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RESOURCE
ATLAS
NATURAL
HUMAN
ECONOMIC
PUBLIC
AY 1973
EXTENSION
tAJ.j3W.4lt7 PROJECT
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Douglas County, Oregon
NATURAL
RESOURCE
ATLAS
HUMAN
ECONOMIC
PUBLIC
May 1973
Oregon State University Extension Service
Prepared by Gary Valde, Research Assistant,
Under the supervision of: Robert 0. Coppedge,
Extension Economist, and Russell 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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DOUGLAS
COUNTY
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STATE
LOCATION
DOUGLAS
COUNTY
Contents
General Description
Physical Aspects
Climate
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1
2
.
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Soils
Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
Land Ownership
Land Use
Agricultural Land
Forest Land
Water
Water-based Recreation
Minerals
Wildlife
3
5
7
10
11
12
13
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21
22
22
Human Resources
Population.
Employment
Income
Education
Health and Vital Statistics
Public Welfare
Housing
24
24
27
34
37
The County's Economy
Agriculture
Logging and Wood Products
Manufacturing
Mining - Mineral and Metal Industries
Outdoor Recreation
Business
47
Public Services
Transportation
Communication
Library Facilities
Utilities
66
Public Finance
72
Selected List of Agencies
78
Selected Bibliography
80
42
45
46
47
52
55
55
56
64
66
68
69
70
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Douglas County encompasses an area of 3,240,320 acres and ranks fifth
among counties in area. Its boundaries are very nearly the same as those
of the Umpqua River drainage basin. The county has a temperate maritime
climate with dry, warm summers and wet, mild winters. The average annual
precipitation varies from a low of 24 inches in the interior valleys to
over 100 inches in the coastal mountains.
The interior valleys, which are
the areas of agriculture and population density have a median temperature
near 54 F.
One twentieth of the nation's virgin timber reserves are located in
Douglas County.
The nation's only operational nickel mine is located at
Riddle.
Douglas County is located in southwestern Oregon and is bordered by the
Pacific Ocean and Coos, Curry, Josephine, Jackson, Lane, and Klamath Counties.
The county's southern border is approximately 60 miles north of the OregonCalifornia border.
The county seat, Roseburg, is 71 miles south of Eugene and 184 miles
south of Portland via Interstate Highway 5.
Area:
5,089 square miles
3,240,320 acres
Elevation at Roseburg:
Average Temperature:
Summer - 65.8
Winter - 44.6
County Seat:
1/
479 feet
Population:
71,743
(July 1, 1972)
True Cash Value:
$803,218,000
(January 1971)
Principal Industries:
Lumbering, Mining, Agriculture,
Fishing, Recreation
Roseburg
Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Meyers,
Blue Book, 1971-72, January 1971.
Secretary of State, Oregon
PHYSICAL ASPECTS
The lowland section of Douglas County has large areas covered with alluvial
material of recent and Pleistocene age. This material is variable in texture,
coarse-fragment content, degree of weathering, and lithology. Basalt and
related volcanic rocks of Eocene age occur in the lowlands in the vicinity
of Roseburg, Elkhead, and Drain. Sedimentary rocks of the Eocene age make
up most of the remaining area. They are in the Umpqua formation consisting
of thinly bedded, alternating strata of mudstone and sandstone.
The Cascade Mountains area are made up almost entirely of basic volcanic
rocks, including lava, tuff, and breccia. These rocks of late Eocene to
late Niocene age have been warped, faulted, and altered. Evidence of uplift
in these mountains after the Miocene age outpouring of basalts occurred in
two stages.
The amount of uplift varies from a few hundred feet along the
western margin to as much as a few thousand feet along the axis of the
range.
The rocks of the Coast Range are mostly sandstone, mudstone, and siltstone
of Eocene age, generally part of the tyée formation.
Slip scars and landslide
debris suggest that mass movement has been important in the formation of the
regolith.
The Klamath section is an area of generally resistant rocks of Jurassic
and Cretaceous age that have been leveled by erosion, uplifted a few thousand
feet and then dissected by two or more later cycles of erosion. The sedimentary rocks and igneous rocks have been altered by heat and pressure in
varying degrees.
Douglas County extends from sea level at the Pacific Ocean to 9,182 feet
to Mt. Thielsen in the Cascade Mountains.
It has the entire Umpqua River
drainage basin.
The basin is a long north-south alluvial valley, and within
the basin many short, discontinuous valleys follow the Utiipqua River and its
tributaries. To the south, the Umpqua River drainage basin is separated from
the Rogue River basin by a ridge of the Klamath Mountains which reaches 6,000
feet in elevation.
To the north, the Calapooya hills, reaching elevations of
1,500 feet, separate the Umpqua and Willamette drainage basins. To the west
is the Coast Range, rising to 2,500 feet, and to the east are the Cascade
Mountains which reach heights of 9,000 feet.
The extreme eastern edge of the county lies in the Cascade ountains in
a band of peaks ranging from 4,300 to 9,182 feet on Mt. Thielsen, which
straddles the eastern boundary. The ridges and mountains that separate the
1/ State Water Resources Board, '0regon's Long Range Requirements for Water",
General Soil Map Report with Irrigable Areas, Umpqua Drainage Basin,
Appendix 1-16, 1969.
Douglas County Planning Commission, The Character of Douglas County, 1955.
Umpqua basin from other drainage basins and form the rim of the county are
responsible for the lack of heavy winds and reap the moiture from the skies
to provide the precipitation required to produce the forest wealth of the
county.
The flat, or relatively flat, land of the county follows the Umpqua
River and its tributaries.
Glendale 1,446 feet; Riddle
Elevations of cities within the county are:
715 feet; Roseburg 479 feet, Oakland 453 feet; and Drain 299 feet.
Climate
Douglas County has a temperate maritimeclimate moderately warm summers
and wet mild winters.
The varying topography produces some variation in the
climate, depending primarily on elevation.
The outstanding characteristic of the county's climate is the seasonal
distribution of precipitation. About 60 percent of the annual precipitation
occurs during the November through February winter storm season while only
10 percent occurs during the June through September dry season.
The average annual precipitation is as low as 24 inches in the valley
portions of the county but increases rapidly with elevation to over 100
inches in parts of the Coast Range in the western portion of the county.
Below 2,000 feet elevation, most of the precipitation occurs as rain falling
at low intensities.
Intensity of precipitation and the proportion of
precipitation that occurs as snow increases from about 2 percent on the floor
of the valley region to 50 percent at 5,000 feet elevation and about 75
percent at 7,000 feet. Winter snow accumulations are quite large in much of
Summer
the Cascades where they are an important source of summer streamflows.
precipitation in the county is limited to occasional light rainstorms and
thunderstorms and frequently there re periods of from 60 to 90 days when no
rainfall occurs.
The prevailing winds are from the north and north-west during the summer
and from the south andsuth-west during winter storm periods.
Wind velocities
are moderate; the highest wind velocity ever recorded at Roseburg was 40 m.p.h.
Seasonal temperature variations are small in the valley area of the
county. Winter temperatures below 10 degrees and summer temperatures above
100 degrees are rare. Maximum temperatures at Roseburg during the four summer
months normally range from 74 to 84 degrees, although maximum daily as high
as 106 degrees have been recorded.
The normal minimum January temperature
Some freezing of short duration occurs in the valley every
is 33.4 degrees.
winter. Temperatures in the Cascades are generally cooler and seasonal
variations greater than elsewhere in the county.
The frost-free season in most of the valley area of the county is from
April to October, a period of 190 to 220 days.
Table 1.
Station
Temperature and Precipitation,Douglas.. County, .By.Month 1951-1960
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May
June July. Aug. .JSept. Oct.
Dec.
