Winchester Bay, Oregon
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Reedsport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97467. It stands on Winchester Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winchester Bay quadrangle. 462 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 23 feet above sea level.
On record in Winchester Bay
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
Population over time
2 figuresWinchester Bay grew from 382 to 462 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 | 382 | |
| 2020 | 462 | +80 (+21%) |
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.
- 1923 USGS Reedsport quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Reedsport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Reedsport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Reedsport quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Winchester Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Winchester Bay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | TUGMAN HILL |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | 420 CC |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | THIRD BEACH |
| 6 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | SPARROW PARK 4 |
| 5 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | FIRST BEACH |
| 5 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | SPARROW PK |
| 30 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | SPARROW PARK 6 |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | SPARROW PARK 18 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Winchester Bay: 6 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reedsport Yard | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Winchester Bay Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bolon Island | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bolon Island | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Reedsport Yard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umpqua City (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Willard (historical) | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Reedsport | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Gardiner | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| East Gardiner | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| North Fork | 15.2 miles | 14 | |
| Scottsburg | 19.0 miles | 11 | |
| Green Acres | 20.1 miles | 11 |
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 Winchester Bay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1907100 | 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 1152475. 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.








