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Coos County, Oregon
NATURAL
RESOURCE
ATLAS
HUMAN
ECONOMIC
PUB L IC
July 1973
Oregon State University Extension Service
Prepared by Marilyn Tam, Research Assistant,
Under the supervision of: Robert 0. Coppedge,
Extension Economist, and Russel C. Youmans,
Extension Resource Economist,
Department of Agricultural Economics
For sale by the Extension Business Office, Extension Hall 118,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331. $2.50 per copy.
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Contents
Page
General Description
1
Physical Aspects
Climate
2
2
Soils
6
Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
Land Ownership
10
12
Land Use..........................14
Agricultural Land
Forest Land
Water
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Projects.
Water-based Recreation
Minerals
Wildlife
14
15
18
21
27
29
30
Human Resources
Population
31
31
Employment.......................35
Income........................42
Education
Health and Vital Statistics
Public Welfare
Housing
The County's Economy
Agriculture
Logging and Wood Products
Manufacturing
Mining - Mineral and Metal Industries
Outdoor Recreation
Business
Public Services
Transportation
Communication
Library Facilities
Utilities
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Public Finance
Selected List of Agencies
Selected Bibliography
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Coos County lies between the crest of the Coast Range and the
Ocean in the southwestern part of the State of Oregon. The county
tively isolated, mainly because this Coast Range remains a barrier
highway, and for all its advantages as a deep water port, the Coos
in most respects still has a small hinterland.
Pacific
is relato a fast
Bay area
The county is bordered on the north and east by Douglas County, on
the south by Curry County, and for 45 miles on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Coquille, the county seat, is 230 miles south of Portland, Oregon, and 440
miles north of San Francisco, California.
Coos County contains 1,627 square miles (1,041,280 acres). In area,
22 Oregon counties are larger than Coos and 13 are smaller
The county is
roughly rectangular in shape, approximately 38 miles wide (east-west) at
its widest point and approximately 68 miles long (north-south) at its longest
point.
Coos County was created by the territorial legislature December 22, 1853,
from portions of what were then Jackson, Umpqua, and Curry Counties. The
county seat was Empire City until 1896, when it was moved to Coquille.
The first permanent settlement, although trappers had been in the area
a qiarter century earlier, in Coos County was made at Empire City by members
of the Coos Bay Company in 1853.
In 1860 the county had a federal census
reported population of 445, and in 1966, slightly more than a century later,
the county had a population of 52,500.
The largest part of the county is steep and forested, and early settlements took place in the more accessible areas along the coast and in the river
valleys reaching inland
Because of the rough terrain, the cities best
served by water transportation were faster to grow, and the sheltered bay
gave an advantage to North Bend and Coos Bay in accommodating ocean shipping.
The pattern of social and economical development in the county has mainly
been a function of its physical characteristics.
As in all of southwestern Oregon, the economy of Coos County depends on
its natural resources, mainly timber
With its 20 billion board feet of
sawtimber, the county's industry is dominated by lumber manufacturing which
employs 27 percent of the working force
Shipping, commercial and sport
fishing, and agricultural specialty crops play prominent roles in other
growing economic activities.
Major points of interest in the county are
lumber ports, Myrtlewood
groves and factories, and Golden and Silver Falls State Park. The county's
western boundary, extending along some 45 miles of coast line characterized
variously by rocky cliffs, sand beaches, and spectacular dune formations
is also an attraction.
A brief summary of the major facts of the county are noted below.
Area:
Population:
1,627 square miles
1,041,280 acres
Elevation at Coquille:
40 feet
True Cash Value:
$526,153,489
(July 1, 1972)
Principal Industries:
Lumbering, Fishing,
Agriculture, Shipping,
Recreation.
Average Temperature:
Summer - 59.0
Winter - 46.6
County Seat:
57,300
(July 1, 1972)
Coquille
PHYSICAL ASPECTS
Climate
Coos County has a marine climate, mild and humid, resulting from the
moderating influences of the Pacific Ocean and from intensification of rainfall induced by the Coast Range. Along the coast, rainfall averages around
60 inches a year, increasing inland with elevation to as much as 100 inches
The months of November through March
or more at points in the Coast Range.
are the wettest, with an average rainfall of about 9.5 inches per month; the
spring months of April through June and the fall months of September through
October have an average of about 3.2 inches per month; July and August are
dry with only around 0.4 inches per month.
Snowfall in the county is insignificant and varies with elevation. It
averages as little as one inch annually along the coast, increases to three
inches at Powers (elevation 300 feet), and to 11 inches at Golden Falls
Snow does not remain on the ground long enough to
(elevation 650 feet).
have an appreciable effect on stream runoff characteristics.
Average annual temperatures range from 50 to 54 degrees Farenhet (°F.)
along the coast and in valley bottoms. Mean temperature is about 50 F. in
January and 60 F. in July, and extreme high or low temperatures are rare.
From March through October, the coastal area is subject to fairly strong
prevailing winds from the northwest, averaging about 17 miles per hour. From
November through February, winds are mainly from the southwest and average 15
miles per hour.
The growing season averages about 200 days along the coast and in the
river valley areas and decreases with higher elevation dropping to about 150
days along the eastern boundary of the county.
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Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Meyers, Secretary of State,
Oregon Blue Book, 1973-74, January 1973.
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Table 1.
Weather Stations, Elevation and Years of Record, Coos County
Station
Elevation
Bandon
North Bend
Powers
Sitkum
SOURCE:
Years of Record
80 ft.
7
20
64
230
580
10
U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of
U.S. Climate, Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No. 86-31,
1965.
Table
Average Temperature and Total Precipitation, Coos County, 1971
Station
Jan,
Feb. Mar.J Apr. May
I
June
Sep.
Oct.INov.I
Dec.I Ann.
Ave rage
Temperature
degrees Farenheit
Bandon
North Bend
Powers
43.9 46.1
45.5 48.6
41.2 45.1
45.4 47.6 50.8 53.8 57.2 60.6 57.7 51.2
47.6 48.5 52.2 56.1 58.6 61.8 57.7 51.1
44.8 48.4 53.9 58.7 63.6 65.6 59.6 51.5
Total
Precipitation
Band on
SOURCE:
50.4
51.7
51.6
.25 1.62 4.03 4.15 8.16 14.47 68.13
.08 2.72 5.36 4.50 9.50 15.00 79.48
.00
.74 4.85 3.09 11.08 14.87 77.45
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Environmental Data Service, Climatological Data, Annual Summary 1971, Vol.
77, No. 13.
Table 3.
Station
Band on
Freeze Temperature Data, Coos County, 1971
Last date in spring/First date in fall; minimum of:
0
0
16°F or
20°F or
24 F or
28 F or
32 F or
below -j below
below
below
below
---/---
North Bend
Powers
SOURCE:
43.0
44.2
40.6
inches
11.19 4.27 8.57 6.40 1.71 2.72
13.57 6.15 9.70 8.06 1.84 3.00
14.51 5.99 11.04 7.28 2.16 1.84
North Bend
Powers
47.6
48.2
46.1
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1- 6/10-29
3-17/10-29
4- 1/10-16
1-12/10-28
3-18/10-17
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Environmental Data Service, Climatological Data,
Annual Summary 1971, Vol. 77, No. 13.
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Table 4.
Station
Temperature and Precipitation, Coos County, By Month, 1951-1960 Averages
No. of
Years
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr. May
Average
Pe'
9
45.6
46.6
Recl7 459 46.5
North
Bend...
Powers...
Sitkum...
North
Bend...
Powers...
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
10
29
10
28
5
12
45.5
45.3
44.1
43.8
41.7
40.6
46.0
46.5
45.9
46.0
44.2
43.9
49.8
50.0
47.0
47.2
51.1
51.5
46.2
47.6
46.8
47.7
46.2
45.4
49.7
50.1
48.8
49.0
46.8
46.5
46.9
47.1
45.2
45.6
44.0
43.8
52.0
52.4
53.2
53.6
52.8
52.0
49.3
50.0
50.8
51.4
50.9
50.0
53.3
53.6
54.8
55.5
55.6
55.1
56.6
57.0
58.6
59.6
60.5
59.1
58.6
59.1
63.0
63.6
64.4
63.0.
59.1
59.6
63.0
63.8
63.7
62.8
57.9
58.2
61.6
61.5
61.1
60.3
54.8
55.1
55.7
55.8
54.2
53.9
inches
Per
Rec
10 12.47
61 9.12
Per
Rec
Per
10
30
10
28
5
13
Re c
Sitkum...
Ann.
46.3 48.7 51.8 55.1 56.1 56.5 55.9 53.3
46.7 49.2 52.3 55.9 57.4 57.4 56.3 53.4
Total
Prec.
Bandon...
Dec.
degrees Farenheit
Temp.
Bandon...
June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov.
Per
Rec
8.71
7.23
7.43 3.58 3.14 1.29
6.36 3.70 2.49 1.41
12.04 8.51 7.88
10.29 8.36 7.63
13.60 9.60 8.11
10.92 8.77 7.74
13.64 14.79 10.97
12.41 12.11 10.70
3.34
3.87
3.34
3.78
3.76
4.69
2.87
2.77
3.39
2.95
4.73
4.16
1.39
1.69
1.50
1.54
1.95
2.03
.33
.38
.53 1.75 5.53
.38 1.87 4.37
.31
.43
.24
.31
.44
.65
.80
.50
.45
.34
.49
.53
1.69
1.73
1.40
1.23
2.44
2.17
6.98 10.40 62.14
8.13 8.40 53.84
5.38 7.54
5.57 8.56
4.95 7.24
4.43 7.97
8.27 9.49
7.46 10.22
10.43
10.49
11.34
10.46
14.02
12.98
62.18
61.89
65.16
60.44
84.99
80.11
Highest
degrees Farenheit
Temp.
Band on...
Per
Rec
8
16
74
79
80
101
84
96
97
99
94
98
100
100
74
85
90
105
97
97
65
65
66
70
73
79
84
84
81
85
75
67
74
67
72
62
63
67
78
72
81
68
72
67
88
81
88
80
82
80
88
89
90
89
93
86
94
95
98
94
94
72
93
85
85
91
75
82
70
77
67
73
85
93
91
92
101
103
72
76
66
69
72
72
64
91
96
101
101
90
90
99
103
94
94
North
Bend...
Powers...
Sitkum...
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
10
29
10
28
6
11
88
87
.
80
80
69
75
67
101
105
101
101
Lowest
degrees Farenheit
Temp.
Bandon...
Per
Rec
7
17
20
15
27
19
26
26
29
29
32
31
36
33
39
37
35
35
38
32
35
28
23
23
29
28
20
15
19
18
22
22
28
28
32
31
33
33
41
40
44
42
44
42
39
39
35
32
20
20
27
17
19
17
North
Bend...
Per
Rec
10
29
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Table 4, cont.
Station
Temperature and Precipitation, Coos County, By Month, 1951-1960 Averages
No. of
Years Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May
Lowest
Temperature
Powers
Si tkum
degrees Farenheit
Per 10
Rec 28
Per 6
Rec 12
9
18
18
14
11
17
17
14
23
23
23
23
27
26
30
28
Mean Daily
Maximum
Temperature
Bandon
North Bend.
Powers
Sitkum
North Bend.
Powers
Sitkum
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
8
16
10
29
10
28
6
12
52.1
52.6
51.5
52.1
51.5
52.7
48.0
47.7
53.3
53.8
52.5
53.5
54.8
55.4
51.8
51.8
53.0
54.0
52.8
54.8
56.4
58.2
54.1
54.2
55.6
56.7
56.1
57.4
61.8
62.9
62.0
60.9
33
31
36
32
38
35
41
34
38
34
35
30
37
28
30
23
32
24
20
18
24
7
7
21
21
25
23
14
11
62.9
64.6
65.6
66.5
75.3
76.6
74.7
74.5
61.4
61.6
62.5
63.0
67.8
68.5
65.0
64.5
57.0
57.9
57.0
57.0
59.0
59.5
54.9
54.9
53.7
54.4
53.3
53.5
53.7
54.4
50.4
50.6
57.9
59.0
58.8
59.7
63.9
65.2
62.9
62.6
48.8
48.1
50.2
50.0
47.9
46.4
47.6
46.1
46.0
45.2
47.0
47.2
43.6
43.1
43.9
43.3
42.4
42.1
42.4
42.7
38.6
38.5
37.6
38.3
40.2
39.9
40.4
40.7
36.7
36.8
36.8
36.9
44.2
43.9
45.1
45.2
42.5
42.0
42.0
41.4
40
35
14
58.6
59.7
59.8
60.8
65.5
67.1
66.4
66.6
61.6
63.1
62.9
64.1
69.4
71.8
71.6
71.5
62.0
64.3
65.1
66.3
75.2
77.0
78.0
77.2
63.2
64.7
66.2
67.2
75.8
78.1
77.9
77.2
degrees Farenheit
Per
7 39.0 39.8 39.5 41.6 44.9 48.5
16 38.0 39.3 39.3 41.7 44.8 48.5
1039.4 39.5 39.5 42.4 46.7 50.2
29 38.5 39.5 40.4 42.7 46.4 49.9
10 36.7 37.0 37.2 39.7 43.9 47.8
28 34.8 36.4 37.2 40.0 43.9 47.5
Per 6 35.1 36.3 36.3 39.6 44.2 47.6
Rec 12 33.5 35.9 36.6 39.1 43.6 46.7
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per indicates the number of years
Rec indicates the number of times
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce,
Climate, Supplement for 1951
1/
2/
28
28
31
30
degrees Farenheit
Mean Daily
Minimum
Temperature
Bandon
June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Ann.
50.1
50.3
52.0
51.9
50.8
50.2
49.8
48.8
49.7
50.0
52.0
51.9
50.1
49.4
48.9
48.4
the data were gathered.
the data were recorded at the station.
Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of U.S.
through 1960, Oregon No. 86-31, 1965.
Soils
There are 24 distinct soil series in Coos County.
description of each follows:
The types and a brief
The Blachly series consists of deep, well drained soils formed on colluvium or residuum. Blachly soils occur on gently sloping to steep mountainous
The main use of this series is for timber production; gently
topography.
sloping areas are used for pasture.
The Blacklock series consists of poorly drained soils derived from coarse
Blacklock soils are on 0 to 3 pertextured wind- or water-borne materials.
cent slopes and occur in concave positions on marine terraces. The main uses
are for Christmas tree and cranberry production; the use is limited, however,
by wetness and a cemented pan.
The Brallier series consists of very deep, very poorly drained soils derived from organic residues. Brallier soils are on 0 to 3 percent slopes in
depressions between sand dunes and on tidal flats and flood plains. This soil
series is used for pasture and cranberry production. Prior to intensive use,
these soils need a controlled water table by diking, drainage and irrigation.
The Chitwood series consists of deep, somewhat poorly drained soils derived from old alluvium. Chitwood soils are on 0 to 12 percent slopes on stream
The main uses are for pasture and forage crops. Drainage is necesterraces.
sary for intensive use.
The Clatsop series consists of moderately deep, very poorly drained soils
derived from alluvium and tidal mud. The Clatsop soils are on 0 to 3 percent
slopes and occur on tidal flats or very low terraces a few feet above average
high tides. With drainage and diking, Clatsop soils may be used for pasture
and forage crops. Very poor drainage, tidal overflow, and seasonal flooding,
however, are limiting factors.
Cloquato series consists of very deep, well drained soils derived from
Cloquato soils are on 0 to 3 percent slopes on flood plains adjacent
alluvium.
to streams.
This soil is well suited for cultivation and is uscd for crop
production.
Coquille series consists of deep, very poorly drained soils derived from
alluvium. Coquille soils are on 0 to 3 percent slopes and occur on flood
plains and tidal flats. Under natural conditions, being subject to tidal
overflow, a limited swamp-grass pasture grows on these soils. When diked
and drained, Coquille soils are suitable for pasture and forage crops.
Dune Land consists of nearly level to steeply sloping dunes that may
This land type is on 3 to 35 percent slopes and
or may not be vegetated.
Dune land is very poorly suited to agrioccurs adjacent to the shoreline.
culture. The nonvegetated dunes are being constantly shifted by the winds.
Vegetated dunes would be eroded by the wind if the vegetation was removed.
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The Ferrelo series consists of deep, well drained soils derived from
unconsolidated marine material deposited by wind or water. The Ferrelo soils
are on 0 to 25 percent slopes, and they occur on nearly level to sloping
and rolling marine terraces. The main uses are for timber and forage production, and, in the gently sloping areas, for cropland.
The limiting
factors are slope and topographic position.
The Gardiner series consists of deep well drained soils derived from
coarse-textured alluvium. Gardiner soils are on 0 to 7 percent slopes and
occur on flood plains adjacent to streams
The main uses are for pasture
and forage production.
They are, however subject to occasional flooding
and have a low water-holding capacity.
The Gauldy series consists of deep well-drained soils derived from
coarse alluvium.
Gauldy soils are on 0 to 3 percent slopes and occur on
flood plains adjacent to small streams.
The main uses are for pasture
and forage production.
The Hebo series consists of deep, poorly drained soils derived from
alluvium. The Hebo soils are on 0 to 3 percent slopes and occur on flat
or depressional areas on river terraces.
The main use is for pasture; with
drainage, it is used for crop production.
The Knappa series consists of deep, well-drained soils derived from
old alluvium. Knappa soils are on 0 to 30 percent slopes and occur on stream
and marine terraces.
Steeper areas occur where the Knappa terrace surface
has been strongly dissected. Knappa soils are suitable for irrigation and
its main uses are for pasture, hay, and silage. Slope is the limiting factor
in dissected marine terrace.
The Langlois series consists of deep, poorly drained soils derived from
alluvium probably deposited on tidal flats. Langlois soils are on 0 to 3
percent slopes and occur on flood plains above present tidal influence.
