Shady Cove, Oregon
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Shady Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97539. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shady Cove quadrangle. 3,081 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,406 feet above sea level.
Population over time
5 figuresShady Cove grew from 1,097 to 3,081 between 1980 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1,097 | |
| 1990 | 1,351 | +254 (+23%) |
| 2000 | 2,307 | +956 (+71%) |
| 2010 | 2,904 | +597 (+26%) |
| 2020 | 3,081 | +177 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1897 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1943 USGS Trail quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Shady Cove quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Crater Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
206 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Shady Cove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 705 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Other causes | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
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 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | ROCK SPRINGS |
| 9 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Medford Unit | CHAUMA |
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Medford Unit | INDIAN CREEK |
| 8 September 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Medford District | SHADY TRAIL |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | SOWELL DR |
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | RRIVER DR |
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Medford Unit | RIGHT FIRE |
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Medford Unit | LEFT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Shady Cove: 12 occurrences, 8 past producers, 7 producers, 5 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger's Cinnabar Properties | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Canyon Creek Mining Co. | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Tower Rock Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Tower Rock Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Trail Uranium | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Trail Uranium | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Idian Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Indian Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shady Cove in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | Shady Cove | - | Jackson County Dispatch reported the following: flood waters entering a home in Shady Cove at 13/0142 PST, flood waters entering a home in the 1200 block of Highway 62 in Eagle Point, flood waters 1 foot deep in a home 1 NNE Shady Cove and 4-5 inches deep in another home 1 NNE Shady Cove, and flood waters 4-5 inches deep in a home 1 W White City. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shady Cove | - | See below. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etna (historical) | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Trail | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Rogue Elk | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Derby (historical) | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Spikenard (historical) | 7.4 miles | 19 | |
| McLeod | 7.5 miles | 20 | |
| Asbestos (historical) | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| Beagle | 8.0 miles | 19 |
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 Shady Cove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458923 | 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 1158474. 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.