Annual
Average
Temperature
degrees Farenheit
Drain 1NE
Reedsport
Roseburg
Toketee Fallsl/
41.6
44.5
41.8
35.5
44.2
45.8
43.7
39.2
45.8
46.1
45.7
42.3
51.6
49.6
51.5
48.2
56.8
53.8
56.7
55.3
61.3
57.0
61.6
61.3
66.8
59.7
68.2
68.7
65.6
60.3
67.1
66.4
62.5
59.7
63.3
62.3
54.7
55.6
54.2
51.7
46.0
49.0
45.8
42.4
42.6
45.6
42.3
37.3
53.3
52.2
53.3
50.9
.42 1.15
.99 2.30
4.20
6.81
3.00
4.29
6.17
9.20
4.00
5.78
9.64
12.3
6.59
8.12
50.9
78.4
35.2
48.0
91
88
94
92
71
68
73
67
68
67
69
60
101
96
104
109
28
34
26
26
12
23
15
14
24
26
23
13
8
4
9
10
21
Average
Precipitation
inches
Drain 1NE
Reedsport
Roseburg
Toketee Fallsl/
9.16
15.3
6.69
7.61
6.82
10.6
5.01
5.76
5.73
10.2
3.55
5.46
2.93
4.86
1.76
2.99
2.80
3.63
1.80
3.26
1.70
1.65
1.36
2.38
.18
.50
.10
.42
.38
.97
.56 1.36
Highest
Temperature
degrees Farenheit
Drain 1NE
Reedsport
Ros eburg
Toketee Fallsl/
65
67
65
59
70
66
70
66
82
73
81
80
95
79
90
89
96
93
95
94
99
81
99
104
105
94
104
103
101
83
103
102
103
96
102
109
Lowest
Temperature
degrees Farenheit
Drain 1NE
6
Reed sport
Ros eburg
19
Toketee Fallsl/
9
14
20
13
4
8
20
25
19
17
26
30
27
25
25
33
26
27
35
37
34
34
Mean Number of Day
with Temperature
32°F or Below
36
41
41
37
30
38
32
31
6
19
9
4
days
Drain 1NE
Reedsport
10
10
10
4
4
5
1
1
0
0
5
Ro s eb ur g
12
22
11
18
10
18
4
+
0
9
1
0
Toketee Fallsl/
35
40
40
37
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
+
2
9
1
5
14
4
54
23
58
109
1/ Somewhat less than 10 years.
2/ More than 0 but less than 0.5.
SOURCE:
U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather hureau, Decennial Census Of U.S. Climate,
Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No.86-31, 1965.
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Table 2.
Station
Drain
Reedspor t
Roseburg
Toketee Falls
SOURCE:
Seiected.DouglasCounty Weather. Stations
Elevation
750
94
505
2,430
Location
In
On
In
In
Calapooya Hills
Coast
Valley
Cascade Range
U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of
U.S. Climate, Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No. 86-31,
1965.
1/
Soils -
The soils study used in this analysis includes an area that covers
l,232,O00 acres, slightly more than one-third of the total area in the
Umpqua Basin. About 276,000 acres of the basin are considered suitable
for cultivated crop or improved pasture production.
The coastal plain consists of beaches, active sand dune, and terraces.
Elevations range from sea level to 300 feet. The dune areas are rolling
to steep. Most areas are void of vegetation. A few areas are covered with
shore pine.
Essentially no soil profile development is possible in the
shifting, unvegetated sands of the dune areas, and they are classified as
the miscellaneous land type, active dune land.
Soils of the Netart series
occur on the stabilized dunes. They are very strongly acid, with strongly
leached topsoils and iron enriched subsoils.
Soils of the very strongly acid
Lint series occur in the silty material of the terraces.
The flood plain soils of the Coast Range are generally strongly acid.
Differences between soil series are due mainly to variations in drainage
and texture. Soils of the well drained Nehalem and Gardiner series generally
occur adjacent to streams. In less well drained areas, soils of the moderately
Soils of
well drained Nestucca and the poorly drained Brenner series occur.
the very poorly drained Coquille series occupy flat areas subject to tidal
influences.
Soils of the Astoria and Trask series are dominant in the uplands on
the west side of the Coast Range in areas receiving from 70 to over 100 inches
of rainfall. These soils are very strongly acid, dark colored in the surface,
and moderately fine to fine textured. Astoria soils are very deep, whereas
the Trask soils are underlain by bedrock at depths between 15 to 30 inches.
1/ State Water Resources Board, "Oregon's Long Range Requirements for Water",
General Soil Nap Report with Irrigable Areas, Umpqua Drainage Basin,
Appendix 1-16, 1969.
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The soils of the uplands on the east side of the Coast Range are
generally redder or browner than those of the west side.
They generally
have good drainage, increasing acidity with depth, and dark colored
surface horizons fairly high in organic matter.
Some of the soils have
subsoil horizons of silicate clay accumulation. Dominant soils in these
uplands are classified in the Blachly, Siickrock, Honeygrove, and Apt
series.
Soils of the wide flood plains of the Umpqua River and major tributaries
are mainly slightly acid and well drained. They are subject to seasonal or
occasional overflow. The medium-textured Cioquato, moderately fine-textured
Chehalis, and moderately coarse-textured Newberg are the major soils. The
imperfectly drained (St) soils and the poorly drained Drain soils are less
common.
Soils of the coarse-textured Camas series occur near the stream
channels along with inclusions of unvegetated, recent flood deposits.
A variety of soils are formed in old alluvium on terrace and fan ppBitions.
These soils have characteristics that reflect variations in source materials.
Associated with uplands underlain by basalt are the soils of the Climax and
Bashaw series. The well drained Climax soils are sloping fans that merge with
the upland soils above and with the poorly drained, very clàyey Bashaw soils
below.
Fans originating in the sandstone and siitstone uplands are covered
by soils of the well drained Oakland series; the somewhat poorly drained,
dark colored, Anlauf series; and the somewhat poorly drained, light colored,
Yoncallaserjes. Soils of the low terraces along some of the tributaries
coming out of the Cascade Mountains are mostly well drained and underlain by
gravel.
They include soils of the Salem, (Ti), Packard, and O'Shea series.
Soils of the Dole, Olalla, and Calapooya series occur on higher, more cobbly
terraces. Dole soils are well drained; Olalla soils are well to moderately
well drained; and Calapooya soils are somewhat poorly drained.
A lowland area along the Umpqua River in the vicinity of Elkton is
separated from the rest of the lowland section by ridges of the Coast Range.
Flood plain soils in this section are similar to those in the major lowland
section.
Adjacent soils on the terraces are generally more acid and redder
in color.
These are soils of the Hedden, Mehi, and Brand series, which are
well drained, somewhat poorly drained, and poorly drained, respectively.
Dixonville soils occur on southern and western slopes of the basaltic
Soils of the Nekia and Jory series occur on originally forested
portions of the basaltic uplands. Dillard soils occur on foothills of the
Klamath Mountains.
They are underlain by somewhat basic metasedimentary
uplands.
rocks.
Soils of the (No) series occur on gently to strongly sloping foothills
and rolling uplands. They are underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Umpqua
formation. Oakland and Yoncalla soils are associated with soils of the
(No) series.
Soils of the Willakenzie and (Sp) series occur on originally
forested areas in these uplands.
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The intermountain lowlands section is used mainly for the production
of cultivated crops and forages.
The floo4 plain soils are intensively
used for growing irrigated specialty crops. The sloping terraces and
foothills are used mainly for pasture and dryland grain production.
The dominant soils from the metasedimentary and intermediate igneous
rocks belong to the Josephine and Boomer series. Boomer soils are associated
with more basic rocks than those of the Josephine series. These soils are
well drained, tend to become more acid with depth, and have moderately fine
to fine textures.
Soils of the Cornutt and Peel series are associated with ultrabasic
rocks.
In quartzdiorite areas, soils of the Siskiyou series occur.
Soils of the Bashaw series occur on fans below areas of Peel soils.
Soils of the Ruch, Pollard, and Kerby series occur on fans and terraces in
areas surrounded by the metasedimentary and intermediate igneous rocks.
The dominant flood plain soils ae classified in the Camas and Newberg series.
Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
An interpretive grouping of soils into "Land Capability Classification"
has been developed by the Soil Conservation Service. This grouping shows,
in a general way, 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 e 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 VIII 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.
The classification can be broken into two divisions:
(1) land in capacity
classes I through IV is generally suited for cultivation and other uses; and
(2) land in capability classes V through VIII is best suited for range, forestry,
and wildlife. Land capability classes are sometimes divided into subclasses
to indicate the dominating limitation or hazard.
The subicasses are "e" for
wind or water erosion, "w" for wetness or frequent inundation from overflow,
"s" for soil limitations, and "c" for climatic limitations.
All the soils of division 1 in Douglas County are limited to the interior
valleys and do not include any of Class I. The area in division 1 includes
275,100 acres or approximately 8.5% of the county. The remaining 2,965,220
acies are division 2 soils.
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Oregon ConservatiOnS Needs
An inventory of land use was taken by the
The acreage covered by the inventory
Committee in 1967 and published in 1971.
in Oregon by county. Most
included about 48 percent of the total land area
which conservation programs
of the excluded area was federally owned land on
were already in progress.
(1) present
regarding:
The inventory was developed from basic data
land
use
classified
by physical
acreage in major uses and (2) acreage of each
for conservation treatproblems affecting its use. The estimates of needs
observed
samples of the inventory
ment, for each major land use, were based on
acreage.
Table 3.
1967
Land Area and Use of Inventory Acreage, Douglas County,
Acres
Use
Inventory Acreage
99,379
125,944
Cropland
Pasture
Range
Forest
Other land
0
1,291,762
29,009
1,546,094
Total inventory acreage
Non-Inventory Acreage
1,645,093
37,123
10,730
Federal land
Urban and build-up areas
Water areas
1,692,946
Total non-inventory acres
3,239,040
47.7
Total land area
Percent of total land in inventory
SOURCE:
Soil and Water ConserOregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon
Service, 1971.
vation Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation
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Use.ot Douglas County Inventory Acreage by Capability C1ass
In Acres, 1967
Table 4.