To
reach its maximum potential, Langlois soil needs drainage and irrigation. It
is mainly used for pasture.
The Nehalem series consists of deep, well-drained soils derived from
alluvium. Nehalem soils are on 0 to 7 percent slopes and occur on nearly
level or gently undulating bottomlands, usually on slightly higher areas
of the flood plains.
These soils are well suited to agriculture, but are
subject to occasional flooding. The main uses are for pasture and forage
crops.
The Nestucca series consists of deep, somewhat poorly drained soils
derived from alluvium.
Nestucca soils are on nearly level bottomlands,
usually on depressional areas.
On wide bottomlands, these soils are on the
areas farthest from the streams.
With open ditches and drainage tiles,
these soils are used for pasture and forage crops.
The Netarts series consists of deep, well drained soils derived from
dune sand. Netarts soils are on 0 to 35 percent slopes and occur adjacent
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to the coast on dune topography. The main use of these soils is for recreaThe vegetation cover should not be destroyed because of the severe
tion.
wind erosion hazard, hence, cropping is not possible.
The Orford series consists of deep, well-drained soils derived from
Orford soils are on 0 to 60 percent slopes and occur on
sedimentary rock.
mountainous terrain. The main uses of these soils are for timber and pasture
The chief limiting factor of these soils for cropland is slope.
production.
The Tidal Flats are barren areas of mud periodically covered by tidal
water. The lower tidal flats are covered by water daily.
The Warrenton series consists of deep, poorly drained soils derived
from beach and dune sand. Warrenton soils are on 0 to 3 percent slopes
in depressional areas among dunes or in low flat areas. The main use of
these soils is for timber production. Wetness and sandy texture are the
main limiting factors. Drainage would be effective with adequate outlets,
but many areas do not have outlets.
The Westpoint series consists of deep, well-drained soils derived from
dune sand. Westpoint soils are on 3 to 20 percent slopes on dunes. These
soils are very susceptible to severe wind erosion if the ground cover is
removed. The main limiting factors are erosion hazard and low water-holding
capacity.
The Winchuck series consists of deep, well-drained soils derived from
alluvium. Winchuck soils are on 0 to 12 percent slopes on terraces above
the flood plain. The main uses of these soils are for pasture, grain, row
crops, and timber production. The main limiting factor in these soils is
slope.
The Winema series consists of deep, dark, well-drained soils derived
from sandstone and shale. Winema soils are on 7 to 60 percent slopes and
occur in rolling and hilly uplands adjacent to the coast. The main uses of
The steep slopes are
these soils are for pasture and timber production.
the limiting factor for cropland.
The (Wi) (unnamed) series consists of deep, somewhat poorly drained soils
(Wl) soils are on 0 to 3 percent slopes on flood
derived from alluvium.
plains in narrow depressions adjacent to natural levees. The main use of
these soils is for pasture. Wetness and flood hazard are the main limiting
factors of these soils.
The Yaquina series consists of deep, somewhat poorly drained soils
derived from beach and dune sand. Yaquina soils are on 0 to 3 percent
slopes and occur mostly on nearly level low interdune positions along the
The main uses of these soils are pasture, timber, and some crancoast.
berry production. The chief limiting factor of these soils is wetness.
The Yoncalla series consists of deep, somewhat poorly drained soils
derived from alluvium. Yoncalia soils are on 0 to 3 percent slopes and on
alluvial fans below upland slopes in interior valleys. The main use of
Use of the Yoncalla soils
these soils are for forage and grain production.
is limited without drainage.
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Table 5.
Series
Blachly
Blacklock
Brailler
Chitwood
Clatsop
Cloquato
Coquille
Dune Land
Ferrelo
Gard iner
Gauldy
Hebo
Knappa
Soil Series, Acreage, Properties, Qualities and Uses,
Coos County, 1969
Acrea:e
5,400
5,400
6,700
500
2,900
600
10,900
16,900
20,200
3,600
500
2,200
16,900
Percent
Slo.e
Major
Land Use
Major Soil
Limitation
0-12
0-35
timber
cultivated
pasture
pasture
pasture
pasture
pasture
recreation
timber
pasture
pasture
pasture
cultivated,
slope
wetness
wetness
wetness
wetness
wetness
wetness
erosion
slope
flooding, texture
texture
wetness
slope
timber,
pasture
pasture
cultivated,
wetness
flooding
3-35
0-3
0-3
0-12
0-3
0-3
0-3
3-35
3-20
0-7
0-7
Langlois
Nehalem
6,700
9,100
0-3
0-7
Nestucca
10,100
0-7
Netarts
Orford
300
300
Tidal Flats
Warrenton
Westport
(Wl)
Winchuck
Winema
Yaquina
Yoncalla
SOURCE:
1,000
3,400
4,900
2,100
1,300
100
600
2,900
0-35
0-35
0-7
0-7
3-20
0-3
0-12
0-60
0-3
0-3
pasture
cultivated,
pasture
timber
pasture,
timber
pasture
timber
timber
pasture
cultivated
pasture
pasture
cultivated
wetness
texture or slope
texture or slope
wetness
wetness
texture
wetness
none or slope
none or slope
wetness
wetness
State Water Resources Board, Oregonts Long Range Requirements for
Water:
North, Mid-, and South Coast Drainage Basins, General Soil
Map Report, with Irrigable Areas, Appendix I-i, 17 and 18, 1969.
Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
There is a constant need for information on conservation needs that
will aid in carrying out a conservation program. There is also a need for
a systematic collection of facts regarding soil and water resources, the
problems in their use, and an estimate of the acres needing treatment.
The need for these facts resulted in an inventory by the Oregon Conservation
Needs Committee -- "Oregon Soil and Water Conservation Needs Inventory",
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, September 1962.
The acreage covered by the inventory included about 48 percent of the
total land area in Oregon by county. Most of the excluded area was federally
owned land on which conservation programs were already in progress.
(1) present
The inventory was developed from basic data regarding:
acreage in major uses and (2) acreage of each land use classified by physical
problems affecting its use. The estimates of needs for conservation treatment, for each major land use, were based on acreages expected for 1975
and the condition of the land or of the vegetation cover as of January 1, 1958.
Table 6.
Land Area and Use of Inventory Acreage, Coos County, 1967
Use
Acres
Inventory Acreage
39,323
51,120
Cropland
Pasture
Range
Forest and woodland
Other land
640,334
6,013
Total inventory acres
736,790
Percent of total land area in inventory.
71.46%
Non-Inventory Acreage
Federal land
Urban and build-up areas
Water areas
244,488
44,562
5,200
Total non-inventory acres
294,250
Total land area
SOURCE:
1,031,040
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water
Conservation Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service,
1971.
An interpretive grouping of soils into "Land Capability Classification!t
has been developed by the Soil Conservation Service. This grouping shows,
in general, how suitable soils are for most kinds of farming.
Soil characteristics such as depth, texture, wetness, slope, erosion hazard, overflow
hazard, permeability, structure, reaction, waterholding capacity, inherent
fertility and climatic conditions as they influence the use and management
of land are considered in grouping soils into eight land capability classes.
These eight classes are designated by Roman numerals. The hazards and limitations of use of the groups increase as the class number increases. Class
I land has few hazards or limitations, whereas Class VII land is so limited
that it is unfit for cultivation and grazing.
This land can be used only
for recreation, wildlife habitat or water supply.
Table 7.
Use of Coos County Inventory Acreage by Capability Class, 1967
Use in Acres
Capability
Class
Cropland
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
Total
SOURCE:
PastureRange
Forest
Other Land
Total
O
0
0
0
0
10,443
5,675
16,420
6,185
600
0
3,299
472
605
4,563
1,000
1,000
105,869
0
0
0
47,349
O
0
283,517
245,780
0
0
12,048
14,537
122,761
6,185
4,013
249,793
O
0
0
0
0
39,323
51,120
640,334
6,013
736,790
331 ,466
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water
Conservation Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service,
1971.
Table 8.
Conservation Treatment Needs, Coos County, 1967
Classification
ALL CROPLAND
Types of treatment needed:
Sod in rotation
Drainage
Management
Improved systems
PASTURE LANDS
Types of treatment needed:
Reestablishment of vegetation
Improvement of vegetation
SOURCE:
Total Acreage
Acreage Needing Treatment
39,323
24,308
51,120
7,446
11,064
2,901
2,957
37,753
8,483
29,270
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water
Conservation Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service,
1971.
Land Ownership
In this report, land ownership in Coos County is classified as public
lands, including federal, state, and county; or private lands. The majority
of Coos County is privately owned, consisting of 66.8 percent of the land.
Most of the private land is in the form of grazing land, farms, or forests.
The federally owned 24.1 percent of the land is primarily administered
by the Bureau of Land Management, which holds 77.2 percent of the federal
land.
The Department of Agriculture follows next in terms of percentage of
land ownership with about 19 percent. The rest is owned by the Department
of Defense and the Bonneville Power Administration. The federal land is
mainly in the form of forests.
The State owns about 6.2 percent of the land in Coos County. The State
Land Board administers the great bulk of it, with about 82 percent of the
state land. The Board of Forestry owns about 11 percent, and the Highway
Commission and Game Commission own five, and two percent respectively. The
Military Department, Board of Aeronautics, and Higher Education each own
a number of acres.
The majority of the state land is in the form of forests.
About 2.9 percent of the county land is owned by the county, consisting
of county and city parks, municipalities and road rights-of-way.
Table 9.
Coos County
Acres
Percent
I tern
Total land in acres
Private land ownership
Public land ownership
Federal
State
Local
SOURCE:
Land Ownership, Coos County, 1964
1,031,040
688,681
342,359
248,446
63,904
30,009
100.0
66.8
33.2
24.1
6.2
2.9
100.0
45.2
55.8
51.8
2.9
1.1
Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources for
Development, 1964.
Table 10.
Land Area in Highways, Streets, and Roads, Coos County, 1966
Ownership
SOURCE:
State
Percent
Acres
Coos County
Percent
State highways
County roads
City streets
1,760
4,380
865
25.12
62.53
12.35
Total
7,005
100.00
Oregon State Department of Revenue and Oregon State Highway
Division, unpublished data.
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Table 11.
Federal Land Ownership, Coos County, 1962
Coos County
Acres
Percent
I
Agenc y
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Forest Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Reclamation
National Park Service
Navy
Corps of Engineers
Bonneville Power Administration.
Coast Guard
Post Office Department
191,691
59,953
54,071
All federal agencies
Percent federal ownership
248,446
77.2
24.1
21.8
State
Percent
49.90
47 .00
1.40
.50
.50
.03
.20
.01
2,407
75
59
1.0
1
*
*
51.8
24.10
*
*
*
*Less than .01 percent total ownership.
SOURCE:
Carolan, W.B. Jr., Federal Land Oregon, Oregon State University, 1963.
Table 12.
State Land Ownership, Coos County, 1970
Coos County
Acres
Percent
Agency
State
Percent
Division of State Lands
Department of Forestry
Highway Commission
Parks
Off ice and Maintenance
Game Commission
Higher Education
Board of Control
State Engineer
Military Department
Aeronautics Division
Fish Commission
Fair Commission
52,530.75
6,769.28
81.58
10.51
45.60
36.80
3,582.93
12.14
1,033.14
83.18
5.56
4.30
20.66
352.26
.03
.54
.08
.05
.03
.01
Total
64,384.34
100.00
100.00
SOURCE:
.01
1.60
.12
3.30
1.00
.37
.24
Oregon State Lands Division, Inventory of State-Owned Real Property,
By County, 1970.
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Land Use
The land in Coos County is primarily forest land, taking up 87.23 percent of the land. The next land use which takes up the most acreage is
grazing lands at 6.99 percent of the county land. Intensive agriculture
follows next in terms of acreage at 4.67 percent of the county lands. The
rest of the land is divided between urban areas and parks.
Table 13.
Use
Urban
Indus trial
Military
Intensive agriculture
Dryland farming
Forests
Parks
Conservation
Grazing
Non-productive land
Total land area
Land Use, Coos County, 1964
Coos County
Acres
Percent
8,452
NR*
State
Percent
.82
.49
.16
.10
48,147
4.67
899,341
2,989
87.23
6.52
3.33
44.84
.29
.32
72,067
NR
6.99
2.25
41.50
1,031,040
100.00
100.00
*NR - not reported.
SOURCE: Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources for
Development, 1964.
Agricultural Land
The agricultural land base consists of 46,173 acres of cropland, 84,787
acres of woodland, and 65,906 acres of other farm land.
The proportion of county land in farms is 19.2 percent, or 196,886 acres.
The most important agricultural commodities are dairy, livestock, cranberries,
and farm forest products, in that order. 1/
1/
Oregon State University Extension Service, Agriculture in Oregon CountiesFarm Sales and General Characteristics, Special Report 330, Oregon State
University, 1971.
- 14 -
Table 14.
Land in Farms, Coos County, 1964 and 1969
1964
Item
Total land area
Proportion in farms
Acres in farms
Cropland harvested
Cropland pasture
Other cropland
Woodland including
woodland pasture
Other land
Irrigated land
SOURCE:
Acres
1969
Percent
Acres
Percent
1,026,550
100.00
24.20
1,026,496
100.00
19.20
248,715
14,912
24,322
993
100.00
6.00
9.80
100.00
6.90
16.00
.40
196,866
13,591
31,454
1,128
103,375
105,119
41.56
42.26
84,787
65,906
43.07
33.48
8,756
3.52
7,914
4.02
.57
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
Forest Land
About 34 percent of the forest land in Coos County, 303,000 acres in
1963, was in public ownership. This includes 66,000 acres of national
forest.
The national forest land is managed under the "Multiple UseSustained Yield" concept. This means the management of forest and related
areas in a manner that will conserve the basic land resource itself while
at the same time producing high-level sustained yields of water, timber,
recreation, wildlife, and forage.
On many private holdings, the only management is related to the
harvesting of mature timber, while on other private holdings considerable
attention is given to measures that will maximize the continuous production
of timber. Tree farming is gaining acceptance by private owners, and some
cutover land is being reforested and managed for timber production.
There was an estimated 900,000 acres of commercial forest land in Coos
County in 1963. Commercial forest land is forest land that is (a) producing,
or is physically capable of producing, useable crops of wood; (b) economically
available, now or prospectively, for timber harvest; and (c) not withdrawn
from timber harvest.
In 1963, the U.S. Forest Service estimated there was 5,000 acres of
non-commercial forest land in Coos County. This includes unproductive forest
land incapable of yielding crops of industrial wood because of adverse site
conditions, plus productive public forest land withdrawn from commercial
timber use through statute or administrative order.
- 15 -
Table 15.
Forest Acreage, Ownership and Use, Coos County, 1963
Item
LAND
Total land
Forest land
Commercial
Unproductive
Productive-reserved
Nonforest land
Acres
Percent
1,031,000
905,000
900,000
2,000
3,000
126,000
100.0
87.8
87.3
900,000
66,000
100.0
OWNERSHIP
All ownerships
National forest
Other public
Forest industry
Farmer and miscellaneous private
SOURCE:
7.3
26.3
32.0
34.3
237 ,000
288,000
309,000
Volume of All Growing Stock and Sawtimber by Ownership,
Coos County, 1963
I tern
Total Commercial
Growing Stock
million
cubic ft.
OWNERSHIP
National forest
Other public
Forest industry
Farmer and miscellaneous
private
1/
.3
12.2
U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Southwest Oregon, Resource
Bulletin PNW-8, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station.
Table 16.
Total
.2
percent
Total Commercial
Sawt imber
million
l
board ft.'
percent
392
1,983
1,246
8.9
45.0
28.3
2,619
12,979
8,032
9.3
46.3
28.6
785
17.8
4,419
15.6
4,406
100.0
28,049
100.0
International 1/4 inch rule.
U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Southwest Oregon,
Resource Bulletin PNW-8, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station.
SOURCE:
- 16 -
Table 17.
Volume of all Growing Stock and Sawtimber on Commercial Forest
Land by Species, Coos County, 1963
Species
Growing Stock
Sawt imber
million
All species
Softwoods
Douglas fir
Western white pine
Sugar pine
Lodgepole and other
pines
White and grand fir
Other true firs
Spruce
Western hemlock
Incense cedar
Port Orford cedar
Western red cedar
Other softwoods
board f t.-
percent'
4,406
3,930
3,215
100.0
89.2
73.0
23,562
21,637
18,362
100.0
91.8
77.9
2
*
7
8
*
42
*
*
6
*
25
*
1.3
220
.9
*
1
*
320
1 2
7.3
213
1,401
6.0
3
*
120
149
2.7
3.4
15
545
806
*
1/
Oaks4/
Tanoak
Pacific madrone
Other hardwoods
percent2/
55
1/
52
Hardwoods
Red alder
Bigleaf maple
..
million3,
cubic ft.
476
342
10 8
68
1.5
5
*
25
2
34
7
*
2.3
3.4
*
1,925
1,231
448
8 2
5 2
1.9
*
.6
13
72
*
2
*
*
.8
159
.7
7
*less than .5 percent.
1/
Less than 500,000 cubic feet.
2/
Percent of all species total.
Scribner rule.
3/
4/
Oaks consist of California black and Oregon white oak.
SOURCE: U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Southwest Oregon,
Resource Bulletin PNW-8, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station.
- 17 -
9
Water
All the streams of Coos County head in the Coast Range and drain into
the Pacific Ocean. The two major stream systems in the county are the Coos
and Coquille Rivers and their tributaries.
The Coquille River comprises the largest watershed in the county. The
drainage area of the Coquille River, with its main tributaries the South,
Middle, North, and East Forks, encompasses a total area of 975 square miles,
or 60 percent of the county's total area
The principal tributary of Coos Bay is Coos River, whose main branches
are the Millicoma River and the Coos South Fork. This stream system drains
582 square miles or 36 percent of the county.
