Sutherlin, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sutherlin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97479. It lies near Camas Swale. The Survey maps it on the Sutherlin quadrangle. 8,524 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 515 feet above sea level.
On record in Sutherlin
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 2 records
Sutherlin Bank Buildinglisted 1984- Stephens Community Historic Districtlisted 1984
Population over time
3 figuresSutherlin grew from 6,669 to 8,524 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 | 6,669 | |
| 2010 | 7,810 | +1,141 (+17%) |
| 2020 | 8,524 | +714 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1897 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Sutherlin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Roseburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Sutherlin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Sutherlin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 329 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 1998 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | NORTH OLD TOWN RD. |
| 8 September 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PLAT B |
| 7 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FRASER CANYON |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FRASER CANYON |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | COMSTOCK ROAD |
| 6 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | SHERWOOD |
| 6 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Douglas Forest Protective Association | I-5 MP 140 |
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Roseburg District | I 5 MP 141 NB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sutherlin: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Abeene | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Abeene | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Ralf N Hakanson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ralf N. Hakanson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sutherlin in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherlin | $10,000 | A member of the public submitted a photograph showing a large tree that was apparently felled by strong winds, severely damaging a carport when it fell. |
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.
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 Sutherlin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1012351 | 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 1127772. 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.