Capability
Class
Use
Cropland
4,337
15,042
18,823
55,843
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
Total
SOURCE:
PastureRange
0
0
0
48,816
Other
Land
Forest
9,063
3,368
16,881
220,578
13,400
18,410
37,623
336,417
0
0
1,919
11,180
0
0
0
0
0
5,334
0
56,625
20,503
511,145
530,727
0
0
0
1,383
12,452
2,075
574,487
563,682
2,075
99,379
125,944
1,291,762
29,009
1,546,094
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1971.
Table 5.
Conservation Treatment Needs, Douglas County, 1967
Classification
Acreage
Cropland, total under cultivation
Type of treatment needed:
Residue cover
Sod in rotation
Permanent cover
Drainage
Other
95,829
Pasture, total acres
Type of treatment needed:
Improvement of vegetation
Reestablishment of vegetation
Change in land use
125,944
8,600
14,534
5,332
16,576
10,345
2,929
34,368
62,482
Forest, total acres
Type of treatment needed:
Establishment and reinforcement.
Timber stand improvement
1,291,762
525,921
132,417
Other land, total acres
Needing treatment
SOURCE:
Total
29,009
4,084
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water ConservationNeeds Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1971.
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Land Ownership
In this report, land ownership in Douglas County is classified either
as public lands, including federal, state, and county, or private lands.
About 54 percent of Douglas County is privately owned.
Most of the private
land is in farms and forests. Approximately 52 percent of the county is in
federal ownership, of which 27 percent is national forests administered by
the U.S. Forest Service.
The majority of the remaining federal land is
administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
About 2.9 percent of the county is owned by the State of Oregon.
About 18.6 percent of the state-owned land is administered by the State
Board of Forestry, 7.7 percent by the State Highway Commission, and 72.5
percent is administered by the State Land Board.
Approximately 1.1 percent of the county is owned by the county and
consists of county and city parks, municipalities, and road right-of-ways.
Table 6.
Federal Land Ownership, Douglas County, 1962
Douglas County
Acres
Percent
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Forest Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Reclamation
National Park Service
Navy
Corps of Engineers
Army
Agricultural Research Service
Bonneville Power Administration.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Federal Aviation Agency
Maritime Administration
Air Force
Coast Guard
Veterans Administration
Federal Communications Commission
Bureau of Mines
Post Office Department
General Services Administration
Public Health Service
All Federal Agencies
Percent Federal Ownership
748,261
897,829
45.4
54.5
State
Percent
49.7
47.0
1.4
.5
.3
.2
360
36
21
52
.02
1/
1/
--
.01
.01
1/
'1
--
1/
1/
iiI
89
256
.1
.1
.01
1/
1/
1/
1/
1/
1,646,905
100.0
50.8
100.0
1/ less than .01 percent.
SOURCE:
Carolan, W.B., Jr., Federal Land in Oregon, Oregon State University,
1963.
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Table 7.
State LandOwnership, Douglas County, 1970
Agency
Douias Count
ercent
Land Board
Board of Forestry
Highway Commission
Game Commission
Higher Education
Board of Control
State Engineer
Military Department
Board of Aeronautics
Fish Commission
Fair Commission
Liquor Commission
Public Employees Retirement Board
Department of Employment
Finance and Administration
35,090
8,992
3,742
72.5
18.6
528
1.1
Total
48,430
7.7
0
0
0
.4
77
---
0
0
0
0
.3
0
1/
.02
acres
State
sercent
809,933
653,190
221,644
58,123
17,762
6,615
4,330
1,504
860
472
181
45.6
36.8
4.3
15
1/
1/
1/
1/
---
4
1/
2
---
2
100.00
1,774,637
3.3
1.0
.37
.24
.08
.05
.03
.01
100.00
1/ Less than .01 percent.
SOURCE: Oregon State Lands Division, Inventory of State-Owned Real Property,
By County, January 1970.
Table 8.
Land Area in Highways, Streets, and Roads, Douglas County
Ownership
State highways
County roads
City streets
Total
SOURCE:
acres
percent
9,120
9,765
810
46.3
49.6
4.1
19,695
100.0
Oregon State Department of Revenue and Oregon State Highway Division,
unpublished data.
Land Use
In 1964 by far the largest portion of Douglas County, 86.4 percent, was
forest land. Next in importance was grazing land with 8.7 percent of the
total area, followed by agricultural land with 4.4 percent..
Table 9.
Land Use and Ownership, Douglas County, 1964
Douglas County
acres
percent
Category
I
Land Use
Urban
Industrial
Military
Intensive agriculture
Dryland farming
Forests
Parks
Conservation
Grazing
Non-productive land
Total land area
9,600
.5
.3
.2
.1
142,546
4.4
6.5
3.3
2,799,084
86.4
44.8
648
.02
.3
2.3
281,522
8.7
41.5
.5
3,239,680
Land Ownership
Private lands
Public lands, total
Federal
State
Local
SOURCE:
State
percent
100.00
100.0
54.2
55.8
51.8
2.9
1.1
1,506,304
1,733,376
1,646,906
57,469
29,001
Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources for
Development, March 1964.
Agricultural Land
In 1969 the agricultural land base in Douglas County consisted of
106,710 acres of cropland, 151,430 acres of woodland, and 206,194 acres
Less than 4 percent of the total
of 'other' land including wasteland.
county area consisted of cropland while about 14 percent was in farms.
Table 10.
Land in Farms, Douglas County, 1969
Acres
Item
Total land area
Proportion in farms
Acres in farms
Cropland harvested
Cropland pasture
Other cropland
Woodland
Other land
SOURCE:
Percent
3,240,000
100.0
14.3
464,334
31,915
63,920
10,875
151,430
206,194
100.0
6.9
13.8
2.3
32.6
44.4
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1 Area
Reports, Part 47, 0reon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1972.
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Forest Land
The forest land of Douglas County may be divided into four distinct
zones on the basis of ecology, climate, and pattern of land ownership as
follows:
the Umpqua Valley zone, the principal forest zone, the upper slope
forest zone, and the subalpine forest zone.
The Umpqua Valley zone generally lies below 1,000 feet elevation and
has the driest and warmest climate of any part of the county. This zone was
only partially forested at the time of settlement, and much of it has since
been cleared for agricultural, urban, residential, and other uses. Most of
the remaining forest land is generally in blocks of less than 500 acres owned
by farmers and ranchers intermingled with agricultural land. There are both
hardwood and coniferous stands.
The hardwood stands -- cottonwoods, Oregon
ash, bigleaf maple, and oaks -- occur on bottom lands subject to flooding
and on dry sites. Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir are the most common coniferous species and occur on a variety of sites.
The principal forest zone begins at about 500 to 1,000 feet elevation
in the Cascades and extends up to 3,000 to 4,000 feet. It contains the
major share of the timber producing land of the county. More than 90 percent
of this land is forested, most of which is in public ownership. Coniferous
species of Douglas fir, western hemlock, western red cedar, Ponderosa pine,
sugar pine, and true firs are predominant.
The upper slope forest zone begins at about 3,000 to 4,000 feet
About 80 percent of
elevation and extends upward to 5,000 to 6,000 feet.
this land is forested; 20 percent of the land consists mainly of nonforested
areas of volcanic origin, meadows, and lakes.
True fir and mountain hemlock
stands are predominant. Most of the land is in national forests.
The subalpine forest zone begins at 5,500 to 6,000 feet elevation in
The principal
the Cascades and extends to the upper limit of tree growth.
tree species -- subalpine fir, mountain hemlock, whitebark pine, and Alaska
yellow--cedar -- occur in scattered stands intermingled with meadows and
barren areas.
About 43 percent of the forest land in Douglas County, or 1,220,000
Over 24 percent of the county's
acres, in 1963 was in private ownership.
About 57 percent
forest land was owned by the coiiuiiercial forest industry.
of the forest land in the county, or 1,644,000 acres, in 1963 was in public
ownership. National forest composed over 33 percent of the county's forest
land.
The major uses of forest land in Douglas County are for production of
crops of commercial timber, for outdoor recreation, and for watershed protection. Other uses of wildlife habitat and grazing are also important.
- 13 -
The national forest land is managed under the "Multiple Use-Sustained
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 that 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 2,864,000 acres of commercial forest land in
Coiiuitercial forest land is forest land that is
producing, or is physically capable of producing, usable crops of wood,
economically available, now or prospectively, for timber harvest, and
not withdrawn from timber harvest.
Douglas County in 1963.
