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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.

Waldport within Lincoln County

Population over time

3 figures

Waldport 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.

YearPeople Change
20002,050
20102,033-17 (-1%)
20202,249+216 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

38 since 1992

Regional 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 burning15
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBLODGETT ROAD FIRE
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitSHORE PINE
23 September 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresToledo UnitFOX CREEK
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBREAKER FIRE
2 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitPARK BUM
19 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitKINGLET STREET
1 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestDRIFT BOAT FIRE
1 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitCOZY ACRES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eckman Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Pankey QuarryStonePast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eckman Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pankey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
WaldportStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

2 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2010Thunderstorm WindWaldport-A thunderstorm produced strong winds in Waldport with a gust of 52 kt.
April 1996WaterspoutWaldport-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
Bayshore0.9 miles16
Bayview2.1 miles16
Wakonda Beach2.9 miles16
Drift Creek4.0 miles13
Tillicum Beach4.6 miles16
Linville (historical)5.0 miles13
Seal Rock5.0 miles16
San Marine5.2 miles16

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 WaldportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2473921The 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.