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Siletz, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Siletz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97380. It lies near Government Hill. The Survey maps it on the Toledo North quadrangle. 1,230 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 130 feet above sea level.

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Siletz within Lincoln County

On record in Siletz

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

3 figures

Siletz grew from 1,133 to 1,230 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,133
20101,212+79 (+7%)
20201,230+18 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Siletz between 1992 and 2019, burning about 66 acres in total. 2 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 burning19
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks3
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Firearms and explosives use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 September 2007Firearms and explosives useunder an acreToledo UnitGUN RANGE FIRE
26 September 1993Smoking2.0 acresToledo UnitSTANTON CEMETERY
26 September 1993Smokingunder an acreToledo UnitOLD RIVER ROAD
23 September 2000Smokingunder an acreToledo UnitDERRICK LAKE
23 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitSILETZ RIVER
27 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitSHOTGUN
26 August 2009Fireworksunder an acreToledo UnitHAPPY VALLEY
25 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitCAMP 12 LOOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Siletz: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold. 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
Baldface PlacersGoldProspect
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Siletz Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Siletz Plant SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Siletz Plant SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

9 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Siletz in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 9 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
January 2012FloodSiletz$2,000,000Heavy rain caused the Siletz River near Siletz to overflow its banks and flood low lying areas. The Siletz River crested at 23.5 feet on January 19th at 2 pm PST, 7.5 feet above flood stage.
December 2015FloodSiletz$128,000Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the Siltez river near Siletz and the Alsea River near Tidewater. High water covered many roads.
November 2021FloodSiletz-The Siletz River near Siletz (SILO3) rose above flood stage of 16 feet at 0830PST of the 11th, crested at 18.1 feet at 1345PST on the 11th, then fell below flood stage at 2200PST on the 12th.
December 2020FloodSiletz-The gage on the Siletz river near Siletz (SILO3) crested at 17.6 feet. Flood stage is 16.0 feet. No damage was reported.
November 2016FloodSiletz-Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the Siletz River at Siletz. The Siletz River reached flood stage at 115 AM on November 25th, and crested at 16.5 feet at 345 AM on November 25th. The river dropped below flood stage at 715 AM on November 25.
December 2014FloodSiletz-The Siletz River at Siletz reached flood stage of 20 feet at 1045 PM PST on December 20th. The river crested at 20.33 feet at 1230 AM PST on December 21st, before dropping below flood stage an hour later.
November 2012FloodSiletz-Heavy rain caused the Siletz River near Siletz to overflow its banks and flood low lying areas. The Siletz River crested at 16.8 feet on January 19th at 6 pm PST, 0.8 feet above flood stage.
November 2006FloodSiletz-The Siletz River near Siletz crested at 23.0 feet on November 7th, with flood stage at 16.0 feet.
January 2006FloodSiletz-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Bellamy (historical)2.3 miles11
Fruitvale5.6 miles11
Pioneer5.7 miles11
Morrison (historical)6.1 miles11
Pioneer City (historical)6.4 miles11
Logsden6.8 miles11
Chitwood6.9 miles11
Toledo7.0 miles11

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 SiletzAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2241347The 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 1126955. 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.