The remaining 54 square miles (4 percent) of the county is drained by
the Sixes River and tributaries.
Streams of Coos County are comparatively steep and short, having their
steepest gradients near their headwaters and gradually flattening toward
their mouths. Only a few streams are more than 50 miles in length, the
longest being the Coquille River, extending 99 miles from its mouth to the
headwaters of its South Fork. The Coquille South Fork alone measures 63
miles in length.
The Coos River measures 63 miles from its mouth to the
headwaters of Lost Creek.
Tidewater influence is noticeable on the Coquille River as far upstream as Myrtle Point (stream mile 36), on the South Fork Coos River to
Deliwood (stream mile 9), and on the Nillicome River to Allegany (stream
mile 9).
Table 18.
Length and Gradient of Principal Streams, Coos County
River System and Stream
Length
(miles)
COQUILLE
Coquille River
South Fork Coquille River
Middle Fork Coquille River
North Fork Coquille River
East Fork Coquille River
COOS
Coos River
South Fork Cpos River
Tioga Creek
Millicoma River
East Fork Millicoma River
West Fork Nillicoma River
SOURCE:
Elevation
Drop
(feet)
Average
Gradient
(ft/mile)
30
1
2,930
1,400
1,580
2,360
47
35
30
70
6
0
31
18
420
1,740
40
1,640
1,320
0
13
98
36
63
40
53
34
9
24
35
5
69
38
State Water Resources Board and USDA cooperative survey, USDA
Report on Water and Related Land Resources, South Coast Drainage
Basin, Oregon, 1963.
- 18 -
Stream gaging records are quite fragmentary in Coos County, necessitating the estimation of runoff of individual stream systems. The only
active stream gages are on the Coquille South Fork, Nillicoma West Fork,
and Tenmile Creek. Precipitation stations, which can be used to estimate
runoff, are located principally along the coast and at lower elevations
and are not adequate to accurately estimate precipitation at higher elevations.
Only three gaging stations in the county have a long period of record
and all are in the Coquille River system. These are the Coquille South
Fork at Powers, the Coquille North Fork near Myrtle Point, and Coquille
Middle Fork near Myrtle Point. All other stations have records of only
ten years or less.
Records of most stations have been extended by correlation to a base
period, 1930 to 1961, to facilitate the comparison of different stream
systems within the county. Yields of ungaged streams have been estimated
from runoff precipitation records and may deviate considerably from actual
yields.
Average annual yields of 2,500,000 acre-feet are estimated for the
Coquille and Coos River systems.
The season pattern of runoff of Coos County streams follows closely
the pattern of precipitation. This is because the soils and rock formations are tight and provide only a minimum of retention; snowfall is small
and does not remain long enough to significantly influence the pattern of
runoff.
The highest runoff months are November through April, which are also
the highest precipitation months. With decreasing precipitation in the
summer, flows become extremely low in the months of June through October,
reaching their minimum in August and September. Generally, about 90 percent
of the annual yield occurs in the six-month period November through April,
and one-third to one-half of this occurs in the months of January and February.
Less than one percent of the annual yield occurs in the months of August and
September.
Table 19.
Minimum, Maximum and Average Annual Yie1ds of Principal Streams,
Coos County, 1930 - 1961
Stream
Water
Years of
Record
Drainage
Area
(sq .mi.)
Minimum
Yield
(ac-f
1
Maximum
Yield
Average
Yield
(ac-f t)
(ac-f t)
South Fk. Coquille R. above
Panther Cr. near Illahe
1957-61
31
49,000
170,000
1QO,000
South Fk. Coquille R.
near Illahe
1957-61
41
65,000
240,000
140,000
South Fk. Coquille R.
near Powers
1957-61
91
180,000
610,000
370,000
- 19 -
Table 19, cont.
Minimum, Maximum and Average Annual Yields of Principal Streams,
Coos County, 1930 - 1961
St r earn
South Fk. Coquille River
at Powers
Middle Fk. Coquille River
near Myrtle Point
Water
Years of
Record
Drainage
Area
Minimum
Yield
Maximum
Yield
Aver age
(sq.mi.)
(ac-f
(ac-f t)
(ac-f t)
1
Yield
1917-26
1930-61
169
287,000*
1931-46
305
257,900* 1,020,000
590,000
135
150,000
450,000
290,000
276
374,000* 1,120,000
720,000
East Fk. Coquille River
at mouth
None
North Fk. Coquille River
near Myrtle Point
1930-46
950,600*
573,500*
Coquille R. at mouth
None
1,058
1,220,000
3,900,000
2,400,000
South Fork Coos River
at mouth
None
254
660,000
1,280,000
930,000
East Fk. Miflicoma. River
at mouth
None
79
230,000
460,000
330,000
West Fk. Millicoma River
near Allegany
1955-61
47
120,000
301,800*
200,000
Millicoma River at mouth.
None
151
450,000
880,000
630,000
Coos River at mouth
None
415
1,130,000
2,200,000
1,590,000
87
150,000
370,000
240,000
Tenmile Creek near
Lakeside
1958-61
*Actual records.
Other yields are estimates or correlations from available records
extended to base period 1930-1961.
1/
Acre-feet (ac-f t) - the quantity of water (43,650 Cu. ft.) that covers one acre
to a depth of one foot.
SOURCE: U.S. Geological Survey, taken from Oregon State Water Resources Board,
South Coast Drainage Basin, 1963.
- 20 -
Groundwater supplies are generally inadequate in both quantity and
quality throughout most of the county.
There is, however, an undetermined
potential in some of the dune areas north of Coos Bay.
Large quantities of groundwater have been found in the 13,000 acre
sand dune area adjacent to the ocean north of Coos Bay. Work by the U.S.
Geological Survey and Pacific Power and Light Company have described a
large underground reservoir approximately two miles wide by nine and onehalf miles long, extending from Jordan on the bay northward to Tenmile
Creek.
The reservoir contains nearly two million acre-feet of uniform,
unconsolidated, fresh water-bearing sand, from which 30 million gallons
of water per day could be withdrawn continously throughout the year without endangering either the quantity or the quality of the supply.
Other sand dunes that may have good groundwater potential extend
intermittently from about halfway between Cape Arago and Bandon to the
vicinity of New Lake on the Coos-Curry County Boundary.
Additional potential sources of groundwater are the sand and gravel
aquifers lying along the main rivers, particularly the Coos and Coquille
With the exception of the alluvial deposits and sand dunes, which
make up only a small percentage of the county, the geologic formations
are generally so tightly compacted and impermeable that they yield little
or negligible quantities of groundwater wells.
The use of groundwater is restricted in many areas because of quality
problems. The principal problems are bacterial contamination, excessive
iron content, and, to a lesser degree, high acidity and serpentine-caused
oily, odorous water.
The groundwater pumped from the sand dune reservoir adjacent to the
ocean north of Coos Bay is satisfactory for industrial uses but it is unsuitable for municipal purposes because of iron content, the removal of
which would be quite costly.
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Projects
The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, Public Law 566, as
amended, authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with local
organizations in planning and carrying out works of improvement for flood
prevention and/or for the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water in watershed or subwatershed areas smaller than 250,000 acres.
The act provides for technical, financial, and credit assistance by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture to landowners, operators, and other people living
in small watersheds.
Project-type action under the act is intended to
supplement other soil and water conservation programs and other programs
for the development and flood protection of major river valleys. 1/
/
State Water Resources Board and USDA cooperative survey, Report on
Water and Related Land Resources, South Coast Drainage Basin, 1962.
- 21 -
Table 20.
Opportunities for Watershed Protection, Coos County
Watershed
Coquille Sub-basin
Central Coquille River
Lower Coquille River
Middle Fk. Coquille River
Northeast Fk. Coquille River
South Fk. Coquille River
Coos Sub-basin
Catching Slough
Coalbank Slough
Haynes Inlet
Isthmus Slouth
Kentuck Slough
Project Possibilities Under PL 566
Appears to be feasible - only in areas
near Fat Elk, Fish Trap, and Norway
Drainage District.
Appears to be feasible - only in areas
such as Bear Creek, Coaledo Drainage
District, Beaver Drainage District, and
Iowa Slough Drainage District only.
Appears to be feasible - onlyin areas
around Camas Valley
Does not appear to be feasible - some
areas might be feasible.
Does not appear to be feasible - some
areas might be feasible.
Might be feasible - to have a drainage
and irrigation project.
Appears to be feasible - to have a
project involving flood control, drainage and irrigation.
Appears to be feasible - to have a
project involving flood control, drainage and irrigation.
Does not appear to be feasible - under
existing conditions and law.
Appears to be feasible - to have a
flood control, drainage and irrigation
project.
Larson Slough
Lower Coos River
Millicoma River
North Slough
South Fk. Coos River
South Slough
Tenmile Slough
Willach Slough
SOURCE:
Appears to be feasible - to have a
project involving flood control, drainage and irrigation.
Does not appear to be feasible - under
existing conditions and laws.
Does not appear to be feasible - under
existing conditions and laws.
Appears to be feasible - to have a
project involving flood control, drainage and irrigation.
Does not appear to be feasible - under
existing conditions and laws.
Does not appear to be feasible - under
existing conditions and laws.
Appears to be feasible - to have a
project involving drainage, irrigation,
and flood control.
Appears to be feasible - to have a
project involving drainage, flood control and perhaps irrigation.
State Water Resources Board and USDA cooperative survey, Report on
Water and Related Land Resources, South Coast Drainage Basin, 1962.
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Approximately one-half of the county's population relies on either
individual or small group-type systems for their water supplies. The primary sources of water for these domestic supplies are springs and shallow
wells, most of which utilize surface drainage.
Domestic water shortages often occur during the summer months. Many
wells have both mineral and bacterial contamination problems but treatment
is not provided for most domestic supplies.
There is normally an adequate water supply for livestock use. In most
areas, natural streams and springs provide this supply without any need
for additional development.
All incorporated cities in the county are served from municipal supplies.
All systems utilize surface water, and in most cases several sources are used
to supply the quantity of water needed.
Supplies are adequate except in Bandon, which experiences shortages
during September. Quality problems consist mainly of turbidity during high
flow periods and, in the case of Bandon, algae growth in the reservoir during
low flow periods. Chlorination is provided in most cases while the larger
systems provide more extensive treatment such as sedimentation, filtration,
aeration, and taste and odor control.
Table 21.
Water Systems Serving Communities in Coos County, 1964
City or Water
District
Cities
Bandon
Coos Bay & North Bend
Coquille
Eastside
Empire
Myrtle Point
Powers
Districts
Bay Park-Milling ton
Bridge
Lakeside
SOURCE:
Source of Supply
Quantity or Quality
Problems
Ferry & Geiger Creeks
High acid content;
algae; irrigation
restricted
Pony Creek & Pony
Creek Reservoir
Coquille River; tributary of Rink Creek
Coos Bay-North Bend
Water Board
Coos Bay-North Bend
Water Board
N. Fork Coquille R.
Coquille River
Occasional color
City of Coos Bay;
Pony Creek
Unnamed Spring
Eel Lake
None
Bureau of Municipal Research and Service.
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None
None
None
None
None
None
None
Table 22.
Volume of Water Used for Water Systems in Coos County, 1963-64
City or District
Cities
Bandon
Coos Bay & North Bend
Coquille
Eastside
Empire
Myrtle Point
Powers
Districts
Bay Park-Miliington.
Bridge
Lakeside
SOURCE:
Maximum
Monthly
Usage
Volume in Thousands of Gallons
Minimum
Total Usage
Usage Per
Monthly
Fiscal Year
Customer
Per Year
Usage
1963-64
16,987
110,463
22,903
3,956
12,794
16,200
8,267
69,712
11,157
2,342
6,243
5,685
130,534
1,011,781
173,409
33,893
102,743
100,858
239
148
121
985
514
7,751
56
2,115
1,112
16,952
146
95
121
Bureau of Municipal Research and Service.
It is reported by the U.S. Census of Agriculture that 8,756 acres were
Streamflows supply most of the water used
irrigated in Coos County in 1964.
for irrigation. Other sources include wells, drainage water, and water from
sumps and holding ponds.
Pumps are the primary means of diverting water from its source to the
Sprinkler systems are used on the majority of irrigated land and
the remainder is irrigated by flooding.
land.
No major hydroelectric developments existed in the county as of 1963,
but preliminary surveys of streams within the county indicated several
potential power sites. Hydroelectric energy is supplied to the area by
public utilities served directly by the Bonneville Power Administration.
Table 23.
Undeveloped Hydroelectric Power Sites, Coos County, 1963
Ins tailed
Stream
Capacity
Site
(kilowatts)
Coquilie River
South Fork
South Fork
North Fork
East Fork.
Coos River
Coos River
SOURCE:
Coal Creek
Eden Ridge
Fairview
Brewster Valley
Lower Coos River
Tioga Fork
2,700
77,000
4,500
7,400
30,000
20,000
Average Annual
Generation
(kilowatts)
Approximate
Head
(feet)
197 ,000,000
210
1,610
39,400,000
64,600,000
130,000,000
100,000,000
200
400
400
300
20,200,000
Federal Power Commission; Coos-Curry Electric Coop., Inc. and
Pacific Power and Light Company.
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Industrial. uses of water are primarily for lumber and wood products
manufacturing. Smaller quantities are used for food processing, coal washing,
and flooding of cranberry bogs.
Industries are generally located where sufficient water supplies are
available, and, therefore, shortages are uncommon.
Major industries in Coos County receive all or part of their industrial
supply from municipal systems. The three largest individual users of municipal
water in the county are wood products manufacturers in the Coos Bay - North
Bend area.
Sufficient water is available for expansion of industry in the Coos Bay
and Coquille areas. However, expansion in most areas would require development of new sources of supply, storage of winter runoff, or purchases from
municipal supplies.
Pollution problems in the county include heavy turbidity resulting from
erosion, intrusion of salt water into tidal stretches of some streams, and
the contamination of surface and groundwater from improper sewage disposal.
Heavy turbidity occurs during periods of high runoff as a result of
normal erosion, and is sometimes aggravated by poor road building and logging
practices.
The intrusion of salt water into the tidal reaches of the Coquille River
and the estuaries (inlets) of Coos Bay constitutes a pollution of these waters
in that it affects the usefulness of these waters for most uses.
Contamination of both surface and ground water in many areas results from
inadequate methods of sewage disposal by individual, community, and industrial
systems.
In rural areas the disposal is normally through a septic tank and
drain field.
Collection systems are used within municipalities, and sewage is
then discharged into streams or into the ocean. Most systems provide only
primary treatment.
Table 24.
Source of Sewage Disposal for Housing Units, Coos County, 1970
Housing Units
Number
Percent
Type System
All housing units
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other or none
SOURCE:
18,325
11,249
9,661
423
100.0
58.3
39.6
2.2
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(l) - B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
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Table 25.
Summary of Major Waste Sources, Coos County, 1967
Present
Receiving
Stream
Tvie of Waste
Treatment' Meeded
City of Empire....
City of North
Bend
Coos County (USAF)
North Bend
Coos Bay
Domestic sewage
P,C
(1)
Coos Bay
Domestic sewage
P,C
(1)
Coos Bay
Domestic sewage
ST,TF,C
continued
surveillance (2)
City of Coos Bay
City of Eastside
Bunker Hill San.
Dist, Coos Bay
Coos Head Timber
Co., Pulp Div.,
Empire
Coos Bay
Coos Bay
Domestic sewage
Domestic sewage
P,C
P,C
(1)
Coos Bay
Domestic sewage
P,C
(1)
Coos Bay
Sulfite liquor
wastes, white
None
ST or equiv. control
of sewage wastes &
Source
Actions-'
(1)
water, and hy-primary sedimentation
or equiv. control of
industrial waste solImids by May 1968.
mediate study by
OSSA* to determine
highest practicable
treatment or control
of SWL (2)
draulic barker
fines
Menasha Corp.,
Paperbord Div.,
North Bend
Coos Bay,
Pacific 0.
Sulfite liquor
wastes, white
water
continued
PS plus
surveillance
non-overflow lagoon
Coos Bay
glue wastes
None
Coos Bay
glue wastes, hydraulic barker
fines
city sewer, Further study by OSSA
vibrating
screens,
Georgia Pacific,
Coos Bay
Isthmus Si.
glue wastes,
resin production
washdown
solids
lagoon
(3)
Coos Head Timber
Co., Coos Bay...
City of Coquille..
City of Bandon....
Isthmus Si.
Coquille R.
Coquille R.
glue wastes
Domestic sewage
Domestic sewage
None
P,C
None
(3)
Menasha Corp.,
Paperboard Div.,
North Bend
Weyerhauser Co.,
North Bend
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(3)
(1)
interceptor sewers and
ST by Dec. 1968 (plans
being prepared) (2)
Table 25, cont.
Summary of Major Waste Sources, Coos County, 1967
Receiving
Source
S tr earn
Present
Type of Waste
Treatment Needed Action'
Domestic sewage
ST (AD,C)
Bullard Beach,
Band on
Coquille R.
continued
surveillance (2)
*OSSA - Oregon State Sanitary Authority.
Types of treatment: P - primary, C - chlorination, ST - secondary treatment,
TF - trickling filter, PS - primary settling
AD - aerobic digestion.
Secondary treatment of sewage wastes by July 1972.
Monthly reports needed.
Study in progress by Federal Water Pollution Control Administration Water
Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon, to recommend methods of treatment or disposal
of glue wastes.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health Division,
Implementation and Enforcement Plan for the Public Waters of the State of
Oregon, Oregon Sanitary Authority, Portland, Oregon, May 1967.
1/
Water-based Recreation
Water plays an important role in the recreation of Coos County. Principal activities utilizing water include fishing and boating on the rivers,
bays, and lakes, and in the Pacific Ocean.