In 1963, the U.S. Forest Service estimated there was 57,000 acres of
noncomiitercial forest land in Douglas County. Noncommercial forest land
is physically incapable of producing usable crops of wood or is withdrawn
from timber harvest through statute, ordinance, or administrative order.
Table 11.
Forest Acreage Ownership, Douglas County, 1963
Acres
Ownership
All ownerships
2,864,000
960,000
684,000
695,000
525,000
National forest
Other public
Forest industry
Farmer and miscellaneous private.
SOURCE:
Percent
100.0
33.5
23.9
24.3
18.3
U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Southwest Oregon, 1964,
Resource Bulletin PNW-8, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range
Experiment Station.
Table 12.
Volume of All Growing Stock and Sawtimber by Ownership,
Douglas County, 1963
Growing Stock
Ownership
All owners, total
National forest
Other public
Forest industry
Farmer and other private
Sawtimb er
Million Cubic Feet
Million Board Feet 11
14,945
6,237
4,281
3,626
94,234
40,191
26,596
23,575
3,872
801
1/ International 1/4 inch rule.
SOURCE:
U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for SOuthwest Oregon, 1964,
Resource Bulletin PNW-8, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range
Experiment Station.
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Table 13.
Volume of All Growing Stock and Sawtimber on Commercial Forest
Land, BySpecies, Douglas County, 1963
Species
All Species
S of twoods
Douglas fir
Ponderosa pine and
Jeffery pine
Sugar pine
Western white pine
Lodgepole and other
pines
White and grand fir
California and Shasta
Red fir
Other true firs
Spruces
Western hemlock
Incense cedar
Port Orford cedar
Western red cedar
Other softwoods
Hardwoods
Red alder
Black cottonwood
Bigleaf maple
Oak
Tanoak
Pacific madrone
Other hardwoods
Growing Stock
Million
Cubic Feet
Percent
Sawtimber
Million.
1'
Board Feet-i'
Percent
14,945
14,144
10,256
100.0
94.6
68.6
76,986
74,210
57,204
100.0
96.4
74.3
199
296
187
1.3
2.0
1.2
826
1,467
894
1,1
1.9
1.2
190
484
1.3
3.2
217
1,914
2.5
.6
389
1,897
530
4,103
1,891
88
445
94
878
393
2
246
386
801
225
3.0
.6
5.9
2.6
2!
1.6
2.6
5.4
1.5
17
.1
171
132
1.1
193
63
1.3
.9
.4
.3
.5
2.5
.7
5.3
2.5
11
1,219
1,648
2,776
860
115
1.6
2.1
3.6
1.1
717
457
.9
.6
489
138
.6
2/
.1
.2
Scribner Log Rule
Less than .01 percent
SOURCE:
U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Southwest Oregon, 1964,
Resource bulletin PNW-8, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment
Station.
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Water
Table14.
Umpqua Sub-asin Area, Douglas County
Drainage Area
Stuare Miles
Sub-Basin
Lower UmpquaRiver
1,490
347
135
290
Smith River
Mill Creek
Elk Creek
Calapooya Creek
Miscellaneous streams
247
471
North Umpqua River
Little River
Rock Creek
Steamboat Creek
Copeland Creek
Fish Creek
Clearwater River
Miscellaneous streams
1,308
206
South Umpqua River
Deer Creek
Roberts Creek
Lookingglass Creek
Myrtle Creek
Cow Creek
West Fork Cow Creek
Canyon Creek
Elk Creek
Jackson Creek
Miscellaneous streams
1,762
Total Umpqua River Basin
4,560
SOURCE:
93
220
34
82
70
603
63
24
160
117
397
87
37
80
155
642
State Water Resources Board, U.S.D.A. River Basin Reports on Water
and Related Land Resources, 1962.
Domestic water supplies are household and minor irrigation uses by
individuals not served by municipalities or other public corporations. The
sources in Douglas County are:
(1) surface supplies from rivers and springs;
and (2) wells. Rough field reconnaissance indicates that the use of ground
water for domestic supplies is limited due to the undependable nature of
these supplies with respect to quality and quantity.
- 16 -
Municipalities and public corporations rely primarily on the surface
waters of the Umpqua system. Some supplies, particularly those in the
South Umpqua system, have greatly reduced supplies from July through November.
Urban expansion in this area could be restricted if adequate supplies for
municipal purposes are made available during periods of low suiwuier flow.
Table 15. Municipal Water Supply Data, Douglas County
Certified
Community
Canyonville.
1950
Use
Legal
Diversion Restric-
1966
Population Population Source of Water Supply Riht-cfs
tions
Irrig.
201
871
0.10
1.82
Chior.
Chlor.
0.1 mgd. Chior.
Pump cap. Chior.
Chlor.
None
Harrison-Yong Br. of N.
Myrtle Cr.
Calapooya Creek & wells
7.17
None
Chlor.
2.00
Judd Cr., Unnamed Cr. of
S. Umpqua, Wilson Cr.,
2.75
None
None
None
Chlor.
Chlor.
Chior.
1.22
None
Chlor.
25.00
None
Drain
Elkton
Gardiner
Glide
Glendale
1,150
Myrtle Creek
1,781
1,000
14,200
O'Shea Creek
*400 Stream at Fisher's Cove
*1001/ Little River
Section Cr., Mill Cr.,
780
None
None
and Cow Cr.
Reedsport
Riddle
Chlor.
1.00
N. Umpqua (out of basin 100.00
use)
4.00
1,000 Bear Creek
0.50
150i, Springs, Umpqua River
861
Coos Bay
Oakland
Treat ment
2,770
829
850
2,288
4,200
1,100
634
Clear Lake (out of basin) 25.00
and Cow Cr.
Roberts Cr. 2
Water Dis.-
*4,00&1 Cooper Cr. of Roberts
Cr., and S. Umpqua R.
Filter,
Coagu.
Roseburg
8,390
Scottsburg
Sutherlin
120
2,230
l5O00l, North Umpqua River
*120 Creek
2,780
Calapooya Creek
3.00
--Irrig.
Chior.
Chior.
Chlor,
Filter,
Coagu.
Winston
Yoncalla
626
2,500
6,500
South Umpqua River
Adams Cr. and Wilson
2.57
1.50
Irrig.
Cr.
* Estimated 1956 population
1/ 1958 certified population
2/ Serves Winston-Dillard
State Water Resources Board, "Oregon's Long Range Requirements for WaterSOURCE:
Umpqua Drainage Basin", 1969.
- 17 -
Chior.
Filter
Sewage Treatment Plants, DougiasCounty, 1967
Table 16.
1!
Type-
Location
Bremmer Hills
Trailer Park....
Canyonville
Douglas High S
Drain
Glendale
Nib Academy
Myrtle Creek
N. Roseburg
Ranch Motel
Rice Hill
Riddle
Roseburg
AD
1965
TF
AD
TF
TF
TF
TF
TF
TF
TF
TF
AD
1961
1963
1960
1957
1956
1952
1951-64
1965
1965
1952
1958
1956
1965
AD
TF
1960
1957
L
L
Su the r 1 in
S. Umpqua H.S
Town & Country
Mobile Park
Winston
Built
PopUlatiOn
Receiving
Stream
Design Flow
NGD
Est. Pop.
Served
100
50
0.005
2,400
800
2,000
1,000
450
3)000
10,000
100
400
2,000
20,000
3,500
150
1)200
600
1,000
700
250
2,700
7,500
1,100
13,000
2,800
130
0.300
0.016
0.300
0.200
0.060
0.300
1.000
0.004
0.040
0.300
2.600
0.700
0.005
300
3,500
2,000
60
20
Lookingglas S
River
S. Umpqua R.
S. Umpqua R.
Elk Creek
Cow Creek
S. Umpqua R.
Myrtle Creek
S. Umpqua R.
Yoncalla Cr.
Yoncalla Cr.
Cow Creek
S. Umpqua R.
Sutherlin Cr.
S. Umpqua R.
S. Umpqua R.
0.015
0.445
150
S. Urnpqua R.
1/ Type of treatment: AD - aerobic digestion, L - lagoon, TF - trickling filter
SOURCE: Oregon State Sanitary Authority, 1966-67 Annual Report.
Table 17.
Stream
Maximum - Minimum Discharges, Douglas County
Maximum
Gaging
Station
Mill Creek
Ash
Umpqua River
Elkton
North Umpqua River.
Winchester
Sutherlin Creek
Sutherlin
North Umpqua River.
Glide
Little River
Peel
Cavitt Creek
Peel
Rock Creek
Glide
c.f.s
10,000
(11-23-09)
265,000
(12-23-64)
119,000
(12-22-64)
2,250
(2-10-61)
90,000
(12-22-55)
21,000
(12-11-56)
4,910
(12-26-55)
22,800
(12-22-64)
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Minimum
Years of
R- sri
c
1.5
(9-13-10)
640
(7-18-26)
383
(9-25-60)
61
23
11
552
(8-27-31)
15
17
12
(9-24,25-57)
1
14
(9-5,11-66)
10
Table 17, cont.
