Waldport, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Waldport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97394. It stands on Red River. The Survey maps it on the Waldport quadrangle. 2,249 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 12 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresWaldport grew from 2,050 to 2,249 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 | 2,050 | |
| 2010 | 2,033 | -17 (-1%) |
| 2020 | 2,249 | +216 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1922 USGS Waldport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Waldport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Waldport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Waldport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Waldport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Waldport between 1992 and 2019, burning about 22 acres in total. 1 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 | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BLODGETT ROAD FIRE |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Toledo Unit | SHORE PINE |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Toledo Unit | FOX CREEK |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BREAKER FIRE |
| 2 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | PARK BUM |
| 19 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Toledo Unit | KINGLET STREET |
| 1 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | DRIFT BOAT FIRE |
| 1 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Toledo Unit | COZY ACRES |
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 Waldport: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckman Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pankey Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eckman Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pankey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Waldport | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waldport in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2010: 1 waterspout, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waldport | - | A thunderstorm produced strong winds in Waldport with a gust of 52 kt. |
| April 1996 | Waterspout | Waldport | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bayview | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wakonda Beach | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Drift Creek | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Tillicum Beach | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Linville (historical) | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Seal Rock | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| San Marine | 5.2 miles | 16 |
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 Waldport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2473921 | 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 1151822. 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.