The county has a number of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs, some of which,
including the Tenmile Lakes, are well known both within and outside the county
for their recreation attractions.
Few problems exist in regard to recreational water use in the county.
Most of the water utilized for recreational purposes also serves other water
uses, but conflicts with these uses are relatively few.
Turbidity is a problem on many streams during the high flow winter
months.
Siltation occurs from natural causes and is aggravated in some
areas by construction and placer mining operations.
Pollution of the water of Coos Bay has reportedly lessened the recreational attractiveness of portions of that area.
The streams and bays of the county provide habitat for a wide variety
of both anadromous and resident species of fish. In general, chinook salmon
utilize the main stems of the larger stream systems, while silver salmon
and steelhead and cutthroat trout ascend the small tributaries of the large
streams and the smaller independent systems.
Shad and striped bass are found
in the tidal reaches of the Coos and Coquille Rivers.
Fall chinook enter the rivers in late September and early October, and
spawn from mid-October through January.
Silver salmon also enter in late
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September but do not spawn until November or December or later. Steelhead
start their upstream migration in late October and November, spawning from
December through May. Anadromous cutthroat migrations usually start in July
and continue through March.
A few lakes in the county provide habitat for resident trout and several
warm-water species.
The Coquille River system has important runs of steelhead, fall chinook,
silver, and cutthroat. Much of the Coquille main stem and the lower reach
of the North and Middle Forks are primarily bedrock. The smaller tributaries
in the headwater areas contain the major portions of spawning gravels. The
deep, slow moving waters of the lower Coquille are ideally suited to rearing
silver salmon and steelhead trout which have been spawned in the headwater
areas.
Stranding of young fish due to flooding is a constant threat resulting
in heavy losses in the valley lowlands as the floodwaters recede. Anadromous
fish life problems (due in part to extensive logging of watersheds) of very
low summer flows and high temperatures are also present in the Coquille system.
Problems that exist in the Coquille system are generally present in most
of the streams of the county.
Table 26.
Surface Areas of Lakes, Ponds, and Reservoirs, Coos County, 1963
Surface
Area
Name
New Lake
Laurel Lake
Croft Lake
Johnson Log Pond
Coquille Plywood Log
Pond
Bradley Lake
Eel Lake
Horsefall Lake
Unnamed Lake
Saunders Lake
Unnamed Lake
Empire Lakes
Unnamed Lake
Lyons Reservoir
Unnamed Lake
Torkeel Creek Res
Archer Gulch Res
Unnamed Lake
Unnamed Lake
Butterfield Lake
Subtotal
Surfac
Area
Name
(acres)
Fahys Lake
Powers Log Pond
Myrtle Point Veneer
Log Pond
Coquille Reservoir
Round Lake
Tenmile Lake
North Tenmile Lake
Upper Pony Creek Res
Sandpoint Lake
Beale Lake
Pony Creek Reservoir
Unnamed
Unnamed Lake
Unnamed Lake
Unnamed
Unnamed Lake
Fourth Creek Reservoir
Unnamed Lake
Unnamed Lake
Misc. Lakes & Res*
Subtotal
Total
120
78
77
82
80
31
410
130
65
63
59
50
24
22
19
16
15
14
13
10
(acres
31
22
20
12
10
1,350
980
120
64
60
60
38
23
22
Lake...........
Lake............
1,378
17
16
15
14
11
200
3,077
4,455
* Lakes and reservoirs with less than 10 acres surface area included in
miscellaneous.
SOURCES:
U.S. Geological Survey, State Water Resources Board, and Oregon
State Engineer.
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Minerals
Minerals play a comparatively small role in the economy of Coos County.
The value of mineral production in 1965 amounted to $652,000 and the average
annual mineral production for the 10-year period 1955-1965 was $575,000.
Stone, sand, and gravel were the principal minerals produced during most of
that period.
The majority of known mineral deposits, excluding stone, sand, and
gravel, are considered noncommercial because of grade, quantity, or distance
to markets.
The Coos Bay coal field, lying between Hauser and Myrtle Point, covers
250 square miles.
It is larger than all others in the state combined and
between 1854 and 1955 about three million tons were mined and the majority
shipped via water to California. Present reserves are estimated by the State
Department of Geology and mineral industries at 100 million tons or more of
usable coal. The deposits are mostly subbituminous and have an average
heating value of 9,700 Btu's per pound. This is relatively low for coal;
compared with oil, on a pound for pound basis, roughly twice as much coal is
required to produce the same amount of heat. By and large, the quantity,
quality, and mining characteristics of these coals do not provide much hope
for major resumption of activity.
The Eden Ridge coal field, situated in the long bend of the South Fork
of the Coquille River in southern Coos County, has proven reserves of approximately 50 million tons of high volatile C-Type bituminous coal, a quality
that is suitable for steam generation.
Pacific Power and Light Company, in
1963, had obtained rights to the coal and was considering its use in conjunction with a proposed steam-electric power plant on the south side of Eden Ridge.
The "black sands" in the coastal area near North Bend - Coos Bay Coquille can be considered as an important national reserve of chromite and
other minerals.
Gold, platinum, garnet, zircon, iron (magnetite and ilmenite)
and chromium are contained in the black sands and profitable mining depends
on the development of more economical mining and separating methods.
Vast reserves of silicia sand occur in the sand dune area north of Coos
The high cost of removing iron particles probably precludes commercial
use of the sand.
Bay.
There are gold, silver and chromite mining claims scattered throughout
the interior of the county. Many are worked only intermittently to meet the
minimum assessment requirements.
Oil exploration has been limited to the Coos Bay - Bandon - Coquille
Several unsuccessful oil wells have been drilled in this area, ranging
in depth from 1,090 to 6,940 feet.
area.
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Wildlife
The principal big game species within the county are black-tailed deer
and Roosevelt elk.
Coos County supports one of western Oregon's largest
elk herds.
Upland game animals include ring-necked pheasants, quail, grouse, pigeons,
doves, and brush rabbits.
Waterfowl populations are primarily composed of migrating ducks and geese,
and are found principally in the bays, inlets, and lakes of the coastal area.
There is a large wintering population in the Coos Bay area, and this and the
lower Coquille valley are the most important waterfowl areas of the county.
Beaver, muskrat, river otter, mink, marten, and ring-tailed cat are the
principal furbearing animals.
Table 27.
Black-tailed Deer and Roosevelt Elk Population Trends,
by Managemcnt unit, Coos County
Game
Mana:ement Unit
Black-tailed deer
Elkton
Tioga
Powers
Sixes
Total
Roosevelt elk
Elkton
Tioga
Powers
Sixes
Total
Animals
Observed
1971
1971
Animals Per Mile
1970
ear avera
5
144
173
70
395
782
3.6
2.5
4.7
8.2
2.6
2.4
3.7
8.8
3.2
1.6
6.7
8.5
29
0.7
2.6
1.6
1.5
2.7
1.0
1.3
3.4
1.2
362
48
399
* 5 year average, 1966 - 1970.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State
Game Commission.
A wide variety of both anadromous and resident species of fish occupy
the streams, lakes, and bays of Coos County. Anadromous species include
chinook and silver salmon, steelhead, coastal cutthroat trout, shad, sturgeon,
and striped bass. Resident fish include cutthroat and rainbow trout, largemouth bass, yellow perch, bullhead catfish, black and white crappie, bluegill,
and pumpkinseed sunfish. The bays also include many shellfish, most important
of which are clams, crabs, oysters, and niussels.
For additional information,
see the Water-based Recreation section in the Water division.
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Until 1853, Coos County was mainly settled by trappers. Since then,
the county has grown to a population of 56,515 in 1970.
The principal
industries today are lumbering, fishing, agriculture, shipping and recreation.
Population
The population of Coos County was approximately 57,300 in 1972.
Approximately 50 percent of the people live in urban areas. Coquille is
the county seat, but the largest city is Coos Bay, with a population of
13,320 in 1972.
The following table gives a breakdown of Coos County's population by
race.
Table 28.
Number of Persons by Racial Group for Coos County, 1970
Racial Group
Number of Persons
Total
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
American Indian
Other
SOURCE:
56,515
55,227
583
57
363
285
Valde, Gary R. and Coppedge, Robert 0., Income and Poverty Data for
Racial Groups: A Compilation for Oregon Census County Divisions,
Special Report 367, Oregon State University and USDA cooperating,
Corvallis, Oregon, 1972.
Table 29.
Coos and Bordering Counties, Population and Rank Order in Oregon,
1960 and 1972
1960
Count y
COOS
Curry
Douglas
SOURCES:
Rank
9
25
7
Popu1ation
Rank
54,955
13,983
68,458
10
26
8
1972
Population
57,300
13,300
73,950
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 General Social
and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39, Oregon, U S
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962.
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University,
July 1972.
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Table 30.
Land Area and Population Density, Coos and Bordering Counties,
1950, 1960, and 1970
County and State
Population Densit
1950
1970
I
1960
I
Land Area
- square miles -
State of Oregon
COOS
Curry
Douglas
96,248
1,611
1,622
5,061
- persons per square mile 18.4
34.1
8.6
13.5
15.8
26.2
3.7
10.8
21.7
35.1
8.0
14.2
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1950, 1960, 1970
General Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(1) - B39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1951,
1961, 1971.
SOURCE:
Table 31.
Year
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1965
1970
1972
Population Growth, Coos County
Population
Percent Increase
Period
Percent
17 ,959
22,257
28,373
32,466
42,265
54,955
52,400
56,515
57,300
SOURCE:
23.9
27.9
14.4
30.2
30.0
-4.6
8.0
1.0
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General
Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(1) - B39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates
of Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State
University, July 1972.
Table 32.
Years
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
SOURCES:
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1965
1966-1970
1970-1972
Components of Change in Coos County's Population, 1940-1970
Net
Change
Natural
Increase
Migration
9,799
12,690
1,560
3,930
9,243
6,166
5,869
3,447
-4,606
Net
Oregon State Board of Census, Components of Population Growth 1940-1960, Population Bulletin P-3, Portland
State of Oregon:
State University, 1961.
Tam, Marilyn, An Oregonian Profile, An Economic and Social Analysis,
Western Inter-state Commission for Higher Education, Urban Studies
Center, Portland State University, September 1972.
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Table 33.
Urban
Percent Change
Year
Population
1950
1960
1970
SOURCE:
Urban and Rural Population, Coos County, 1950-1970
15,845
25,993
28,967
Rural
Population (Per cent Chan g e
26,420
28,962
27,548
64.0
11.4
9.6
-4.9
Oregon State Board of Census, Components of Population GrowthState of Oregon:
1940-1960, Population Bulletin P-3, Portland
State University, 1961.
Tam, Marilyn, An Oregonian Profile, An Economic and Social Analysis,
Western Inter-state Commission for Higher Education, Urban Studies
Center, Portland State University, September 1972.
Table 34.
Population Estimates of Incorporated Cities, Coos County,
1960, 1965, 1971, and 1972
City and County
Coos County
Band on
Coos Bay 1/
Coquille
Eastside
Myrtle Point
North Bend
Powers
1960
1965
1971
1972
54,955
1,653
7,084
4,730
1,380
2,886
7,512
1,366
52,400
1,630
13,800
4,700
1,482
2,700
8,197
1,140
56,720
1,870
13,227
4,290
1,475
2,575
8,640
831
57,300
1,895
13,320
4,300
1,490
2,595
8,685
835
1/
Empire annexed to Coos Bay.
SOURCE:
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University,
1959-65, 1971 and 1972 reports.
The composition of Coos County's population by age and sex is similar
to the composition of the whole state of Oregon.
There is, however, a
slightly higher percentage of under 18 age group in Coos County.
In 1970
about 35.7 percent of the county's population was under 18 years of age,
55.3 percent was in the 18-65 age group, and the remaining 9.1 percent was
65 years or over. The median age of the county in 1970 was 28.8 years of
age.
Composition of the county's population by sex is split roughly in
half, with males being the majority with 175 more males than females in the
county.
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Table 35.
Population by Age and Sex, Coos County, 1960 and 1970
Male
Female
1960
1970
Total
1960
1970
Percent
1960
1970
Age Group
1960
1970
Total population.
Under
5
28,096
3,301
3,256
2,781
1,930
1,561
3,575
3,787
3,504
2,342
2,065
28,345
2,479
2,997
3,119
2,606
1,707
3,405
3,258
3,316
2,985
3,889
26,859
3,271
3,157
2,703
2,058
1,656
3,496
3,601
3,006
1,956
1,995
28,170
2,234
2,767
3,028
2,673
1,911
3,499
3,173
3,399
2,844
3,926
54,955
6,572
6,407
5,484
3,988
3,217
7,071
7,388
6,510
4,298
4,020
56,515
4,713
5,764
6,147
5,279
3,618
6,904
6,431
6,715
4,829
7,815
28.8
28.7
26.8
29.0
27,8
28.8
5-9
10-14.
15-19.
20-24.
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64.
65 and over
Median age
SOURCE:
100.0
12.0
11.7
10.0
100.0
8.3
10.2
10.9
9.3
6.4
12.2
11.4
11.9
10.3
13.8
7.3
5.8
12.9
13.4
11.8
7.8
7.3
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 and 1970
General Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(l)-B39 Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961, 1971.
Table 36.
Population of Selected Cities by Age and Sex, 1960 and 1970
Age Grou p
Under
I
Coos Bay
1960
1970
J
Coquille
1960
1970
I
North Bend
1960
1970
1
1,194
2,731
2,288
1,722
1,521
1,597
1,254
1,159
572
951
662
610
656
558
345
368
398
925
720
559
490
508
341
396
886
1,472
984
65 and over
645
1,389
907
843
1,056
978
666
602
616
586
915
997
817
729
Total population
Male
Female
7,084
3,588
3,496
13,466
6,629
6,837
4,337
2,174
2,263
4,730
2,396
2,334
7,512
3,754
3,758
8,553
4,253
4,300
5
5-14
15-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
SOURCE:
977
1,059
939
777
1,778
1,428
1,118
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 and 1970
General Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(l)-B39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 196, 1971.
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Employment
The Oregon State Department of Employment reported that in 1971 the
annual average civilian labor force in Coos County was 23,290 or 41.1 percent
of the total population. At that time, the unemployment rate was 9.1 percent
of the total labor force or about 2,120 unemployed.
The same report shows that 21,070 people were employed in 1971 in Coos
Only about 4.2 percent of the employed were in agriculture. Manufacturing employs the largest percentage of workers, at 26.6 percent, with
the lumber and wood industry employing 22.8 percent of this total. About
11.5 percent of the employed worked in retail trade and 9.7 percent were in
the services industry.
County.
Table 37.
Employment Status, Coos County, 1960 and 1970
Coos County
1960
19701/
I
Subj ect
Total males, 14 years and over
Total labor force
Armed Forces
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Inmate of institution
Enrolled in school
Other
19,170
15,371
Total females, 14 years and over.
Total labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Inmate of institution
Enrolled in school
Other
Married, (husbands present)
308
15,063
14,263
800
3,799
19,256
14,943
340
14,603
13,616
987
4,313
113
89
1,498
2,188
1,130
3,094
18,186
5,247
4,848
399
12,939
116
1,609
11,214
3,620
19,541
6,889
6,273
616
12,652
217
1,256
11,179
13,871
Coos Bay
1960
197 0/
I
2,606
2,086
4,513
3,673
61
69
2,027
1,931
96
520
NA*
NA
NA
3,604
3,353
251
840
2,564
1,034
951
4,812
2,022
1,857
165
2,790
83
1,530
NA
NA
NA
NA
17
280
543
89
274
2,427
3,229
*NA - not available.
1/
16 years and over.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) C39, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1962, 1972.
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Table 38.
Percent of Age Group in Labor Force, Coos County, 1970
Coos Bay
Age Group
Male
Years
14-15
16-17
18-19
20-21
22-24
25-34
35-44
45-64
65 and over
SOURCE:
I
10.2
24.1
70.0
87.9
94.4
98.1
98.3
89.6
24.9
Coos County
Male
Female
Female
11.2
17.8
58.3
44.2
58.4
36.8
53.4
48.3
10.3
10.3
29.7
68.6
83.3
93.7
96.9
96.7
86.1
21.2
4.3
14.6
47.6
39.6
47.1
37.1
42.1
41.9
6.4
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 39.
Industry Group of Employed, Coos County, 1960 and 1970
Number Employed
1960
1970
Indus tr
Agriculture
Forestry and fisheries
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Lumber and wood products
Food and kindred products
Other
Transportation
Communications
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Business services
Personal services
Hospitals
Educational services
Professional and related services
Public administration
Utilities and sanitary services
785
280
12
882
7,032
6,289
269
374
1,283
266
511
2,787
376
1,021
1/
NA*
2,207 1/
540
168
927
J
17
933
6,915
5,483
304
1,128
1,131
241
871
3,075
1,011
763
476
1,554
480
665
282
*NA - not available.
Combined as medical and other professional services.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) C39, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1962, 1972.
1/
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Table 40.
Coos County Occupations, 1970
Occupation
Male
Total employed, 16 years old and
over
Professional, technical, and
kindred workers
Engineers
Physicians and related
practitioners
Other health workers
Teachers
Technicians except health
Other professional workers
Managers and administrators
Sales workers
Clerical and kindred workers
Craftsmen and kindred workers
Operative except transport
Transport
Laborers except farm
Farmers and farm managers
Farm laborers
Service workers
Cleaning service
Food service
Health service
Personal service
Protective service
Private household
Number Employed
Female
I
Total
13,616
6,273
19,889
1,175
993
2,168
107
NA
NA
10
288
107
564
1,298
612
301
2,968
2,567
1,288
2,213
280
136
778
289
124
15
91
240
0
NA
256
563
4
170
347
565
1,696
98
772
50
128
46
109
1,298
148
664
275
122
12
171
99
266
851
ill
734
1,645
1,177
1,997
3,066
3,339
1,338
2,341
326
245
2,076
437
788
290
213
252
171
*NA - not available.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristic, Final Report PC(l) - C39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
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Table 41.