Stream
Maximum- Minimum Discharges, Douglas County
Gaging
Station
North Umpqua River
Rock Creek
Steamboat Creek
Glide
North Umpqua River
Copeland
Fish Creek
Big Camas
Clearwater River.
Mouth
Clearwater River
Trap Creek
North Umpqua River
Toketee Falls
North Umpqua River
Clearwa t er
North Umpqua River
Lemo lo
Lake Creek
Diamond Lake
Deer Creek
Roseburg
South Umpqua River
Bro ckway
Lookingglass Creek
Brockway
North Myrtle Creek
Myrtle Creek
South Myrtle Creek
Myrtle Creek
Cow Creek
Riddle
West Fork Cow Creek.
Glendale
Cow Creek
Azalea
Days Creek
Days Creek
Elk Creek
Drew
South TJmpqua River
Tiller
Jackson Creek
Tiller
Maximum
Minimum
c.f.s
c.f.s
68,000
(12-22-55)
51,000
(12-12-64)
40,700
(12-22-64)
12,000
(12-22-64)
1,380
(1-18-53)
1,020
(12-23-64)
4,680
(12-25-64)
3,680
(1-18-53)
4,680
(12-25-64)
336
(1-1-43)
7,910
(12-28-65)
105,000
(12-23-64)
35,000
(12-26-55)
3,260
(1-20-64)
3,050
(12-11-56)
41,100
(10-29-50)
15,700
(12-22-64)
8,430
(12-22-64)
3,450
(2-21-56)
8,880
(12-22-64)
60,200
(12-22-64)
21,100
(12-22-64)
521
(10-16-31)
31
(9-24-57)
565
(9-13-59)
Years of
Record
21
10
17
19
35
(11-27-52)
192
(11-19-52)
91
(11-4,6-31)
9,,7
(5-13-55)
470
(11-22-49)
9.7
(5-13-55)
7
38
38
6
38
30
0
(8-25-31)
9
34
36
(8-12-46)
11
.40
11
(8-8-59)
.20
(8-2-61)
18
(8-22-66)
6.3
(8-22-66)
11
12
12
39
4
(9-19-29)
11
.30
12
(8-22-66)
20
(9-3-11)
12
(10-2-55)
28
11
Note:
) indicates year when maximum occurred.
(
SOURCE:
U.S. Geological Survey, taken from State Water Resources Board,
Middle Willamette River Basin, June 1963.
- 19 -
Water supplies within the county provide adequate power for the immediate
The estimated physical power potential of the Timpqua system is about
future.
25 percent developed. Improvements in the flow patterns of the streams of
the system would offer increased power production in many cases. Adequate
supplies can be considered available as long as undeveloped sites remain from
which power can be produced at a marketable cost.
The North Umpqua has developed sites of considerable power potential.
Power potential for the North Umpqua totals at least 180,000 kilowatts
capacity, almost the equivalent of the existing California-Oregon Power
Future possiCompany development above Toketee Falls on this same stream.
bilities of a limited nature exist elsewhere in the Umpqua system.
The main stream of the Umpqua has potential for power development.
Federal Power Commission figures indicate the possibility of an installed
capacity of approximately 130,000 kilowatts. With proper storage facilities,
this figure could be revised upward possibly to a range of 200,000 to 220,000
kilowatts. In addition, there are two steam power plants, one at Roseburg
Lumber Company, Dillard (17,000 K.W.) and one at International Paper Company,
Gardiner (4,500 K.W.) which add to the power capacity of Douglas County.
Table 18.
List of Existing Hydroelectric Power Projects on the North
Umpqua River in Douglas County
Name
Name of Owner
Ins tailed
Capacity
of
Plant
The Calif.-Oregon
Power Company.
The Calif .-Oregon
Power Company....
The Calif .-Oregon
Power Company.
The Calif.-Oregon
Power Company..
The Calif.-Oregon
Power Company.
The Calif.-Oregon
Power Company.
The Calif.-Oregon
Power Company.
The Calif.-Oregon
Power Company....
The Calif.-Oregon
Power Company....
SOURCE:
(KW)
Av. Annual
Generation
(1,000 KWH)
Gross
Head
C
feet
500
3,900
14
Soda Springs
12,700
63,500
114
Slide Creek
20,000
104,000
179
Toketee Falls
44,900
232,100
448
Fish Creek
12,300
76,000
1,032
Clearwater 1
18,700
67,300
651
Clearwater 2
32,000
108,100
760
Lemolo 1
33,000
136,300
750
Lemolo 2
35,000
171,800
721
Winchester
Federal Power Commission, Hydroelectric Power Resources of the
United States, Developed &Undeveloped, 1957, Washington, D.C.
- 20 -
Table19.
List of Potential Power Projects in Douglas County
Installed
Capacity
Name of Project or Site
River
LOWER UMPQUA
12 RD No. 3
12 RD No. 1
Loon Lake Diverson
Scottsburg
Kelleys Smith Ferry
Kellogg
Wolf Creek
NORTH UNPQUA
Winchester
Oak Creek
Horseshoe Bend
Glide
Rock Creek
Boundary
Steamboat
Copeland Diversion
Lake Creek No. 3
Lake Creek No
SOUTH UMPQUA
Roseburg
Dillard
Ruckles
Myrtle Creek
Riddle Diversion
Days Creek
Perdue
Coffee Creek
Tiller Diversion
Deadman Creek
Generati.on
(1 000 KWH)
Gross
Head
(feet)
Smith
Smith
Mill Creek
Umpqua
Umpqua
Umpqua
Umpqua
3,000
5,400
6,500
38,100
30,800
23,500
37,000
13,000
23,600
55,900
290,000
236,000
196,000
298,000
130
320
385
100
85
70
145
N. Umpqua
N. Umpqua
N. Umpqua
13,400
11,300
14,000
9,000
51,000
44,000
16,300
24,300
3,600
5,000
89,000
86,500
98,300
62,200
263,000
216,000
113,000
175,000
9,800
13,000
80
70
90
60
221
187
190
290
325
3,000
3,600
2,899
3,900
5,800
4,900
4,600
3,100
6,200
3,100
22,000
26,000
21,000
28,000
44,000
24,100
20,800
20,000
39,800
21,000
50
60
50
377,000
2,514,000
N. Uxnpqua
N. Umpqua
N. Umpqua
N. Umpqua
N. Umpqua
Lake Creek
Lake Creek
S.
S.
S.
S.
S.
S.
S.
S.
S.
S.
Umpqua
Umpqua
Umpqua
Umpqua
Umpqua
Umpqua
Umpqua
Umpqua
Umpqua
Umpqua
TOTAL
SOURCE:
Av. Annual
480
70
125
100
100
80
160
175
Federal Power Conuiiission, Hydroelectric Power Resources of the
United States, Developed & Undeveloped, 1957, Washington, D.C.
Water-based Recreation
Sufficient quantities of water for recreational uses are of great importance to Douglas County. Most of the county's income from outdoor recreation
stems from some phase of recreation allied with water,
The game fishing of
Developments
the Umpqua is one of the important recreation values of the county.
receiving greatest use are Diamond Lake and the areas along the major streams.
- 21 -
1/
Minerals -
Douglas County leads the State of Oregon in mineral production with
deposits of nickel, sand and gravel, stone, mercury, gold and silver (in that
order of value of mineral produced in 1968). Other minerals present of
lesser value are chromite, copper, zinc, coal, suipher, and quicksilver.
Nickel Mountain, the only commercial nickel mining operation in the
U.S., is about five miles northwest of Riddle. The suiiunit of this mountain
has an elevation of 3,533 feet with the nickel deposit occupying much of the
upper part of this mountain.
There are several properties in the county containing sulphide deposits
The
in which the commercial metals are gold, silver, copper, and zinc.
best known are on Silver Peak, south of Riddle.
The county has been a leading quicksilver producer, but declining prices
forced closure of the mines, the major one being the Bonanza mine east Of
Sutherlin. During World War II this mine was ranked second among domestic
quicksilver producers.
Several chromite deposits are known in Douglas County with some small
projects active from time to time depending on prices. Deposits are known
on Quartzmill Peak in the Starveout Creek area (has been mined), on the
South Umpqua River near Day Creek, on Nickel Mountain, and on Cow Creek
south of Riddle.
Limstone occurs southeast and east of Roseburg and also in Camas Valley.
Sub-bituminous coal deposits are found at Comstock and near the lJmpqua
River about 17 miles west of Drain.
Sulphur occurs in small lenses at the headwaters of Castle Rock Creek
near Diamond Lake.
