C. Perry Buildinglisted 1998
Michael and Mary Ryan Barnlisted 1999
Thomas Creek-Shimanek Covered Bridgelisted 1987
Joseph Wesely House and Barnlisted 1986
Z.C.B.J. Tolstoj Lodge No. 224listed 1995
Population over time
2 figuresScio grew from 838 to 956 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 | 838 | |
| 2020 | 956 | +118 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 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.
- 1921 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:48000
- 1924 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Scio quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS North Santiam River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Scio between 1992 and 2019, burning about 20 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | LARWOOD DRIVE |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RICHARDSON BURNS 2 |
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sweet Home Unit - ODF | ROGERS MTN. LOOP |
| 19 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MILL CREEK |
| 19 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.7 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RODGERS MTN. FIRE |
| 19 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santiam Unit | BROKEDOWN |
| 18 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.5 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HAY GAP FIRE |
| 10 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santiam Unit | SHINDLER ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Scio: 10 past producers, 10 producers, 1 occurrence. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Occurrence | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Brock | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Brock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Phillips Site | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scio in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2020: 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Hail | Scio | - | Penny to nickel size hail accumulated on the ground. Report from social media. |
| January 2012 | Flood | Scio | - | Widespread low-land flooding occurred in Linn County, resulting in considerable flood damage to homes in Scio. 870 residents of Scio had to be evacuated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Scio | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Shelburn | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Dotyville (historical) | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Crabtree | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Kingston | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Jordan | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Central (historical) | 8.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lacomb | 10.0 miles | 12 |
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 Scio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2796220 | 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 1126672. 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.