Median Earnings of Selected Occupation Groups,
Coos County, 1959 and 1969
Occupation Group
1959
1969
Male, total with earnings
Professional, managerial, and
kindred workers
Farmers and farm managers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred
workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Farm laborers
Laborers, excluding farm and mine
$5,094
$7,917
6,390
3,060
9,819
3,680
5,710
5,032
NA*
4,422
8,902
7,778
3,568
6,974
Female, total with earnings
Clerical and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
$2,001
2,559
1,891
$2,968
3,838
1,767
*NA - not available.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, 1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) C39, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1962, 1972.
Table 42.
Covered Payrolls and Employment by Industry, Coos County,
1970 and 1971
Avera:e Emilo
Indus tr
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Mining
Contract construction
Lumber and wood products manufacturing
Food and kindred products manufacturing
Other manufacturing
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance and real estate
Services and miscellaneous
Government
SOURCE:
ent
1970
Annual
Pa roll 1971
121
101
19
16
458
5,436
592
505
470
5,267
386
473
465,417
117,848
4,325,050
49,896,436
1,831,430
4,272,947
1,518
2,889
482
1,462
602
1,507
3,030
509
1,519
661
13,830,946
17,819,298
3,011,307
6,947,474
5,967,096
$
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Oregon Covered Employment and Payrolls, 1970 and 1971, Summary
Data, Research and Statistics Section, 1971, 1972.
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Table 43.
Labor Force in Coos County, 1968-1971
Industry
1968
Civilian labor force
Workers in labor management
disputes
Unemployment
Percent of labor force
Employment
Agricultural
Nonagricultural
Self-employed, unpaid family
and domestics
Wage and salary workers
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood
Other durables
Nondurable goods
Food products
Paper
Other
Nonmanufacturing
Contract construction
Transportation, communications,
utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance, and
real estate
Service and miscellaneous
Government
Annual Avera:e
1969
1970
22,560
22,420
1971
22,930
23,290
0
0
0
1,550
6.9
21,010
850
20,160
1,650
7.4
20,770
850
19,920
1,880
8.2
21,050
970
20,080
100
2,120
9.1
21,070
970
20,100
2,780
17,380
6,980
5,820
5,820
NA*
1,160
660
260
240
10,400
430
2,680
17,240
6,850
5,680
5,680
NA
1,170
670
NA
500
10,390
460
2,690
17,390
6,580
5,440
5,440
NA
1,140
640
NA
500
10,810
460
2,690
17,410
6,210
5,450
5,320
130
760
430
NA
330
11,200
440
1,560
2,740
1,530
2,790
1,560
2,890
1,510
3,030
710
2,020
2,940
720
2,050
2,840
740
2,190
2,970
760
2,260
3,200
*NA - not available.
SOURCE
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Labor Force and Employment in Oregon by County 1968 through 1971
publications, Research and Statistics Section, 1969, 1970, 1971,
1972.
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Table 44.
Number and Percent of Persons Unemployed in Coos and Bordering
Counties, 1968 and 1971
1968
County
COOS
Douglas
Curry
SOURCE:
1971
Number of
People
Percent of
Labor Force
Number of
People
Percent of
Labor Force
1,550
1,700
260
6.9
6.1
5.5
2,120
2,160
380
9.1
7.3
7.4
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Labor Force and Employment in Oregon by County, 1968 through 1971
publications, Research and Statistics Section, 1969 to 1972.
Table 45.
Major Occupation Group of Unemployed, Coos County, 1960 and 1970
Occupation Group
1960
Professional, technical, and kindred workers
Farmers and farm managers
Managers, officials, and proprietors,
excluding farm
Clerical and kindred workers
Sales workers
Craftsmen, foremen)
and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Service workers, including private household
Farm laborers
Laborers, excluding farm and mine
32
4
35
48
77
158
240
28
182
305
1970
76'
NA*
NA
127
94
167
370
202
28
376
*NA - not available.
includes managerial workers.
1/
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, 1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) C39, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1962, 1972.
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Table 46.
Local Government Employees and Payroll, Coos County,
October, 1967
Item
Employees and Earnings
Employees
Full-time only
2,097
1,649
Full-time equivalent employment
Education
Teachers only
Functions other than education
Highways
Public welfare
Hospitals
Health
Police protection
Fire protection
Sewerage
Sanitation other than sewerage
Parks and recreation
Natural resources
Housing and urban renewal
Correction
Libraries
Financial administration
General control
Water supply
Other local utilities
Other and unallocable
1,720
1,229
838
491
143
10
29
25
72
26
7
2
11
1
5
17
36
53
8
6
40
October payroll
Education
Teachers only
Functions other than education
$964,000
705 ,000
559,000
259,000
Average monthly earnings, full-time
employment
Teachers
Others
SOURCE:
$666
459
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol. 3,
No 2, Compendium of Public Employment, U S Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C., 1969.
41 -
Income
Table 47.
Net Effective Buying Income Estimates, 1967 and 1970
Net Dollars
Area
1967
I
1970
- - thousand dollars - -
Oregon
Coos County
Coos Bay
$5,224,888
129,355
NA*
$6,650,690
159,429
43,988
Per Household
1967
1970
I
- - dollars $8,113
7,609
NA
$9,440
8,571
9,164
*NA - not available.
SOURCE:
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1969 and 1972, University of Oregon, 1969, 1972.
Table 48.
Bank Debits and Deposits, Coos County, 1965 - 1971
Bank Debits 1/
Bank Deposits
- - thousand dollars
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
$469,062
481,448
517,795
522,734
544,654
572,619
636,907
$ 79,903
84,075
90,938
98,350
98,925
105,431
NA*
*NA - not available.
Bank debits represent the dollar value of checks drawn against deposit
accounts of individuals and businesses.
Included are debits to demand
deposit accounts of individuals, business firms, and state and other
political subdivisions, and payments from escrow or trust accounts.
Excluded are debits to U.S. Government, interbank, time and savings
accounts, and several other categories of accounts.
For further information, consult: Oregon State Department of Commerce, Annual Reports
Banking Division.
SOURCE: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1969 and 1972, University of Oregon, 1969, 1972.
1/
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The following table gives mean incomes and income distribution by race
for Coos County
Data is also given for persons and families in the county
with incomes below federally determined poverty levels.
Table 49.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups, Coos County, 1970
Item
Number
Mean Income
Families:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
Other
Unrelated individuals:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
Other
Percent
$10,157
10,202
7,594
6,654
8,734
3,768
3,759
8,300
3,652
Families by Family Income Class
All races:
under $3,999
$4,000-$5,999
2,045
1,656
7,124
4,305
15,130
13.52
10.94
47.09
28.45
100.00
1,982
1,627
6,937
4,251
14,791
13.39
11.00
46.88
28.73
100.00
44
153
28.76
4.58
51.63
15.03
100.00
$6 ,000-$ll ,999
12
100.00
$12,000+
total
12
100.00
$6 ,000-$ll ,999
$12,000+
total
Caucasian:
under $3,999
$4,000-$5,999
$6 ,000-$ll ,999
$12 ,000+
total
Spanish Language:
under $3,999
$4 ,000-$5 ,999
7
$6,000-$ll,999
$l2,000+
total
79
23
Black:
under $3,999
$4,000-$5,999
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Table 49, cont.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups, Coos County, 1970
Number
I tern
Percent
Other:
under $3,999
$4 ,000-$5 ,999
$6 ,000-$1l ,999
$12 , 000+
total
Income Below Poverty Level (bpl)
Families bpl:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
Other
Persons in families bpl
Unrelated individuals bpl
Under 65
65 and over
Male family head, 14-64 yrs., bpl
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Female family head bpl in labor
force with children below
6 years
Income source of families and
unrelated individuals bpl
Earnings
Social security or railroad
retirement
Public assistance or welfare
19
22
96
31
168
11.31
13.10
57.14
18.45
100.00
1,222
1,177
32
100.00
96.32
2.62
13
1.06
4,266
790
680
346
47
185
47
1,052
1,154
439
Black spaces indicate a zero, suppressed data, or not applicable.
SOURCE: Valde, Gary R. and Coppedge, Robert 0., Income and Poverty Data for
Racial Groups: A Compilation for Oregon Census County Divisions,
Special Report 367, Oregon State University and USDA cooperating,
Corvallis, Oregon, 1972.
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Education
Table 50.
Formal Education Facilities, Coos County, 1969-70 and 1971
School, District,
and Type of Schools
Grades
Included
Coquille School District No. 8
Fairview Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Washington Elementary School
Coquille Junior High School
Coquille High School
Coos Bay School District No. 9
Allegany Elementary School
Blossom Gulch Elementary School
Bunker Hill Elementary School
Charleston Elementary Schbol
Coos Rivers Elementary School
Eastside Elementary School
Englewood Elementary School
Greenacres Elementary School
Madison Elementary School
Michigan Elementary School
Millington Special School
Milner Crest Elementary School
Summer Elementary School
Marshfield Junior High School
Millicoma Junior High School
Marshfield Senior High
North Bend School District No. 13
Bangor Elementary School
Glasgow Elementary School
Hillcrest Elementary School
Lakeside Elementary School
North Bay Junior High School
Roosevelt Elementary School
Sunny Hill Elementary School
North Bend Junior High School
North Bend Senior High School
Powers School District No. 31
Powers Elementary School
Powers High School
Myrtle Point School District No. 41
Arago Elementary School
Bridge Elementary. School
Broadbent Elementary School
Dora Elementary School
Maple Elementary School
Myrtle Crest Elementary School
Myrtle Point High School
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Enrollment
1969-70
ADM 1/
1971
78
312
432
330
492
437
59
297
345
266
505
433
63
675
384
493
157
401
308
113
575
602
66
295
160
338
467
2,197
51
482
290
378
127
318
265
99
469
546
52
299
133
258
452
1,959
10-12
516
118
490
159
479
237
231
654
754
437
121
413
106
418
216
234
418
726
1-8
9-12
220
114
155
101
94
89
144
123
1-5
1-6
1-7
1-6
7-9
10-12
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-4
5-8
-8
1-6
1-6
7-8
7-8
9-12
1-6
1-4
1-6
1-4
5-8
1-6
1-4
7-9
1-6
1-8
2-6
1-6
1-2
4-8
9-12
188
123
47
149
506
518
29
136
472
470
Table 50, cont.
Formal Education Facilities, Coos County, 1969-70 and 1971
Schoo1, District,
and T .e of Schools
Grades
Included
Bandon School District No. 54
Heights Elementary School.
Ocean Crest Elementary School....
Harbor Lights Junior High School.
Bandon Senior High School
Enrollment
ADM1/
1971
1969-70
199
362
175
344
151
293
169
302
9,562
2,126
4,364
16,052
8,123
1,934
3,991
14,048
1-2
3-6
7-8
9-12
- number County Totals
Elementary
Junior High
High School
County Grand Total
33
5
6
44
ADM - average daily membership.
The enrollment figures for 1969-70 do
not necessarily compare with the ADM for 1971 since student load in some
instances may have switched from one district to another by mutual
agreement.
Oregon Board of Higher Education, 1969 School Directory and 1971-72
SOURCE:
Oregon School-Community College Directory, School Finance and Statistical
Services.
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Table 51.
District
Racial and Ethnic Distribution of Public School Enrollment
by School District, Coos County, 1972
White
Black
American
Indian
Spanish
Surname
I
Other'
Total
number of students
Bandon
Coos Bay
Coquilie
Myrtle Point
North Bend
Powers
Total
1/
907
5,796
1,802
1,435
3,168
207
-10
--
13,315
19
6
3
5
917
6,026
1,841
1,455
3,273
218
154
13,730
4
3
3
67
24
15
28
67
90
3
2
9
3
23
44
1
139
5.
103
Includes Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and others.
Compiled from Oregon Board of Education reports by Oregon State
University Extension Service.
SOURCE:
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Table 52.
Years of School Completed by Population 25 Years and Over,
Coos County, 1970
Education
Number
Males
Number
Females
Total
Total 25 years and over
No school years completed
Elementary:
1-4 years
5-7 years
8 years
High School: 1-3 years
4 years
College:
1-3 years
4 years or more
15,439
123
398
1,492
2,629
'3,311
4,814
1,440
1,232
15,562
30,999
83
291
1,189
2,261
3,744
5,531
1,457
1,006
206
689
2,681
4,890
7,055
10,345
2,897
2,238
Median school years completed.
11.8
12.0
11.9
SOURCE:
100.0
.7
2.2
8.7
15.8
22.8
33.4
9.4
7.2
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 53.
Coos County Residents Enrolled in Higher Education Institutions,
Fall, 1971
Institution
Number Enrolled
Total enrolled
Eastern Oregon College
Oregon College of Education
Oregon State University
Portland State University
Southern Oregon College
University of Oregon
Oregon Technical Institute
University of Oregon Dental School
University of Oregon Medical School
Total in private and independent
institutions
SOURCE:
Percent
799
10
49
202
29
134
237
47
2
9
80
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, Post Secondary Enrollment
in Oregon, 1972.
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Table 54.
Youth Organizations, Coos County, 1972
Membership
Organization
1,259
4-H
Future Farmers
Vo-Ag Programs
SOURCE:
50
173
State Department of Education and State Extension Office, 4-H
Division, unpublished data, 1972.
Although Coos County operates no correctional institutions of its own,
it is served by four state correctional institutions in Marion County. These
include training schools for socially maladjusted boys between 12 and 18
years of age and girls between the ages of 12 and 21.
Table 55.
Felonies and Juvenile Delinquency in Coos County, 1968
Number
Subj ect
Commitments to felony and correctional
institutions, 1967-68
Total commitments
Oregon State Penitentiary
Oregon State Correctional
Institution
MacLaren (boys' training school)
Hillcrest (girls' training school)
Juvenile court cases, 1968
All cases
Delinquency
Traffic
Other
35
12
2,275
1,418
650
207
1970 figures from Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Children
Services Division, Adolescent Population and Commitment Data by County,
by Calendar Year 1967-1970.
SOURCE: Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
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Health and Vital Statistics
Table 56.
Existing Medical Facilities, Number of Existing Beds,
and Number of Beds Needed, Coos County, 1970 1/
Category
Communit
Number of Facilities
Existin
Needed
General Hospitals
Bandon
CoosBay
Coquille
North Bend
Long-term Care Facilities
Bandon
Coos Bay
Coquille
North Bend
Diagnostic and Treatment Centers
Bandon
CoosBay
.
North Bend
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Number of Beds
Needed
Exist in
24
61
30
76
24
70
0
70
34
92
35
84
98
90
34
35
Mental Facilities:
the state mental health plan is incorporated herein
by reference.
Tuberculosis Hospitals: none
Rehabilitation Facilities
no facilities are programmed beyond the
services in area hospita1s.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Board of Health, Oregon Plan for Construction and Modernization of Hospitals, Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities,
1971 Annual Revision, Health Facility Planning and Construction Section,
1971.
Table 57.
Diagnostic or Treatment Center Facilities, Coos County, 1970
Outpatient Visits
During Year
Name and Location
Coquille Valley Hospital,
Coquille
Keizer Memorial Hospital,
North Bend
McAuley Hospital
Coos Bay
Southern Coos General Hospital,
Bandon
1/
Services -
2/
5,178
A,H
7,195
A,H,I
3,766
A,H,I
Service code: A - General; H - X-Ray;
I - Clinical Laboratory.
This hospital opened February 1, 1970, there are no occupancy figures
as of yet.
SOURCE
Oregon State Board of Health, Oregon Plan for Construction and Modernization of Hospitals, Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities,
1971 Annual Revision, Health Facility Planning and Construction Section,
1/
2/
1971.
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Table 58.
Existing Medical Facilities and Percent of Occupancy,
Coos County, 1910
Name of Facilit y
Total
Capacity
Percent of
Occupancy
North Bend
Coquille
Coos Bay
Bandon
76
30
61
24
69
1/
60
57
Bandon
Coquille
34
35
North Bend
Coos Bay
98
92
Location
General Hospitals
Keizer Memorial
Coquille Valley Hospital
McAuley Hospital
Southern Coos General Hospital
Long-term Care Facilities
Bandon Retirement Home
Community Nursing Home
St. Catherine's Residence and
Nursing Home
Fir Crest Convalescent Home
101 2/
106
/
84
62
This hospital opened February 1, 1970; there are no occupancy figures
as of yet.
2/
Licensed capacity exceeds evaluation capacity, resulting in a high rate
of occupancy.
SOURCE: Oregon State Board of Health, Oregon Plan for Construction and
Modernization of Hospitals, Public Health Centers and Medical
Facilities, 1971 Annual Revision, Health Facility Planning and
Construction Section, 1971.
1/
Table 59.
Number of Licensed Medical Personnel and Ratio of Population
Per Professional, Coos County, 1969
Coos County
Number
RatioA/
Profession
Medical doctors and doctors of
osteopathy
Dentists
Registered nurses
Licensed practical nurses
Pharmacists
1/
47
25
141
71
33
1,217
2,288
406
806
1,733
State
Rat io/
770
1,412
276
1,002
1,375
Ratio figures equal population per professional in particular category.
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
SOURCE:
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Table 60.
Number of Admissions to State Psychiatric Hospitals and Mental
Health Clinics and Ratio per 100,000 Population, Coos County, 1969
Coos County
Number
Ratio
I
Facility
Psychiatric hospitals
Mental health clinics
SOURCE:
72
State
Ratio
126
470
269
134
460
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
In 1969, Coos County allocated a total of $292,153 to its county health
department, or $5.11 per capita. This compares with the all counties
average of $5.70. 1!