Wildlife
The most numerous big game animal in Douglas County is black-tailed deer,
but there are also Roosevelt elk.
Upland game birds in Douglas County include pheasants, valley quail,
mountain quail, blue grouse, ruf fed grouse, and band-tailed pigeons.
Fur bearing animals are numerous in the county.
otter, mink, muskrat, and raccoon.
They include:
beaver,
1/ Douglas County Planning Commission, The Character Of Douglas County,
(See Mining and Mineral Industries section for additional
September 1955.
information.)
22 -
Table 20.. .Mule.Deer,Population, Trends, .Douglas.County.Area, 1966-1971
1971
Management Unit
Miles
Traveled
Dixon................
Elkton...............
100
40
.100
Meirose
Deer Per Mile
Deer
Observed
.
.
439
144
520
1966-70
1970
1971
4.1
4..4
32
26
36
.4.3.
4.2
5.2
3.6
.
1/ Oregon State Game Commission management units do not coincide with county
boundaries
Therefore, the management units listed may contain parts
of other counties.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State
Game Commission.
Table 21
Douglas County Trapping Reports, 1970-71
Animal
Number Trapped
Beaver
Otter
Mink
Muskrat
Raccoon
Skunk
Civet cat
Weasel
Opossum
Gray fox
Red fox
i1dcat
Coyote
Nutria
730
34
17
112
100
8
106
10
2
6
1
30
22
150
1/ 49 trapper reports were received from Douglas County.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State
Game Commission.
Anadromous species and resident trout population comprise the basic
game and commercial fisheries resources
Anadromous fish present in the
county include
spring chinook, fall chinook, silver salmon, summer steelhead, and winter steelhead
The resident fish population includes
brown
trout,
rainbow trout, brown bullhead, and kokanee.
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Population
Exploration of Douglas County began as early as the 17th century. In
1827 the Hudson Bay Company established Fort Utnpqua on the Umpqua River
as one of the first trading posts in the area.
Increasing settlement continued along the Umpqua River, and in 1851 a site now called Roseburg was
established.
During this year, Umpqua County was created and included much
of Coos and Curry Counties. In 1852 Umpqua County was renamed Douglas
County after Senator Stephen A. Douglas. The Donation Land Law provided
free land to immigrants arriving in Oregon and as a result further settlement progressed.
By 1880, the population of Douglas County was 9,596.
The population of Douglas County was about 72,000 in 1971, or about
14.2 persons per square miles. This compares with 21.7 persons per square
mile for the state.
In 1970, about two-thirds of the population lived in
rural areas while one-third lived in urban areas. There were 12 incorporated
cities with a total 1966 population of 33,147. Roseburg, the county seat,
had the largest population of 14,530.
The following table gives a breakdown of Douglas County's population
by race and geographic area. Caucasian, Spanish Language, Black, American
Indian, and "Other" racial categories are given.
There are 13 geographic
subdivisions called Census County Divisions plus a county total listed.
Table 22.
Number of Persons by Racial Group, Douglas County, 1970
Number of PersOns
Black American
Caucasian Spanish
Indian
Language
Census County Division
Total
Calapooia
Elkton-Drain
Kellogg-Yoncalla
Lookingglass
Melrose
Myrtle Creek-Riddle...
North Umpqua
Reedsport
Roseburg
Roseburg Rural
South Umpqua
Tenmile
Wilbur
6,714
2,739
2,425
7,011
2,371
10,452
3,203
6,162
14,461
9,047
3,166
2,559
1,433
6,571
2,715
2,409
6,827
2,342
10,286
3,098
6,032
14,127
8,871
2,997
2,536
1,410
County Total
71,743
70,221
93
20
2
22
26
1
1
2
8
---
12
41
24
68
52
57
52
30
19
20
15
823
57
413
127
-71
31
40
192
110
131
3
Other
--17
4
23
4
3
4
16
5
27
5
29
67
32
16
---
229
Dashes indicate a zero, suppressed data, or not applicable.
SOURCE: Oregon State University Cooperative tensio.n Service, Income and
Poverty Data for Racial Groups: A Compilation for OregonCensus
County Divisions, Special Report 367, Oregon State University, 1972.
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Table 23.
Population Rank Order in Oregon for Douglas and Bordering
Counties, .1960 and.l971
1960
County
DOUGLAS
7
Coos
Curry
9
68,458
54,955
13,983
29,917
73,962
47,475
162,890
25
14
Josephine
Jackson
Klamath
Lane
SOURCES:
Population
Rank
6
10
2
Rank
8
9
26
15
6
11
2
1971
Population
I
72,000
56,720
12,770
36,560
97,620
50,500
222,850
Oregon State Center for Population Research and Census, Population
Portland
Estimates of Counties and Incorsorated Cities of Oregon,
State University, July 1971.
1970 General
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
Population Characteristics, Final Report PC (1) - B39 Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Between 1960 and 1970, the county growth rate was approximately 4.8
percent. This compares to a 18 percent increase for the State of Oregon
Although the county's population has been
during the same period of time.
growing steadily, the rate of increase has been declining since the 1940's.
Table 24.
Year
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
SOURCE:
Population Growth, Douglas County
Po.ulation
12,000
14,565
19,674
21,332
21,967
25,728
54,549
68,458
71,743
Percent Increase
Percent
Period
I
1890-1900
1900-1910
19 10-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
22.8
35.1
8.4
3.0
17.1
112.0
25.5
4.8
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: General Population
Characteristics, Final Report PC(1) - B39 Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., various years.
25 -
Table 25.
Components of Change inDOuglas.County's Population, 1940-1970
Net Change
Years
28,821
13,909
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
24,857
1,131
-5,015
3,964
12,778
8,300
3,285.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, US. Census of Population, General
Demographic Trends for MetropolitanAreas, Final Report PHC (2)-39,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1950, 1960, and
1970 editions.
SOURCE:
Table 26.
Urban and Rural Population, .Douglas.County, 1950-70
Population
Year
8,390
19,541
24,303
1950
1960
1970
Urban
Percent Change
Population
132.9
24.4
46,159
48,817
47,440
Rural
f Percent Change
6.0
-2.8
General Population
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - B39 Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1951, 1961, and 1971 editions.
SOURCE:
Table 27.
Population Estimates of Incorporated Cities, Douglas County,
1965, 1970, 1971
City and County
Douglas County
Canyonville
Drain
ElLkton
Glendale
Myrtle Creek
Oakland
Reedsport
Riddle
Roseburg
Sutherlin
Winston
Yoncalla
Unincorporated Areas
SOURCE:
Net Nigration
Natural Inciease
1965
1970
1971
76,000
999
1,000
153
71,743
940
1,204
176
72,000
1,020
1,200
795
709
2,750
850
4,173
1,106
13,400
2,761
2,480
640
44,893
2,677
1,010
4,039
1,042
14,461
3,084
2,468
675
39,258
180
745
2,705
1,020
4,170
1,060
14,530
3,270
2,572
675
38,853
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates
of Counties and Incorporated Cities Of Oregon, Portland State
University, 1970 and 1971 reports.
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The composition of Douglas County's population by age and sex is much
the same by percent as that of the State of Oregon. About 39 percent of
the county's population is under 18 years of age, 54 percent is 18 to
64 years and over. The remaining 7 percent is 65 years and over. The median
age in Douglas County in 1960 was 27.1 years of age. Composition by sex is
split almost in half, with 50.9 percent of the population males, and 49.1
Figures for the State of Oregon are nearly the same with
percent females.
36 percent under 18 years of age, 54 percent 18 to 64 years of age, 10 percent
The
65 years and over, and 49.8 percent males and 50.2 percent females.
median age is about 27 years old.
Table 28.
Population by Age and Sex, Douglas County, 1960 and 1970
Age Group
Total Population.
Under 5
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65 and over.
Median Age
SOURCE:
Male
1970
1960
196
Female
1970
0
Total
1960
34,906
4,115
4,011
3,803
2,545
1,653
4,252
4,738
4,301
2,895
2,593
35,965
2,918
3,873
4,186
3,561
1,942
4,101
4,182
4,343
3,604
3,255
33,552
4,074
4,013
3,686
2,700
1,941
4,375
4,507
3,703
2,324
2,229
35,778
2,980
3,586
3,980
3,428
2,295
4,365
4,251
4,271
3,381
3,271
68,458
28.4
28.7
25.9
28.6
27.1
8,189
8,024
7,489
5,245
3,594
8,627
9,245
8,004
5,219
4,822
1970
Percent
1960 J 1970
71,743 100.0
5,898 12.0
7,459
8,166
6,989
4,237
8,466
8,433
8,584
6,985
6,526
11.7
10.9
7.7
5.3
12.6
13.5
11.7
7.6
7.0
100.0
8.2
10.4
11.4
9.7
5.9
11.8
11.8
12.0
9.7
9.1
28.6
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: General Population
Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - B39 Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961 and 1971 editions.
