Silverton, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Silverton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97381. The Survey maps it on the Silverton quadrangle. 10,484 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 249 feet above sea level.
On record in Silverton
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 12 of 13 shown
Louise Adams Houselisted 2015
Calvary Lutheran Church & Parsonagelisted 1985
Murton E. and Lillian DeGuire Houselisted 2011
DeGuire-Ludowitzki Houselisted 2015
June D. Drake Houselisted 2011
Magnus and Emma Ek Houselisted 2013
Gallon House Bridgelisted 1979
Miller Cemetery Churchlisted 1978
Joseph Henry Moser Barnlisted 2013
Peter and Bertha Soderberg Houselisted 2013
Victor Point Schoollisted 1996- McCallister-Gash Farmhouselisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresSilverton grew from 9,222 to 10,484 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 | 9,222 | |
| 2020 | 10,484 | +1,262 (+14%) |
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.
- 1923 USGS Mount Angel quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Mount Angel quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Silverton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Silverton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 1 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 | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Santiam Unit | DAVIS CREEK |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santiam Unit | 213 GRASS |
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santiam Unit | VICTOR POINT RD. #1. |
| 4 September 2014 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LAURIE LANE |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Santiam Unit | VICTOR POINT #2 |
| 3 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Molalla Unit | ENDRESON |
| 26 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | DAVIS CREEK GRASS |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Santiam Unit | MASCHER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Silverton: 8 past producers, 8 producers, 3 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Occurrence #1 | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Fall Creek Ranch Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Victor Point Locality No. 19 | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Abiqua Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Abiqua Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pembroke/Silverton Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pembroke/Silverton Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Davis Creek | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Davis Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hickman Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silverton in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Silverton | - | A Silverton Police Officer reported seeing a tornado touch down near Silverton between 330 and 345 PM. No damages or injuries were reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Downs | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Willard (historical) | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Angel | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| North Howell | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Dominic (historical) | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pratum | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Scotts Mills | 6.6 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 Silverton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q947353 | 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 1126975. 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.