Coos County's birth rate remained fairly constant from 1967 to 1971;
the rate per 1,000 population was 17.2 in 1968 and 17.3 in 1971. However,
in that same period, the death rate rose from 8.8 per 1,000 population to
9 5 per 1,000 population
The illegitimate birth rate rose from 66 2 to
68.3 per 1,000 live births in this same period. This rate was below the
state rate of 82.4 per 1,000 live births.
The accidental death rate from
1967 to 1971 rose from 49 per 100,000 population to 62 per 100,000 population.
Table 61.
Births and Deaths by Major Category, Coos County, 1968 and 1971
Coos County
Category
Number
1968
All births
All deaths
Illegitimate births
Premature births
Inf ant deaths
Accidental deaths
951
525
63
84
23
49
I
1971
State
Rate'!
1968
1971
I
981
461
17.2
79
79
29
62
66.2
88.3
24.2
88.6
8.8
17.3
9.5
68.3
66.6
24.4
89.2
Rate/
1971
15.6
9.4
78.1
57.4
18.4
61.3
Rates as follows: All bitths and deaths per 1,000 population. Type
births per 1,000 live births. Type deaths per 100,000 population.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
1968 and 1971 publications.
1/
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division, District
Facts, 1970.
Table 62.
Health Statistics, Coos County, 1971
I tern
Coos County
Ratel/
Number
State
Rate
/
Morbidity
Tuber cub SI S
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Influenza
Hepatitis
Measles
Deaths frorn all cuases
Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
Diabetus mellitus
Heart diseases
Cerebrovascular diseases
Arteriosclerosis
Other cardiovascular diseases
Influenza and pneumonia
Bronchitis, emphysema, asthma
Peptic ulcer
Cirrhosis of liver
Congenital anomalies
Certain infancy mortality causes.
All other diseases
Accidents
Suicide
Homicides
4
2
176
479
NA*
-525
97
8
210
41
8
8
13
18
4
5
4
15
33
50
7
3
7.1
3..5
310.3
844.5
NA
93?!
171.0
14.1
370.2
72.3
14.1
14.1
22.9
12.7
8.5
324.8
2,241.4
45.1
21.9
93
31.7
7.1
8.8
7.1
26.4
167.0
14.9
342.3
116.1
22.0
15.2
26.5
24.9
4.6
13.8
7.1
14.2
58.2
88.2
12.3
5.3
78.5
64.4
14.5
4.4
*NA - not available.
Rate per 1,000 population.
Rate per 100,000 population.
2/
1/
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
1971.
Public Welfare
The State of Oregon operates three special schools for the handicapped,
all located at Salem in Marion County.
The School for the Blind provides
special education for approximately 100 children with acute vision problems
in a boarding school situation. The School for the Deaf provides parallel
training for severly handicapped children from four years of age through
high school.
Oregon Fairview Home provides in- and out-patient training for
mentally deficient minors and adults.
Table 63.
Public Welfare Cases Receiving Non-Medical Payments,
Coos County, March and August 1972 1/
Category
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Blind
Aid to the Disabled
Aid to Dependent Children
General Assistance
March
164
9
174
793
52
Cases
August
163
10
184
748
50
Average Payment
March
August
$ 55.59
115.78
80.05
49.84
61.32
$ 58.62
123.70
75.45
45.13
60.94
1/ Note differing months for comparison.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Public Welfare in Oregon, March 1972 and August 1972
editions.
Table 64.
Public Welfare Medical Payments by Type of Service
Coos County, March and August 1972 1/
Category
Physicians services
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Blind
Aid to the Disabled
Aid to Dependent Children
General Assistance
Foster Care
Hospital Payments
OAA
AB
AD
ABC
GA
FC
Drug Payments
OAA
AB
AD
AD C
GA
FC
Persons
March I August
51
4
80
460
31
22
27
3
75
433
46
24
11
1
7
51
13
48
4
1
9
156
193
4
7
100
342
23
13
130
399
1/
38
15
Average Payment
March
August
$ 14.03
49.94
22.48
20.72
39.16
23.25
$ 16.44
19.75
24.32
29.68
40.97
14.40
$101.55
134.28
324.05
286.35
809.47
441.13
$ 45.52
$ 13.66
29.55
17.28
7.40
19.04
6.66
$ 20.42
29.32
25.56
8.43
15.89
9.48
488.67
338.90
453.89
284.02
Note differing months for comparison.
SOURCE
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Public Welfare in Oregon, March 1972 and August 1972
editions.
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Table 65. Average Welfare Payments by Type of Service,
Coos County, Fiscal Years 1968-69 and 1971-72
Average Payment Per Case
1971-72
1968-69
Type of Service
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Blind
Aid to the Disabled
General Assistance
Aid to Dependent Children 1/
UN 2/
Basic 2/
$ 61.88
115.37
85.52
60.97
$ 56.05
107.91
79.85
73.40
33.46
41.04
49.07
48.44
Payments per person, not case.
UN figure represents payments to families where male parent is in the
home but unemployed. The Basic figure represents all others.
unpublished data received from Sondra Lipman, Oregon Public Welfare
SOURCE:
Division, Research and Statistics Section, May 1973.
1/
2/
Housing
Table 66.
Housing, Occupancy, and Facilities for Places with Over 2,500
Inhabitants, Coos County, 1970
Subj ect
Occupancy
All year-round
housing units
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year-round
Facilities
Telephone available.
Air conditioning.
Median gross rent of
renter occupied
Coos Bay
Number I Percent
4,710
2,830
1,651
96
NA*
50
Coquille
Number
Percent
North Bend
Percent
Number
100.0
60.1
35.1
2.0
1,565
906
559
100
100.0
57.9
35.7
6.4
2,935
1,762
1,063
110
100.0
60.0
36.2
NA
1,254
12
80.1
0.8
2,379
1.1
81.1
0.8
$96
$100
24
3.7
$104
*NA - not available.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(l) - B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
- 54 -
Table 67.
Housing, Occupancy and Facilities, Coos County, 1970
Subject
Occupancy
All housing units
Seasonal or migratory
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year round
Population in housing units
per unit
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Persons per room
All occupied
1.00 or less
1.01 to 1.50
1.51 or more
Facilities
Lacking some or all
plumbing facilities
Telephone available
Air conditioning
Median number of rooms
Median value 1/
Median gross rent 2/
1/
Coos County
Number Units
Percent
19,337
9
12,631
5,694
1,003
100.0
0.1
65.3
State
Percent
29.5
5.2
100.0
1.3
61.3
31.5
5.9
100.0
92.9
5.5
1.6
100.0
94.7
4.2
1.1
2.8
79.0
1.6
3.6
89.5
10.3
3.1
3.1
2.9
18,325
17,022
1,008
295
545
15,276
304
4.8
$12,600
$71
-----
5.0
$11,300
$107
Of one family homes on less than 10 acres and no business on property.
Excludes one family homes on 10 acres or more
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(1) - B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
2/
THE COUNTY'S ECONOMY
In recent years, Coos County's economy has been mainly based on lumber
and wood products manufacturing. Wholesale and retail trade and services
industry follow in decreasing size of employment of people.
From 1970 to 1971, the trend of Coos County to move toward services and
trade industry and away from lumber and wood products manufacturing continued.
In that year, lumber and wood manufacturing decreased employment by three
percent while trade employed five percent more workers and the services indistry increased employment by four percent.
Agriculture
Altogether, approximately 19.2 percent of all land in Coos County is in
farm ownership, or a total of 196,866 acres, according to the 1969 Census of
Agriculture. A large proportion of this area, however, is in farm woodlots
and pasture. The Census of Agriculture reported the amount of harvested cropland to be approximately 13,591 acres in 1969.
As in all agricultural areas, the farms in Coos County have decreased
in number and increased in size since 1940.
Since 1964, the number of farms
has decreased from 1,058 to 700 in 1969.
The average farm size has increased
from 235.1 to 281.2 acres in the same period.
The value of farm products sold in recent years has also increased.
Value of agricultural sales in 1964 was $5,645,350 and was up to $7,579,265
in 1969.
Dairy products account for the largest portion of farm sales with 47.4
percent of the total. Cattle and calves contribute the next largest share
at 20.4 percent of the total. The dollar amounts involved are $3,592,232
and $1,545,281 respectively. Other important sales products are fruits,
nuts, and berries products and forest products. These two categories account
for 8.2 and 7.5 percent of total sales respectively, or $619,791 and $571,694.
Dairying is mainly carried out in the Coos and Coquille valleys and in
the tidal areas, where frequent flooding and drainage problems limit the use
of land to production of hay and pasture. Pasture land and grazed forest
lands are utilized by cattle, sheep, and goats. Berries, especially cranberries, are well adapted to the peaty soils and climatic conditions of the
coastal areas.
- 56 -
Table 68.
Farm Size and Value, Coos County, 1959, 1964, 1969
Subject
1959
Approximate acres of land area
Proportion in farms
Total number of farms
Acres in farms
Average size of farms
Value of land and buildings
Average per farm
Average per acre
SOURCE:
Table 69.
1,031,040
1964
1969
1,026,496
19.2
1,059
254,460
240.3
1,031,040
23.2
1,058
248,716
235.1
$27,810
$114.09
$36,915
$154.18
$63,439
24.7
700
196,866
281.2
$225, 57
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
Number and Percent of Farms by Size, Coos County, 1959, 1964, 1969
Size
Number
1959
Percent
Number
1964
I Percent
Number
1969
I Percent
Less than 10 acres....
88
8.3
67
28
4.0
6.3
10 to 49 acres
266
25.1
299
28.3
139
19.9
50 to 69 acres
70
6.6
78
8.4
7.4
59
70 to 99 acres
9.1
96
94
8.9
80
11.4
100 to 139 acres
9.3
99
90
8.5
78
11.1
140 to 179 acres
110
10.4
104
9.8
65
9.3
180 to 219 acres
64
6.0
60
5.6
5.7
39
220 to 259 acres
40
3.8
34
3.2
29
4.1
260 to 499 acres
106
10.0
113
10.7
90
12.9
500 to 999 acres
68
6.4
71
6.7
8.4
59
1,000 to 1,999 acres
52 1/
4.9
38
3.6
3.4
24
2,000 acres or more
NA*
NA
10
10
1.4
0.9
Total farms
100.0
1,059
100.0
100.0
700
1,058
*NA - not available.
1/ All farms 1,000 acres or more.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
- 57 -
Table
Types of Farms with Sales over $2,500, Coos County, 1964 and 1969
70.
1969
1964
Product
Field corn
Sorghum
Farms
21
NA*
Livestock
Cattle and calves
Hogs and pigs
Sheep, lambs
Goats
Other
Farms
237
21
NA
2
5
56
12
96
5,848
5,863
194
96
3
4
1
1
4
5
10
101
41
1
6
4
S tr awb err ies
Wheat
Oats, barley
Vegetables
Orchards, vineyards
Nursery products
Forest products
Acres
189
Alfalf a
Clover
Hay, grass silage
I
56
18
.47
-
18
10
97
Acres
716
76
371
6,829
3,671
4
50
136
10
52
67
--
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
354
25,064
335
19
99
26
200
20,153
617
12
89
19
24,767
41
17,992
1,831
NA
NA
110
NA
- not available.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1, Area
Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washingon,
D.C., 1972.
Classification of farms by economic class considers only those classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as "Commercial Farms".
In general, all farms with a total value of products sold amounting to
$2,500 or more are classified as commercial. Farms with sales of $50 to
$2,499 are classified as commercial if the farm operator was under 65 years
of age and (1) he did not work off of the farm 100 or more days during the
year and (2) the income received by the operator and members of his family
from nonfarm sources was less than the value of all farm products sold.
In 1969, Coos County had 700 farms, but only 103 had sales of over
The farms with annual sales of $20,000 and above increased in
number while the others decreased from 1964 to 1969.
$20,000.
- 58 -
Table 71.
Farms by Economic Class, Coos County, 1964 and 1969
Number
Economic Class
Commercial farms
Class I (sales of $40,000 or
more)
1964
I
Percent
1964
1969
I
1969
506
453
47.8
64.7
15
36
1.4
5.1
47
67
4.4
9.6
115
98
10.9
14.0
111
112
10.5
16.0
117
111
11.1
15.9
101
552
427
125
29
247
201
46
9.5
52.2
40.4
11.8
4.1
35.3
28.7
6.6
1,058
700
100.0
100.0
Class II (sales of $20,000 to
$39,999)
Class III (sales of $10,000 to
$19,999)
Class IV (sales of $5,000 to
$9,999)
Class V (sales of $2,500 to
$4,999)
Class VI (sales of $50 to
$2,499)
Other farms
Part-time
Part-retirement
Abnormal
Total farms
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U S Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
A large majority of farmers in Coos County own their own farms. Census
data shows that in 1969 76 percent of the farmers were full owners, 16 percent were part owners, and only 7 percent were tenants. The total number of
farm operators has steadily decreased in recent years.
Table 72
Farm Operators by Tenure,-' Coos County, 1959, 1964 and 1969
Tenure
Full owners
Part owners
Tenants
Total operators
1959
1964
1969
69
308
62
30
324
69
31
1,059
405
424
890
100
Classification by tenure: a) full owners operate only on land they own,
b) part owners operate on land they own and also land rented from others,
c) tenants rent from others or work on shares for others on the land they
operate
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
1/
Table 73.
Farm Operators by Age and Years of School Completed,
Coos County, 1959, 1964, and 1969
Subj ect
By age:
Average age - years
65 years old and over
By years of school completed:
Elementary - 0 to 4 years
5 to 7 years
8 years
High School - 1 to 3 years
4 years
College
- 1 to 3 years
4 years or more
1959
1964
1969
5l.6
182
51.5
176
51.7
110
4.4
5.8
14.6
17.6
42.5
9.0
6.1
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA*
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
*NA - not available.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
Agriculture provides income to farmers as well as workers employed in
harvesting and processing of agricultural products. The estimated income
from the sale of crops and livestock in the county in 1970 was $9,030,000.
During 1970, the sale of livestock and related products accounted for 82
percent of total sale.
Table 74.
Acres of Crops Harvested, Coos County, 1969 and 1970
Crops Harvested-'
Hay crops
Berries
Cranberries
1969
197 Op
12,900
12,800
590
645
p - preliminary.
1/ Acreages of other harvested crops not available.
SOURCE: U.S.D.A. and Oregon State University Extension Service cooperating,
"Oregon Commodity Data Sheets", Oregon State University, 1971-72.
Table 75.
Value of Farm Products Sold, Coos County, 1966 - 1970
Product
All crops, livestock and
livestock products
All crops
All grain, hay and seeds
All hay
Vegetables, fresh and for
processing
All berries
Cranberries
All tree fruits and nuts..
Specialty field crops
Specialty horticultural
crops 1/
All livestock and livestock
products
Dairy products
Poultry products
Cattle and calves
Sheep and lambs
Hogs
1966
1967
1968
1969r
l97Op
thousand dollars
6,774
7,720
7,996
8,626
9,030
1,381
2,067
1,710
1,954
69
69
63
63
65
65
70
1,605
66
70
66
8
58
969
44
838
819
12
43
778
758
11
17
19
714
689
11
198
205
210
223
240
5,393
3,384
5,653
3,550
128
1,532
243
6,286
3,800
135
1,902
245
6,672
4,110
170
2,013
179
7,425
4,450
14
13
13
696
NA*
10
157
1,391
192
18
NA
158
2,426
199
14
- not available.
r - revised.
p - preliminary.
Includes nursery and greenhouse products, flower bulbs, cut flowers,
and peppermint root.
SOURCE: U.S.D.A. and Oregon State University Extension Service cooperating,
"Oregon Commodity Data Sheets", Oregon State University, 1971-72.
1/
Table 76.
Livestock and Poultry Numbers, Coos County, 1950, 1960, 1969, 1970
Category
All cattle
Dairy cattle
Sheep and lambs
Hogs
Chickens
Turkeys raised
1950
1960
1969
31,300
16,600
22,500
550
32,500
12,700
23,500
800
NA
NA
36,000
9,700
25,000
300
NA
NA
20
300
1970
35,000
10,000
24,000
NA*
21
100
*NA - not available.
SOURCE
U S D A and Oregon State University Extension Service cooperating,
"Oregon Commodity Data Sheets", Oregon State University, 1971-72.
- 61 -
Table 77.
Food and Kindred Products Manufacturing, Coos County, 1970
Product Group
Number of Firms
Employment
Creamery butter
Diary products, general
Fluid milk
Cheese, natural and processed
Ice cream and frozen dessert .......
Meat packing plants
Canned and cured fish and seafood
Fresh or frozen packaged fish
and seafood
Sausages and other prepared meat
products
Canned fruits, vegetables,
preserves, jams and jellies
Bottled and canned soft drinks
and carbonated waters
Candy and other confectionary
products
1
18
35
33
Total
SOURCE:
2
1
2
1
6
8
1
19
45
4
354
1
2
1
2
4
31
1
2
23
555
Oregon State Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Logging and Wood Products
Table 78.
Lumber and Wood Products Manufacturing Excluding Furniture,
Coos County, 1970
Product Group
Number of Firms
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills,
general
Veneer and plywood plants
Wood products not elsewhere
classified
38
Total
1/
Employment
377 j:/
8
1,159
1,921
7
1,792
65
5,249
12
Two firms did not report number employed.
Oregon State Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
SOURCE:
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Table 79.
Timber Harvest by Ownership, Coos County, 1970 1/
Owner ship
Production*
Per cent
549,613
335,634
149,772
25,589
37,491
1,127
100.0
61.1
27.3
4.9
6.8
Total timber harvest
Private
Bureau of Land Management
National forest
State
Other public
.2
*Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet.
Includes volume removed as logs, poles, and pilings, but not volume
for woodcutting Operations.
