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Westport, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Knappa-Brownsmead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97016. It stands on Plympton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nassa Point quadrangle. 319 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Westport within Clatsop County

Population over time

2 figures

Westport fell from 321 to 319 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.

YearPeople Change
2010321
2020319-2 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Westport between 1992 and 2019, burning about 138 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 burning12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPORTER RIDGE FIRE
6 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distribution1.2 acresColumbia City UnitGRAHAM CREEK #1
24 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAstoria DistrictDELIVERANCE
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersUPPER ROCK PIT FIRE
20 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAstoria DistrictHUNGRY HOLLOW
17 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresAstoria DistrictWESTPORT
14 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersCLIFTON CORNER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clatsop County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Westport: 13 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Clifton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crown Zellerbach 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crown Zellerbach 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wauna Mill PitClayPast Producer
Wauna Shingle Mill PitClayProducer
Wauna Will PitClayProducer
Callahan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Crown ZellerbachStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Graham Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Taylorville Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Clatsop 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
Taylorville1.4 miles15
Oklahoma Hill1.8 miles15
Wauna2.4 miles15
Bradwood (historical)5.6 miles15
Clifton7.1 miles15
Brownsmead10.6 miles15
Blind Slough (historical)11.0 miles15
Knappa11.8 miles15

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 WestportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3458308The 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 1136894. 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.