Sheridan, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Sheridan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97378. The Survey maps it on the Sheridan quadrangle. 4,639 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 189 feet above sea level.
On record in Sheridan
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
Travelers Homelisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresSheridan fell from 6,127 to 4,639 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 | 6,127 | |
| 2020 | 4,639 | -1,488 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1942 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Yamhill River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Sheridan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | 117 acres | Forest Grove District | DUPEE VALLEY FIRE |
| 21 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Forest Grove District | ROCK CREEK |
| 2 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Forest Grove District | GRAUER ROAD FIRE |
| 15 September 2006 | Other causes | under an acre | Dallas Unit | BUCK HOLLOW RD. |
| 12 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Forest Grove District | SUNNYRIDGE BURN |
| 27 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | WILEY ROAD FIRE |
| 24 August 2005 | Fireworks | 2.1 acres | Forest Grove District | SUNNY RIDGE FIRE |
| 23 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | BEAVER CREEK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Sheridan: 7 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindell Weir Prospect | Silver, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Kindell Weir Prospect | Silver, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Buell Limestone | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Buell Limestone | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Tschanz Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Tschanz Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Williams Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Williams Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheridan in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 heavy rain. 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 | Heavy Rain | Sheridan | $146,000 | The Oregon State route 22 was closed due to erosion (sinkhole) from heavy rain. Oregon state route 153 was closed due to high water on the roads between mile markers 1 and 6. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Willamina | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Amity | 10.0 miles | 21 | |
| Whiteson | 11.1 miles | 21 | |
| Grand Ronde Agency | 11.6 miles | 15 | |
| McMinnville | 12.9 miles | 21 | |
| Eola Crest | 13.5 miles | 21 | |
| Eola Village | 13.6 miles | 21 |
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 Sheridan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2107670 | 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 1163267. 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.







