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.
Population over time
2 figuresWestport 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 321 | |
| 2020 | 319 | -2 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Cathlamet quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cathlamet quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Astoria quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Nassa Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PORTER RIDGE FIRE |
| 6 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.2 acres | Columbia City Unit | GRAHAM CREEK #1 |
| 24 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Astoria District | DELIVERANCE |
| 22 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | UPPER ROCK PIT FIRE |
| 20 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Astoria District | HUNGRY HOLLOW |
| 17 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Astoria District | WESTPORT |
| 14 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CLIFTON CORNER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Crown Zellerbach 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crown Zellerbach 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wauna Mill Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Wauna Shingle Mill Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Wauna Will Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Callahan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Crown Zellerbach | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Graham Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Taylorville Quarry and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylorville | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Oklahoma Hill | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Wauna | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bradwood (historical) | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Clifton | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Brownsmead | 10.6 miles | 15 | |
| Blind Slough (historical) | 11.0 miles | 15 | |
| Knappa | 11.8 miles | 15 |
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 Westport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458308 | 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 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.