SOURCE
Wall, Brian R
"1970 Timber Harvest", U S Forest Service, U S D A
Forest Service Resource Bulletin PNW-38, Pacific Northwest Forest
and Range Experiment Station, Portland, Oregon, 1971.
1/
Table 80.
Log Consumption in Thousand Board Feet by Species and Industry,
Coos County, 1968 1/
Type of Wood-Using Industry
Sawmills
Veneer and Plywood
Species
All species
Douglas fir
Hemlock
True firs
Spruce
White and sugar pines
Redwood
Other softwoods
Hardwoods
448,407
390,808
36,080
8,560
5,548
368,006
361,046
2,820
2,160
304
304
4,903
1,900
1,980
1/
Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet.
SOURCE: Manock, Eugene R., Choate, G.A., and Gedney, Donald R., Oregon
Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Salem, Oregon, 1968.
Table 81.
Installed 8-Hour Capacity of Wood-Using Industries, Coos County, 1968
Industry
Capacity
Sawmill-lumber
Veneer and plywood
1'
1,487
1,342 2/
Scribner Log Rule -thousand board feet.
Thousand square feet, 3/8 inch basis.
SOURCE: Manock, Eugene R., Choate, G.A., and Gedney, Donald R., Oregon Timber
Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics, Oregon
State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service, Salem,
Oregon, 1968.
1/
2/
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Manufacturing
Table 82.
Value Added by Major Manufacturing Industries, Coos County, 1967
I tern
All manufacturing
Lumber and wood products
SOURCE:
Value Added
Percent
$79,800,000
66,800,000
100.0
83.7
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Manufacturers, 1967, Area
Services: Oregon, MC67(3) - 38, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1970.
Table 83. Manufacturing, Other than Lumber and Wood Products, Food and Kindred
Products, and Mineral, Metal, and Related Products Manufacturing,
Coos County, 1970
Major and Subgroups
Number of Firms
Furniture and other wooden fixtures
Prefabricated wooden buildings and
structural members
Paper and allied products
Paperboard mills
Pulp mills
Printing, publishing, and allied industries
Newspapers: publishing and printing
Commercial printing, except lithography
Chemicals and allied products
Plastics materials, synthetic resins
and nonvulcanizable elastomers
Machinery, except electrical
Internal combustion engines not elsewhere
classified
Conveyors and conveying equipment
Woodworking machinery
Miscellaneous machinery except electrical
Transportation equipment
Boat building and repairing
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
Sporting and athletic goods not elsewhere
classified
Total
1/
Employment
35
160
5
79 1/
13
30
1
9
1
1
4
20
10
10
1
47
6
37 1/
28
455
One firm did not report number employed.
Oregon State Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
SOURCE:
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Mining - Mineral and Metal Industries
Most of the income from mineral production is derived from sand, gravel,
and stone, and varies depending on the current construction activities within
the county.
Table 84
Mineral, Metal and Related Manufacturing, Coos County, 1970
Major and Subgroups
Number of Firms
Employment
Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products
Concrete blocks and bricks
Concrete products except block and brick
Mineral and earths, ground or otherwise
treated
Fabricated meti1 products
Hand arid edge tools except machine tools
and hand saws
Fabricated plate work (boiler shop)
Total
1/
34
48
Firm did not report number employed.
Oregon State Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
SOURCE:
Table 85.
Year
1963
1970
SOURCE:
Value of Mineral Production, Coos County, 1963 and 1970
Value
$808 ,000
814,000
Minerals Produced in Order of Value
Stone, sand and gravel
Stone, sand and gravel
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
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Outdoor Recreation
Coos County is among the more popular recreation areas of the state.
The scenic coastal stretches and river valleys of the county are richly
endowed with opportunities for outdoor recreation.
The principal attraction is the Pacific Ocean with approximately 45
miles of shoreline dotted with state parks, waysides, and tourist facilities.
Fishing, boating, and other water-based sports make extensive use of the
county's stream system, the fresh water lakes along the coast, the bays, and
the ocean itself. The forest areas covering the slopes of the Coast Range
provide hunting for many people each year.
Recreation areas in the county in 1966 included 21 areas operated by
cities, 10 county areas, 3 public golf courses, 11 state parks, 6 forest
camps (U.S. Forest Service), and 4 Bureau of Land Management recreation
sites. All these areas combine for a total of 4,675 acres in Coos County
that are specifically reserved for outdoor recreation.
All of the national forest camps in the county are located within the
This forest, 59,953 acres in Coos County, also
Siskiyou National Forest.
includes a reserved area, Coquille River Falls, used primarily for scientific observation and research.
The state park system in the county includes 11 state parks totaling
The use of the state parks illustrates the increase in the
2,912 acres.
The number of day visitors increased
popularity of this area for recreation.
from 520,000 in 1956 to 1,380,000 in 1966.
Much of the recreational activity within the county is centered around
fresh water and offshore fishing. Angling data for the five-year period
1960 to 1964 show that sports fishermen caught an average of 16,800 salmon
In addition, hundreds of angler trips are made to lakes and
per year.
Shad and striped
streams in the county to catch other species of fish.
bass are caught in Coos and Coquille tidal areas.
Boating is an important recreational acticity and is directly associated with the above mentioned sport fishery. A survey of licensed boat
owners in Coos County showed that $2,385,000 was spent in 1960 on auxiliary
boating equipment, fishing equipment, and gas and oil for boats. State
Marine Board data lists 50.9 pleasure boats per thousand population in Coos
County as of January 1, 1966, the second highest ratio in the state.
Coos County has recently completed two new boat facilities; one ramp
is located in the Empire district of Coos Bay and the other ramp is on the
Coquille River near Riverton.
Hunting is another major recreational pursuit during periods of the
year. Approximately 1,000 black-tailed deer and 500 elk are taken in the
county each season. Black bears are also sought after in recreational
hunting. The county's coastal lakes, marshy areas, bays, and estuaries
provide a habitat for a number of species of waterfowl, and hunting for
them provide an additional recreational attraction.
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Table 86.
State Park Acreages and Facilities, Coos County
Name of Park
Acrea:e
Albert H. Powers Memorial State Park.
Bandon Ocean State Wayside
Bandon State Park
Barview State Wayside
Bullards Beach State Park
....
Cape Arago State Park
Conde B. McCullough Bridgehead
and Wayside
Coquille Myrtle Grove State Park
Golden and Silver Falls State Park
Hoffman Memorial State Wayside
Maria C. Jackson State Park
Millicoma Myrtle Grove State Park
Norway Myrtle Preserve
Seven Devils State Wayside
Shore Acres State Park
Simpson State Wayside
Sunset Bay State Park
Sweet Myrtle Preserve
William M. Tugman State Park
Yoakam Point State Wayside
Total
Number of Sites
Picnic
Tent
Trir.
15.00
14.84
878.81
5.34
1,226.32
134.00
NA*
22.91
7.00
157.27
4.00
42.00
15.00
37.98
54.37
683.42
24.29
395.49
16.00
310.30
25.52
4,069.86
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
-NA
10
NA
38
41
10
10
14
2
5
NA
NA
NA
6
NA
NA
121
108
29
NA
NA
NA
40
--
--
NA
NA
NA
*NA - not available.
SOURCES:
Oregon State Highway Division, State Park and Recreation Section,
unpublished data, 1964.
Oregon State Department of Transportation, Oregon State Highway
Division, "State Park Acreages", State Parks and Recreation Section,
June 1972.
Table 87.
Local Government Operated Public Recreation Areas, Coos County, 1964
Operating Unit
Number
of Units
Cities
County
School Districts
21
10
Family
Camping Units
55
6
Total
SOURCE:
Picnic
Units
37
55
Oregon State Highway Division, State Park and Recreation Section,
unpublished data, 1964.
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Table 88.
Federal Agency Operated Public Recreation Areas, Coos County, 1966
Ownership and Area
U.S. Forest Service
Siskiyou National Forest
Boundary Picnic Ground
Daphne Grove
Elk Creek Falls
Myrtle Grove
Rock Creek
Squaw Lake
Bureau of Land Management
Middle Creek
Facilities and
Activities
Number of Units
Picnic
Trir.
Tent
5
PW,F,St
7
PW.,F,H,Sc,St
4
1
2
7
--
5
--
F,H,Sc,St
PW,F,H,Sc,St
F,H,St
F,H
5
5
PW,Cs,St,Fpl,F,St,
3
PW,Cs,St,Fpl,M
PW,Cs,St,Fpl,F,St
PW,Cs,St,Fpl,St,S
Hi , S
Burnt Mountain Cabin
Park Creek
Cherry Creek
3
8
*NR - not reported.
Cs - Comfort Station
1/ Legend:
Fpl - Fireplaces
PW - Piped Water
St - Stoves
SOURCE: U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of
Table 89.
8
NR*
F - Fishing
H - Hunting
Hi - Hiking
S - Swimming
Land Management.
Sc - Scenery
St - Stream
N - Mountain
Site
Attendance at Selected State Parks in Coos County, 1968-72
Park and Use
Bandon State Park
Day attendance
Overnight camping
Bullards Beach State Park
Day attendance
Overnight camping
Shore Acres State Park
Day attendance
Overnight camping
Sunset Bay State Park
Day attendance
Overnight camping
William M. Tugman State Park
Day attendance
Overnight camping
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
13,770
NA
123,802
NA
124,047
NA
253,104
39,397
239,922
45,042
292,312
50,601
303,540
57,765
145,704
NA
208,850
NA
201,370
NA
333,546
NA
640,816
49,756
760,766
52,750
773,393
52,414
538,852
55,552
157,548
NA
148,129
NA
144,494
17,388
158,106
28,294
1968-69
96,796
NA*
*NA - not available.
SOURCES: Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
"Day Visitor Attendance" and "Overnight Camping by the Public",
State Parks and Recreation Section, 1972.
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Table 90.
Inventory of Existing Outdoor Private Recreation Developments,
Coos County, 1966
Type of Enterprise
Number
Field sports area
Fishing waters
Golf courses
Hunting area
Natural, scenic, and historical areas...
Water sports area
1
4
1
16
2
9
Developments by Activities
Enjoying scenery
Nature observation
Hiking
Trailer camping (sites)
Pack camping (sites)
Target shooting
Golfing
Pond fishing
Lake, river, fishing (boats)
Stream fishing
Hunting big game
Hunting waterfowl
Rock hounding
Swimming
Boating (boats)
Water skiing (boats)
Skin diving
SOURCE:
5
4
2
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
1
18
1
3
4
3
Oregon Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and
State Soil and Water Conservation Committees.
- 69 -
Table 91.
Game
Pheasant 1/
Quail 1/
Coos County Game Harvest
Hunters
Percent of
Number State Total
Harvest
Percent of
Number State Total
115
165
0.16
0.63
243
1,396
0.10
0.88
571
479
159
78
1,368
23
2,050
40
2.06
1.70
11.02
0.14
3.67
0.14
3.93
3.48
636
113
21,223
3.78
0.52
17.53
0.02
3.00
0.03
6.24
3.52
395
138
7,905
139
Blue and ruf fed
grouse 1/
Silver gray squirrel 1/.
Band-tailed pigeon 1/
Mourning dove 1/
Ducks 2/
Geese 2/
Deer 3/
Elk 4/
Days
Hunted
11,000
2,600
39
28,950
20
5,480
362
17,070
60
NA*
15,630
*NA - not available.
1/ 1966-67 season.
2/
1969-70 season.
3/
Data for Elkton, Powers, Sixes, and Tioga game management districts, 1971
season.
4/ Data for Elkton, Powers, and Tioga game management districts, 1971 season.
SOURCES:
Oregon State Game Commission, "1966 Upland Game Questionnaire", 1967.
Oregon State Game Commission, "Waterfowl Estimates, 1969-70 Season",
1970.
Oregon State Game Commission, Oregon State Game Commission Bulletin,
May 1972.
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Business
Table 92.
Retail and Wholesale Trade, Coos County, 1967
Kind of Business
Establishments
(number)
Retail trade, total
Lumber, building materials,
hardware, farm equipment
Total
Building materials & supply.
Hardware
Farm equipment
General merchandise group stores
Total
Department stores
Variety stores
Miscellaneous general
merchandise stores
Food stores
Total
Grocery stores
Meat and fish (seafood)
Fruit & vegetable stores
Candy, nut and confectionery
Retail bakeries
Other food stores
Automotive dealers
Total
Motor vehicle dealers
New and used cars
Used cars only
Tire, battery, & accessory
store
Miscellaneous automotive
Gasoline service stations
Total
Apparel & accessory stores
Total
Women's ready-to-wear
Women's accessory and
specialty stores
Other apparel and
accessory stores
Men & boys' clothing
Family clothing
Shoe stores
Apparel and accessories
Paid
Employees
(number)
Sales
($1,000)
Percent
of County
Total Sales
555
2,283
$84,837
100.0
32
15
15
129
82
5,177
3,259
D
6.1
3.8
2
D
D
16
6,570
7
D
D
D
7
D
D
84
70
348
321
21,345
20,773
2
D
1
2
D
D
D
D
D
6
D
358
2
3
39
20
**
**
353
D
282
D
7.7
D
1,330
1.6
25. 2
24.5
47
0.4
0.1
17,262
14,024
20.4
16.5
**
**
11
D
8
15
1,729
1,509
2.0
1.8
83
161
7,490
8.8
24
95
8
D
2,728
252
3.2
0.3
16
**
**
**
**
D
D
69
11
2,476
**
**
**
2.9
- 71 -
**
Table 92, cont.
Retail and Wholesale Trade, Coos County, 1967
Es tab lish-
Kind of Business
men t S
(number)
Furniture, home furnishings, and
equipment stores
Total
Furniture stores
Home furnishings
Household appliances
Radio, TV, and music stores.
Eating and drinking places
Total
Eating places
Drinking places (alcoholic).
Drug and Proprietary stores
Total
Drug stores
Proprietary stores
Miscellaneous retail stores
Total
Liquor stores
Antique & secondhand stores.
Sporting goods & bicycles
Jewelry stores
Fuel and ice dealers
Florists
Cigar stores and stands
Other misc. retail
Non-store retailers
Total
Mail order houses
Merchandising machine
operator
Direct selling
establishments
Wholesale trade, total 1/
Paid
Employees.
(number)
Sales
($1, 000)
Percent
of County
Total Sales
126
82
D
D
D
2,961
1,659
3.5
2.0
D
D
677
0.8
476
302
174
5,300
3,267
2,033
6.3
3.9
2.4
19
**
**
114
114
5,275
**
6.2
98
12
18
12
177
32
8
D
9
31
13
3
7
8
101
58
43
**
9
D
20
8,110
1,978
672
560
425
1,453
291
9.6
2.3
0.8
0.7
0.5
1.7
0.3
30
48
2,731
3.2
28
2,619
D
3.1
6
D
D
1
D
D
21
---
236
0.3
87
784
$63,986
100.0
D
10
- withheld to avoid disclosure.
** - Data not provided because establishments with no payroll are classified only
at the next broader kind-of-business level.
Only those counties with 100 or more wholesale establishments are broken down
1/
into types of business.
SOURCES: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Retail Trade:
Oregon, BC 67 - BA 39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1969.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Wholesale Trade:
Oregon, BC 67 - WA 39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1969.
- 72 -
Table 93.
Selected Services, Coos County, 1967
Es tab lish-
Kind of Business
($1,000)
Paid 21
Employees
(number)
334
$8,531
674
57
16
28
2,178
755
1,305
229
D
116
ments
(number)
Selected services, total
Hotels, motels, tourist courts, camps
Total
Hotels
Motels, motor hotels, tourist courts
Trailer. sperti
id recreational
camps
Receipts
10
Personal services
Total
Laundry, cleaning, other garment
services
Beauty shops
Barber shops
Other personal services
Miscellaneous business services
Total
Advertising
Services to dwellings and buildings
Business, management consulting,
public relations
Other
Auto repair, services, garages
Total
Auto repair shops
Auto parking
Auto, truck renting, services
Miscellaneous repair services
Total
Electrical repair shops
Motion picture theaters
Total
Amusement, recreation services, except
motion pictures
Total
Producers, orchestras, entertainers
Bowling, billiards, pool
Other commercial recreation and
amusements
D
115
1,778
149
24
40
29
24
861
428
240
156
68
47
12
D
45
1,399
D
143
1
15
215
23
5
D
24
1,082
D
45
34
1,278
930
59
42
11
348
17
42
20
7l9
255
28
9
337
D
21
3
842
36
182
D
D
19
10
624
23
8
D
- withheld to avoid disclosure.
1/
Excludes active proprietors of unincorporated businesses
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Selected Services:
Oregon, BC 67 - SA 39, U S Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1969
- 73 -
PUBLIC SERVICES
Transportation
Highway access to the Coos Bay area is by way of U.s. 101, the northEast-west traffic to and from the area is over State
south coastal route.
Highways No. 38 (the Umpqua Highway) and No. 42. Both of these state routes
are being upgraded although neither is yet built to a standard that permits
rapid and economic service by motor carrier.
The area is dependent upon one line for railway service. The Southern
Pacific Company's Coos Bay branch-line interconnects the North Bend-Coos
Bay area with the Company's main-line facilities at Eugene, Oregon, for
north and south-bound traffic, and by various arrangements with east-bound
facilities of other major transcontinental railroads.
A number of certified and permit-holding carriers provide ample bargetransportation for coastwide traffic; trans-oceanic barge transport is
potentially feasible.
Commercial airlines service is by West Coast Airlines from North Bend
municipal airport.
Table 94.
Land Area in Highways, Streets, and Roads, Coos County
Acres
Ownership
SOURCE:
State highways
County roads
City streets
1,760
4,380
Total
7 ,005
865
Oregon State Department of Revenue and Oregon State Highway
Division, unpublished data.
Table 95.