Employment
The Oregon State Department of Employment reported in 1970 the average
annual civilian labor force in Douglas County was 28,860 or 40 percent of
the total population. At that time the unemployment rate was 7.9 percent
of the total labor force or 1,430 unemployed. For number of persons unemployed, the county ranked fifth in the state; however, ranking by percent
unemployment was eighth. I
1/ Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, Labor
Force and Employment in Oregon by County 1968 through 1971 publications,
Research and Statistics Section.
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The 1960 Census of Population shows that about 22,459 people were employed
in the county out of a total labor force of 24,293. About 5 percent of those
employed worked in agriculture. However, this does not include the large number
of seasonal workers employed in growing and harvesting crops during June, July,
and August.
About 43 percent of those employed worked in manufacturing with
lumber and wood products and food and kindred products manufacturing employing
the major share.
Construction employed about 5 percent, retail trade 14 percent, personal services 7 percent, education 6 percent, and public administration
4 percent of the total labor force.
Table 29.
Employment Status, Douglas County, 1960 and 1970
Douglas County
Subj ect
1960
I
1970]-!
Roseburg
1960
1970]-!
Male, 14 years and over
Labor Force
Armed Forces
Civilian Labor Force
Employed
Unemployed
Not in Labor Force
Inmate of Institution..
Enrolled in School
Other
23,550
18,039
30
55
3
18,009
16,685
1,324
5,511
761
2,088
2,662
17,885
16,301
1,584
6,115
520
1,486
4,109
2,940
2,782
158
1,396
715
235
446
Female, 14 years and over
Labor Force
Employed
Unemployed
Married, Husband Present
Not in Labor Force
Inmate of Institution.
Enrolled in School
Married, Husband Present
Other
22,442
6,254
5,774
476
4,263
16,188
24,383
8,547
7,783
4,051
1,557
1,451
106
943
2,494
24,055
17,940
761
5,959
15,836
67
163
2,400
12,282
1,539
1,645
11,280
2,748
4,339
2,943
42
352
577
1,523
5,118
3,558
21
3,537
3,270
267
1,565
508
301
756
5,256
2,224
2,086
138
1,463
3,032
121
325
1,850
736
/ 16 years old and over.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) 39 Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1961, 1971.
SOURCE:
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Percent of Age Group in Labor Force, Douglas County, 1970
Table 30.
Male
e Grou.
Years
14-15
16-17
18-19
20-21
22-24
25-34
35-44
45-64
65 and over
SOURCE:
10.6
29.9
67.1
88.3
89.8
95.7
92.4
82.9
21.7
6.2
18.8
38.4
42.2
36.5
35.7
46.0
41.1
9.5
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - 30 Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Industry Groups of Employed, Douglas County, 1960 and 1970
Table 31.
Number Emilo ed
1970
Indus tr
Agriculture, Forestry, and
Fisheries
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Lumber and Wood Products
Food and Kindred Products
Other
Transportation
Communication
Utilities and Sanitary Services
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Business Services
Personal Services
Entertainment and Recreation
Health Services
Education
Professional and Related Services.
Public Administration
SOURCE:
Female
1,374
234
1,079
9,206
8,410
197
599
537
182
266
401
3,005
1,037
1,067
123
735
1,377
607
745
1,341
271
1,352
8,084
6,321
284
1,479
609
284
253
540
3,817
1,384
1,063
97
1,468
2,031
556
988
1960 and 1970
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1) 39 Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961,
1971.
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Table 32.
Douglas County Occupations, 1970
Occupation
Male
Total employed, 16 years old and over
Professional
Engineers
Physicians and Related Practitioners
Other Health Workers
Teachers, except health
Other professional workers
Managers and administrators
Sales workers
Clerical and kindred workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives, except transport
Transport
Laborers, except farm
Farmers and farm managers
Farm laborers
Service workers
Cleaning services
Food services
Health services
Personal services
Protective services.
Private household
Female
16,301
1,663
NA*
NA
34
428
900
1,605
701
527
3,402
3,076
1,242
2,464
494
215
897
365
89
112
54
247
15
7,783
1,220
NA
NA
244
660
316
341
671
2,445
131
476
119
118
99
38
1,865
292
881
408
185
19
260
Total
24,084
2,883
178
123
278
1,088
1,216
1,946
1,372
2,972
3,533
3,552
1,361
2,582
593
253
2,762
657
970
520
239
266
275
*NA - not available
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1) - 39 Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Table 33.
Number and Percent of Persons Unemployed in Douglas and Bordering
Counties, 1960 and 1970
County
DOUGLAS
Lane
Coos
Jackson
Ki amath
Josephine
Curry
SOURCE:
Total Civilian
Labor Force
1960
1970
24,263
43,367
20,310
26,632
17,872
10,423
4,151
28,860
90,800
22,870
40,470
20,440
14,950
4,800
Number
Unemployed
1960
1970
1,800
2,459
1,199
1,882
1,307
1,096
274
2,290
6,400
1,870
3,410
1,280
1,820
390
Per cent
Unemployed
1960
1970
7.4
7.9
7.0
8.2
8.4
6.3
12.2
8.1
5.7
5.9
7.1
7.3
10.5
6.6
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1) - C39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961, 1971.
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Table 34.
Major Occupation Group of Unemployed, Douglas County, 1960 & 1970
Douglas County
1970
1960
Group
I
Professional, technical, and kindred
workers
Clerical and kindred workers
Sales workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred
workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Service workers
Farm laborers
Laborers, except farm and mine
SOURCE:
I
4
21
32
13
76
98
34
39
69
63
53
34
95
536
30
57
93
58
145
184
104
230
379
220
382
452
47
494
Roseburg
1970
1960
15
55
1960 and 1970
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) C39 Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961,
1971.
Table 35.
Covered Payrolls and Employment by Industry, Douglas County, 1970
Average Annual
Emlo 'ent
Industr
Agriculture, forestry, and
fisheries
Mining
Contract construction
Food and kindred products
Lumber and wood products
Other manufacturing
Transportation, communication, gas,
electric, and sanitary services
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
Services
Government
SOURCE:
133
213
712
325
7,495
1,169
Annual Pa roll
$
447,696
2,011,867
6,758,908
1,518,649
65,380,050
10,445,485
824
3,435
6,440,208
16,370,822
430
1,501
1,601
2,420,251
6,104,539
14,376,260
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 36.
Median Earnings of Selected Occupation Groups, Douglas County
and Roseburg, 1959 and 1969
Doulas Count
Rosebur
Occupation Grou
Male, total with earnings
Professional, managerial, and
kindred workers
Farmers and farm managers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred
workers
Operative and kindred workers
Farm laborers
Laborers, except farm and mine
.
Female, total with earnings
Clerical and kindred workers
Operative and kindred workers
SOURCE:
$4,995
$7,571
$5,369
$ 7,792
5,874
2,212
9,765
3,110
6,718
10,394
5,802
4,968
--4,470
8,478
7,342
1,250
6,530
5,750
4,856
7,886
7,102
912
5,864
1,853
2,467
1,966
3,000
3,676
2,819
2,231
2,789
4,069
3,355
3,711
3,971
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1) - C39
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961, 1971.
Agricultural workers are needed in the Roseburg area to help harvest
a variety of crops including strawberries, pole beans, pears, and nuts.
In
1969 virtually all the required labor was filled by local manpower.
Table 37.
Number of Hired Seasonal Agricultural Workers, Roseburg Area,
Douglas County, 1965 and 1969
Ins tras tate
Month and Day
Local
1965 1/ I 1969 .j
*
May 15
31
June 15
30
July 15
31
August 15
31
September 15
30
October 15
1,320
1,375
400
Migratory Workers
1965
1969
Interstate
Migratory Workers
1965
I
1969
65
95
660
120
470
1,700
2,015
515
105
225
215
20
20
10
10
* Blank areas indicate no workers reported.
1/ SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Employment, 1965 Annual Farm Labor
Report, 1966.
2/ SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
1969 Annual Rural Manpower Report, 1970.
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Table 38.
Local Government Employees and Payroll
October 1967
Employees and Earnings
Item
Employees
Full-time, only
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
2,702
2,126
2,275
1,490
1,053
785
233
42
50
32
122
39
15
3
27
5
3
18
32
44
59
23
38
$1,235,000
851,000
670,000
384,000
October payroll
Education
Teachers only
Functions other than education
Average monthly earnings, fulltime employment
Teachers
SOURCE:
Douglas County,
,
$635
463
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.
33 -
income
Table 39.
Net Effective Buying Income Estimates, Douglas County,
1967 and 1970
Net Dollars
(thousands)
Are a
Oregon
$5,224,888
171,489
42,148
Doug las County
Roseburg
SOURCE:
$6,650,690
194,527
45,518
1967
1970
$8,113
7,622
8,781
$9,440
8,495
9,180
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Table 40.
