Seaside, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Seaside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97138. It stands on Necanicum River. The Survey maps it on the Tillamook Head quadrangle. 7,115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 17 feet above sea level.
Research this city
On record in Seaside
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 4 records
William and Nellie Fullam Houselisted 1991
Haller-Black Houselisted 1991
Charles Preston Houselisted 1991
Tillamook Rock Lighthouselisted 1981
Population over time
3 figuresSeaside grew from 5,900 to 7,115 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 | 5,900 | |
| 2010 | 6,457 | +557 (+9%) |
| 2020 | 7,115 | +658 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1940 USGS Cape Falcon quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Tillamook Head quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Cannon Beach quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Nehalem River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Seaside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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 | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Astoria District | HWY 101 N |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Astoria District | RIPPETT RD FIRE |
| 26 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Astoria District | CZ CAMP |
| 23 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Astoria District | THOMPSON CREEK |
| 15 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Astoria District | BLUE BIRD |
| 13 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SLEEPY SURFER |
| 13 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BROWN BAG |
| 11 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OSTER RD PILE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Seaside: 18 past producers, 11 producers, 1 occurrence. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clatsop Peat Soils | Peat | Past Producer | ||
| Mulligan Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Square Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Edith Gallaher Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Edith Gallaher Clay | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| P M West Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| P. M. West Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Graprock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Graprock Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Hamlet Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seaside in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 3 flood, 2 tornado, 1 waterspout, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Seaside | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Seaside | $3,000 | A weak tornado did minor damage to the Kinni-Kinnic Lodge and an adjacent home on Beach Street in Seaside. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Seaside | - | Street flooding stranded vehicles along Circle Creek about 1 mile south of Seaside, OR. |
| January 2018 | Hail | Seaside | - | Picture on Twitter from Seaside showed 2 inch hail. A trained spotter also reported 1 inch hail 1 mile north of Seaside. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Seaside | - | With heavy rain and high tides hitting the North Coast Saturday night, Oregon Department of Transportation officials closed Highway 101 two miles south of Seaside from 08:20 PST. The Necanicum River and Beerman Creek overflowed their banks which caused about 15 inches of water on highway 101. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Seaside | - | Heavy rain caused the Necanicum River to overflow its banks and flood highway 101 near mile post 23. Approximately 10 inches of water was flowing across the highway. |
| September 1996 | Waterspout | Seaside | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearhart | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Surf Pines | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Melville | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cannon Beach | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Carnahan | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sunset Beach | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Chadwell (historical) | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Tolovana Park | 8.6 miles | 15 |
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 Seaside | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2624434 | 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 1136735. 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.