Number of Aircraft and Boats in Coos County, 1968
Number
Subj ect
Aircraft
Boats
SOURCE:
55
3,438
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
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Table 96.
Motor Vehicle Registration, Coos County, 1970
Vehicle
SOURCE:
Number
Passenger vehicles
Buses
Trucks
All trailers
Motorcycles
Recreational
33,844
Total vehicles
42,899
23
1,821
2,793
1,641
2,777
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Communication
Coos County has four radio stations within its border, and is also served
from others in the surrounding counties.
Telephone service is provided by
General Telephone Company of the Northwest, Inc.
Coos County is one of the
four counties in Oregon not served by Pacific Northwest Bell. Telegraph service is provided by Western Union. There is one locally owned television
station, which is affiliated with NBC
There are five weekly newspapers and
one daily published in the county.
Table 97.
Residential Communication Facilities, Coos County, 1960 and 1970
Number of Housing Units
1970
1960
I
Facilities
Battery radio sets
Yes
No
15,665
1,091
14,253
4,072
12,060
4,696
15,276
3,049
11,704
376
4,676
13,602
3,517
1,206
Telephone available
Yes
No
Television sets
One
Two or more
None
UHF equipped
Yes
No
NA*
NA
5,825
11,294
*NA - not available.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1960 and 1970
Detailed Housing Characteristics, Final Report HC(1) - B39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962, 1972.
- 75 -
Table 98.
Communication Facilities, Coos County, 1972
Type of Service
Location
Radio stations
KOOS
KYNG
KWRO
KEBR
Coos Bay
Coos Bay
Coquille.
North Bend
Telephone
General Telephone Company of the
Northwest, Inc
ABC
Bandon, Coos Bay, Coquille
Lakeside, Langlois, Powers,
Myrtle Point, Reedsport
Television stations
KCBY - TV
Coos Bay
Newspapers
Western World
World
Valley Sentinel
Empire Builder
News
Herald
Bandon
Coos Bay
Coquille
Coos Bay
North Bend
Myrtle Point
SOURCES:
Network
Affiliation
NBC
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Directory of Radio and Television Stations for the State of Oregon, 1972.
Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Meyers, Secretary of State,
Oregon Blue Book, 1973-74, January 1973.
Marvin Walker, Communications Consultant, Pacific Northwest Bell,
"Report of Independent Companies", Salem, Oregon, June 1972.
Library Facilities
Coos County's libraries are roughly 87 percent supported by cities and
13 percent county supported. In the 1970 fiscal year, total funds available
were $130,359 and expenditures totaled $125,949. The six libraries collectThe per capita circulation is 5.2
ively contained 110,883 volumes in 1970.
These figures compare with a statewide
and expenditure per capita is $2.20.
per capita circulation of 6.3 and expenditure per capita of $3.48.
- 76 -
Table 99.
Circulation
Circ./
Capita
39,673
25,475
13,281
13,614
11,728
7,112
123,086
62,685
51,676
22,287
23,046
12,668
8.5
7.4
10.9
7.8
13.6
11.3
110,883
295,448
5.2
Volumes
Cit y
Coos Bay
North Bend
Coquille
Myrtle Point
Band on
Powers
County total
SOURCE:
Coos County Libraries, by City of Location, 1969-70
Hrs. Open
Per Week
43
52
40
30
32
18
Operating
Expend.
Expend.!
Capita
$ 63,844
30,474
15,351
12,314
7,797
3,974
$4.20
3.43
2.86
3.75
$130,359
$2.20
4.5O.
3.53
Nielson, Alice M. Editor, Directory of Oregon Libraries, annual statistics for the year ending June 30, 1970, Oregon State Library, Salem,
Oregon.
Utilities
Approximately 70 percent of the housing units in Coos County were served
by public water systems or water companies in 1970.
This compares with
nearly 80 percent of housing units receiving water from public system or
water companies, statewide
Twenty percent of the housing units in Coos
County obtain water from individual wells
Coos County approaches the statewide average in percentage of housing
units on public sewer systems with 58 percent as compared to the state average of 61 percent.
Table 100.
Coos County Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal, 1970
Coos County
Percent
Number
Subj ect
I
Source of Water
Public system or private company.
Individual well
Other or none
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other or none
SOURCE:
State
Percent
13,374
3,917
2,042
69.2
20.3
10.6
79.8
16.9
3.3
11,249
58.3
39.6
2.2
61.0
37.5
1.5
7 ,661
423
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(1) - B39, Oregon, U S Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
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Table 101.
Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal for Places
with Over 2,500 Inhabitants, Coos County, 1970
Subject
Source of water
Public system or private company.
Individual well
Other or none
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other or none
Coos Bay
Number I Percent
Coquille
Percent
Number
4,555
150
1,542
98.5
5
96.7
3.2
0.1
23
1.5
4,420
290
---
93.8
6.6
---
1,370
87.5
12.1
0.4
$
Source of water
Public system or private company.
Individual well
Other or none
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other or none
North Bend
Number I Percent
906
-----
100.0
-----
2,830
848
93.6
6.4
2,771
147
58
96.4
3.2
0.4
94
11
---
94.4
5.0
0.6
17
1970 Detailed Housing
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing:
Characteristics, Final Report HC(l) - B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 102.
Types of Fuels and Fuel Usage, Coos County, 1970
Type of Fuel
Utility gas
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc
Coal or coke
Wood
Electricity
Bottled, tank, or LP gas
Other fuel
None
All housing units
SOURCE:
6
Myrtle Point
Percent
Number
Subject
SOURCE:
189
Number of Housing Units
Water Heating
Home Heating
I
277
7,475
80
227
19
2,084
7,102
1,215
125
61
17,027
738
28
173
Cooking
209
16,657
1,185
58
188
19
28
18,325
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(l) - B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
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Electric power is transmitted to the Coos Bay area by the Bonneville
Power Administration and is distributed by the Pacific Power and Light
Company, a private company. Public agencies and cooperative electric
utilities serving Coos County are: Bandon Electric Company, Coos-Curry
Electric Cooperative, and Central Lincoln Public Utilities District.
Pacific Power and Light Company has one electric power plant in North
Bend with a capacity of 15,000 kilowatts. As of December 1969, Pacific
Power and Light Company requested license from the Federal Power Commission
to construct another plant at the South Fork of the Coquille River with
a capacity of 77,000 kilowatts. 1/
Table 103.
Residential Power Use and Price of Public and Cooperative
Electric Systems, Coos County, 1960 and 1965
Sys t em
Bandon, Oregon
Central Lincoln PUD
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative.
Annual KWH*
Use per Customer
1960
1965
I
12,095
11,064
10,556
14,730
13,089
12,998
Annual Price
Cents per KWH
1960
1965
.96
.90
1.13
1.32
1.06
1.21
*KWI-I - kilowatts per hour.
SOURCE:
Bonneville Power Administration.
United States Department of the Interior, Branch Power Resources, Electric
Power Plants in the Pacific Northwest and Adjacent Areas, December 1969.
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PUBLIC FINANCE
Selected Items of Local Government Finances, Coos County, 1966-67
Table 104.
Total
Amount
I tern
Coos County
Per Capita
Amount
State
Per Capita
Amount
$308
10,582,000
8,164,000
7,947,000
216,000
2,419,000
$327.19
131.58
102.91
195.61
150.90
146.90
4.00
44.71
19,340,000
4,939,000
14,401,000
13,268,000
10,263,000
2,316,000
1,194,000
24,000
230,000
223,000
208,000
443,000
256,000
370,000
117,000
26,000
175,000
59,000
1,000
104,000
125,000
259,000
394,000
150,000
276,000
654,000
357.49
91.29
226.20
245.25
189.71
42.81
22.06
0.45
4.26
4.12
3.85
8.19
4.74
6.85
2.16
0.47
3.23
1.09
0.02
1.92
2.32
4.79
7.29
2.77
5.10
12.09
316
62
254
180
152
30
20
Water supply revenue
Water supply expenditure
887,000
872,000
16.40
16.11
12
13
General debt outstanding
7,646,000
7,263,000
3,208,000
4,055,000
141.33
134.25
59.30
74.95
214
203
101
101
General revenue, cxc. interlocal
Intergovernmental revenue
From state government
From local sources
Taxes
Property
Other
Charges and miscellaneous
$17,701,000
7,119,000
5,567
Direct general expenditure
Capital outlay
Other
Education
Other than capital outlay
Highways
Other than capital outlay
Public welfare
Hospitals
Other than capital outlay
Health
Police protection
Fire protection
Sewerage
Other than capital outlay
Sanitation other than sewerage
Parks and recreation
Natural resources
Housing and urban renewal
Correction
Libraries
Financial administration
General control
General public buildings
Interest on general debt
Other and unallocable
Long- term
Local schools
Other
SOURCE:
97
83
210
156
151
5
54
2
6
4
12
9
8
3
2
10
4
4
2
3
5
8
3
6
21
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol. 4, No.
Compendium of Government Finances, U.S. Government Printing
5:
Office, Washington, D.C., 1969.
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Table 105.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in Coos County
Item
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$1,000 by levying unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
Item
Population
..
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$1,000 by levying unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
.'
Item
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$l,000 by levying unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
Coos Bay Code Areas
Coquille
2/
2/
9-00
$84,232,295
100.00%
UR9-36
$14,943,541
100.00%
1.25
9.68
26.10
1.25
9.68
26.10
.87
.87
37.90
$815,369
$3,192,404
37.90
$144,653
$566,360
4,294
8-00
$21,734,099
100.00%
1.25
7.54
18.59
1.02
28.40
$163,875
$617,248
Myrtle Point
North Bend Code Areas
100.00%
13-00
$73,256,930
100.00%
2,575
41-00
$11,596,040
100.00%
1.25
6.77
26.10
1.25
6.77
25.06
1.25
10.45
15.57
3/
9-14
$152,386
3/
.87
.87
.11
34.99
$1,032
$5,332
33.95
$495,949
$2,487,073
27.38
$121,179
$317,500
Eastside
Powers
1,870
54-00
$11,835,686
100.00%
1,475
9-07
$6,239,060
100.00%
31-00
$2,260,788
100.00%
1.25
5.05
21.06
1.48
28.84
$59,770
1.25
5.71
26.10
1.25
12.40
20.02
Bandon
$341,341
831
.87
.11
33.93
$35,625
$211,691
33.78
$28,034
$76,369
Code areas are assessors' divisions which cover all or part of a city.
Total Coos Bay population for all code areas is 13,227
Total North Bend population for all code areas is 8,640.
3/
SOURCE:. Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax Rolls
for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property Tax
Collections, 1972.
1/
2/
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Table 106.
Summary of 1971-72 Property Tax Levies and Assessments, Coos County
Amount in Dollars
Item
Levies
County
Cities
Community Colleges
Elementary and Secondary School Districts
Intermediate County
Education Joint
Elementary and Unified
Union High
County Unit
Total School Districts
Special Districts
Cemetery
Fire Protection
Hospital
Park and Recreation
Port
Road
Sanitary
Water Supply
Other.
Total Special Districts
Total Gross Ad Valorem Levies
Special Assessments
Fire Patrol
Forest Fee
Diking and Drainage
Irrigation
Lighting
Other
Total Special Assessments
Total Gross Levies and Assessments
Less Property Relief Money
Senior Citizens
Game Commission
Total Net Ad Valorem Levies
Net Ad Valorem Taxes by Class
Real Property
Personal Property
Utility Property
SOURCE:
$
623,804
1,865,486
691,566
2,929,274
8,025,308
10,954,582
117 ,604
238,649
167,713
7,694
21,427
22,616
8,915
584,618
14,720,056
52,140
7,935
15,573
75,648
14,795,704
(-65,083)
(-12,238)
14,642,735
11,777,610
1,747,606
1,117,518
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, 1972.
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Table 107. Per Capita City Taxes and Valuation Percentage Distribution of
Consolidated Rates and Dollars Per Thousand Rates on True Cash Value
in Coos County
Item
Coos Bay
North Bend
Coquille
j
True Cash Value (T.C.V.)....
Per Capita True Cash Value..
Per Capita Tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of Total Levy
County
City
School
Other
Average Rate/$TCV Basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
I tern
True Cash Value (T.C.V.)....
Per Capita True Cash Value..
Per Capita Tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of Total Levy
County
City
School
Other
Average Rate/$TCV Basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
SOURCE:
$99,175,836
7 ,498
$73,409,316
8,496
73
284
58
288
3.3
25.5
68.9
2.3
19.9
73.8
1.25
9.68
26.10
1.25
6.77
25.06
5,062
38
144
4.4
26.5
65.5
3.6
3.7
2.6
.87
.87
37.90
33.95
Myrtle Point j
$21 ,734 ,099
1.25
7.54
18.59
1.02
28.40
Bandon
Eastside
Powers
$11,596,040
4,503
$11,835,686
6,329
$6,239,060
4,230
$2,260,788
2,721
47
32
183
24
144
34
92
4.3
17.5
73.0
5.1
3.7
16.8
76.9
2.6
3.7
36.7
1.25
5.05
21.06
1.48
28.84
1.25
5.71
26.10
1.25
12.40
20.02
123
4.6
38.2
56.9
.4
1.25
10.45
15.57
.11
27.38
59.3
.3
.87
.11
33.93
33.78
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax Rolls
for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property Tax
Collections, 1972.
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Table 108.
Summary of Assessment Rolls for 1971-72 Fiscal Year Real Property,
Personal Property and Utilities, Coos County
Assessed
Value
Item
Percent of
Total
Class
Real Property
Lands inside corporate limits
Lands outside corporate limits
Improvements inside corporate limits
Improvements outside corporate limits
Timber (excludes land)
Less veterans exemptions
Less senior citizens residence exemptions
Taxable real property
Personal Property
Merchandise and stock in trade
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Farm machinery and equipment
Other machinery and equipment
Livestock
Miscellaneous
Less veterans exemptions
Less senior citizens residence exemptions
Taxable personal property
Total taxable real and personal property
Utilities
Airline companies
Electric companies
Express companies
Gas companies
Heating companies
Pipeline companies
Railroad companies
Tank and private car companies
Telegraph companies
Telephone companies
Water companies
Water transportation companies
Taxable utility property
32,884,394
6,637,516
2,251,599
15,366,745
3,302,529
915,882
(-10,319)
(-20,210)
61,328,136
10.28
13.16
26.44
18.76
13.10
(-0.93)
(-0.42)
80.39
6.85
1.38
0.47
3.20
0.69
0.19
12.77
447,366,676
93.17
61,300
15,982,538
0.01
3.33
5,000
Total taxable real, personal and utility
property
SOURCE:
$ 49,369,020
63,183,980
126,983,930
90,089,550
62,898,070
(-4,486,570)
(-1,999,440)
386,038,540
1,581,115
27,791
28,569
14,760,952
9,450
363,100
32,819,815
0.33
0.01
0.01
480,186,491
100.00
3.07
0.08
6.83
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, 1972.
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Table 109.
Amount and Percent of Unpaid Property Tax, Coos County, 1971
I tern
Property Taxable
Real
Personal
Public utilities
Western Oregon additional
timber tax
Yield tax
Total
Total
Amount
Amount
Uniald
$10,141,820
1,582,669
885,245
$1,451,770
196,309
106,876
303,588
162,061
13,075,383
4,094
1,759,049
Percent
of Un'aid
14.3
12.4
12.1
13.4
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, 1972.
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Selected List of Agencies
The following list gives names and addresses of agencies that have
served as data sources for this publication and may provide further or more
current data on subjects of interest.
In addition, a number of local and county offices are available to offer
local information and assistance, including:
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation
Assessor
City Library
Corrections and Parole
County Engineer
County Extension
County Surveyor
Employment Division
Game Commission
Health Department
Public Welfare
Soil Conservation Service
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Oregon, Eugene,
Oregon 97403
Center for Population Research and Census, Portland State University,
724 S.W. Harrison, Portland, Oregon 97201
Children Services Division, Oregon State Department of Human Resources,
Public Services Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Department of Environmental Quality, 1234 S.W. Morrison, Portland,
Oregon 97204
Economic Research Service, U.S.D.A. Extension Hall, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Extension Service, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Fish Commission of Oregon, 1400 S.W. 5th St., Portland, Oregon 97201
4-H Youth Office, Extension Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
Oregon 97331
Forest Service, U.S.D.A., 319 S.W. Pine St., Portland, Oregon 97204
Governor's Office, Economic Development Special Projects, State Capitol
Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
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Local Government Relations Division, Oregon Executive Department,
240 Cottage S.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Allen Hall, University of Oregon,
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Oregon Board of Higher Education, School Finance and Statistical
Services, 942 Lancaster Dr. N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, 1400 S.W. 5th St.,
Portland, Oregon 97201
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, 4263 Commercial S.E., Salem,
Oregon 97310
Oregon State Department of Revenue, State Office Building, Salem,
Oregon 97310
Oregon State Employment Division, Community Manpower, Research and
Statistics, or Rural Manpower sections, Lab. and md. Building, Salem,
Oregon 97310
Oregon State Game Commission, 1634 Alder, Portland, Oregon 97214
Oregon State Health Division, Department of Human Resources, 1400 S.W.
5th, Portland, Oregon 97201
Oregon State Highway Division, State Parks and Recreation Section,
8009 E. Burnside, Portland, Oregon 97215
Oregon State Lands Division, 502 Winter N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon State Library, State Library Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon State Public Welfare Division, Department of Human Resources,
Public Services Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Forest
Service, 809 N.E. 6th St., Portland, Oregon 97232
Secretary of State's Office, State Capitol Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
26
Soil Conservation Service, U S D A , 1218 S W Washington, Portland,
Oregon 97205
27.
State Water Resources Board, 1158 Chemeketa N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
28
U S Department of Commerce, 921 5 W Washington, Portland, Oregon 97204
(for copies of U S Census publications)
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