Tangent, Oregon
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97389. The Survey maps it on the Tangent quadrangle. 1,231 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 245 feet above sea level.
On record in Tangent
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
Gus and Emma Stellmacher Farmsteadlisted 1998- Steven and Elizabeth Archibald Farmsteadlisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresTangent grew from 1,164 to 1,231 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 | 1,164 | |
| 2020 | 1,231 | +67 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1911 USGS Tangent quadrangle1:31680
- 1916 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Tangent quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Tangent in 2005, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge | VILLA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Tangent: 7 past producers, 6 producers, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Titanium, Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Plant Ti | Titanium, Metal | Plant | 1968 | |
| Cox Pit and Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Albany Rock-Truax | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Albany Rock-Truax | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Conser Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Conser Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Shedd | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Albany | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Draperville | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Peoria | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Burlington (historical) | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Central (historical) | 9.4 miles | 20 | |
| Millersburg | 10.0 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 Tangent | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2703756 | 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 1127883. 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.