Bank Debits and Deposits, Douglas County, 1965 - 1970
Year
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
Per Household
1970
1967
Bank Debits
$
762,180,000
766,349,000
764,596,000
940,368,000
1,073,597,000
1,063,587 ,000
1/
Bank Deposits
$ 94,466,000
98,385,000
102,887,000
124,187,000
128,454,000
130,942,000
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
1/ 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. governments, interbank, time, and savings accounts,
and several other categories of accounts.
SOURCE:
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The following table gives mean incomes and income distributions by race
for Douglas County. Also, data are given for persons and families in the
county below federally defined poverty levels. 1/
Table 41.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups, Douglas County, 1970
Item
Number
Mean Income
Families:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
Other
Unrelated individuals:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
Other
Percent
$ 9,470
9,473
9,228
10,300
9,421
3,754
3,749
6,690
3,228
Families by Family Income Class
All races,
under $3,999
$4,000-$5,999
$6, 000-$ll, 999
$l2,000+
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
$6 ,000-$1l,999
$l2,000+
total
3,127
2,106
8,806
4,978
19,017
16.44
11.07
46.31
26.18
100.00
3,081
2,059
8,667
4,905
18,712
16.47
11.00
46.32
26.21
100.00
24
18
105
55
202
11.88
8.91
51.98
27.23
100.00
6
100.00
6
100.00
Black,
under $3,999
$4,000-$5,999
$6,000-$n,999
$12 ,000+
total
11 For further definition of these poverty levels, consult the U.S. Bureau
of Census, current Population Reports, Series P-23, No. 28, Revision in
Poverty Statistics, 1959 to 1968.
35
Table 41, cont
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups, Douglas County, 1970
I tern
Other,
under $3,999
$4 ,000-$5 ,999
$6,000-$ll,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 years, bpl
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Female family heads bpl in labor
force with children below 6 yrs
Income source of families and
unrelated individuals bpl
Earnings
Social security or railroad
retirement
Public assistance or welfare
Number
22
29
28
18
97
Percent
22.68
29.90
28.86
18.56
100.00
1,692
1,671
729
Blank spaces indicate a zero, suppressed data, or not applicable.
SOURCE
Oregon State University Cooperative Extension Service, Income and
Poverty Data for Racial Groups
A Compilation for Oregon Census
County Divisions, Special Report 367, Oregon State University, 1972
Table 42.
Number and Percent of Families with an Income of Less than $3,000
for Douglas and Bordering Counties, 1969
County
DOUGLAS
Lane
Jackson
Families with Income Less than $3,000
Number
Percent
I
19,017
54,741
25,152
15,130
9,931
13,282
3,643
Coos
Josephine
Klamath
Curry
SOURCE:
Total Number
of Families
2,225
4,796
2,782
1,319
1,529
1,293
11.7
8.8
11.1
8.7
15.4
9.7
13.0
475
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.
Education
Table 43.
Formal Education Facilities, Douglas County, 1969-70 & 1971-72
School, District, Type Schools,
and Number of Each Type
Oakland School District #1
Elementary - 2
High School - 1
Roseburg School District #4
Elementary - 10
Junior High - 2
High School - 1
Glide School District #12
Elementary - 4
High School - 1
Days Creek School District #15
Elementary - 2
High School - 1
South Umpqua School District #19
Elementary - 4
High School - 1
Camas Valley School District #21
Elementary - 1
High School - 1
North Douglas School District #22
Elementary - 1
High School - 1
Yoncalla School District #32
Elementary - 2
High School - 1
Grades
Included
Enrollment i High School
1969-70 11971-72 Graduates2/
1-8
9-12
426
198
387
191
41
1-6
7-9
10-12
4,263
1,978
1,723
3,530
1,753
1,620
449
1-8
9-12
834
309
777
347
58
1-8
9-12
228
95
206
102
15
1-8
9-12
1,783
1,587
701
744
1-8
9-12
117
58
120
1-8
9-12
541
246
424
214
37
1-8
9-12
300
141
253
133
20
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146
62
Table 43, cont.
Formal Education Facilities, Douglas County, 1969-70 & 1971-72
School, District, Type Schools,
and Number of Each Type
Grades
Included
Umpqua School District #45
Elementary - 1
Riddle School District #70
Elementary - 1
High School - 1
Elkton School District #34
Elementary - 1
High School - I
Glendale School District #77
Elementary - 1
High School - 1
Reedsport School District #105
Elementary - 3
High School - 1
Winston-Dillard School District #116
Elementary - 5
High School - 1
Ash Valley School District #125
Elementary - 1
Sutherlin School District #130
Elementary - 3
High School - 1
Enrollment
1969-70 11971-72
High School
Graduates.J'
71
45
1-6
7-12
399
346
324
334
39
1-8
9-12
180
97
151
81
16
1-6
7-12
364
273
304
261
28
KG-8
9-12
1,335
582
1,134
528
120
1-8
9-12
1,427
563
1,251
15
20
1,064
462
910
County Totals
Elementary - 43
Junior High - 2
High School - 14
13,347
1,978
5,794
11,423
1,753
5,561
County Grand Total - 59
21,119
18,737
1-6
1-8
1-8
9-12
527
417
101
86
1,163
1/ Average daily membership.
2/ 1971 figures on high school graduates.
SOURCE:
Oregon Board of Higher Education, 1969 School Directory and l971-72
Oregon School-Community College Directory, School Finance and
Statistical Services.
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Table 44.
Current Operating Costs for Resident Pupils, Grades 1-12,
Douglas County, 1969-70 School Year
Douglas County
Cost Per
Ependiture
Pupil
Category
Adminis trat ion
$
Instruction
Health Services
Net Transportation Costs
Operation and Maintenance
Fixed Charges
Net Tuition
475,886
10,274,191
13,061
704,384
1,767,438
1,357,195
$ 26.00
554.00
$ 25.00
563.00
3.02
29.00
96.00
72.00
70
38.00
95.00
73.00
(5,272)
Total Current Operating Costs
State
Cost Per
Pupil
(.28)
14,586 ,887
(.54)
787.00
786.00
- - - - number of students Average Daily Membership
SOURCE:
461,608
18,548
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Table 45.
District
Racial and Ethnic Distribution of Public School Enrollment
by School District, Douglas County, 1972
I
White
I
Black
American
Indian
Spanish
Surname
Total
Other
number of students
Ash Valley
Camas Valley
Days Creek
Elkton
Glendale
Glide
North Douglas
Oakland
Reedsport
Riddle
Roseburg
South Umpqua
Sutherlin
Umpqua
15
172
232
223
550
1,085
634
602
1,544
695
6,754
2,289
1,437
65
2
67
Wins ton-Dillard
1,779
430
17
1,808
Yoncalla
Total
!l8,506
3
4
1
2
2
-
6
15
9
12
2
5
8
-
12
20
4
20
11
1
7
2
28
58
36
25
2
4
10
15
12
107
18
178
234
225
580
1,109
643
606
1,596
705
6,880
2,320
1,475
3
-
433
151
102
18,877
1/ Includes Japanese Chinese, Filipino, and others.
SOURCE:
Compiled from Oregon Board of Education reports by Oregon State
University Extension Service.
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Table
46.
Years of School Completed by Population 25 Years and Over,
Douglas County
Number
Males
Number
Females
Total
19,501
19,527
39,028
134
389
88
252
4 years or more
1 to 3 years
4 years or more
2,033
3,281
4,574
5,743
1,576
1,771
222
641
1,138
2,569
4,772
7,668
1,860
1,180
3,171
5,850
9,346
13,411
3,436
2,951
Median school years completed
11.6
12.1
Education
Total, 25 years and over
No school years completed
Elementary:
1 to 4 years
5 to 7 years
8 years
1 to 3 years
High School:
College:
SOURCE:
Table
47.
Percent
100.0
.6
1.6
8.1
15.0
23.9
34.4
8.8
7.6
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.
Douglas County Residents Enrolled in Higher Education Institutions,
Fall
1971
Institution
Number Enrolled
Total Enrolled
861
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:
I
12
56
265
22
174
268
52
2
10
91
A Staff Report of Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, Post
Secondary Enrollment Distributions in Oregon, 1972.
-
40 -
Table 48.
Youth Organizations, Douglas County
Organization
Memb ership
Vo-Ag Programs
FFA
4-H
SOURCE:
Oregon State University Extension Service, unpublished data.
Table 49.
Number and Percent of Draft Rejections for Douglas and Bordering
Counties, 1965 and 1971
Total
Registration
County
1965
DOUGLAS
Curry
Coos
Lane
Klamath
Jackson
Josephine.
SOURCE:
221
143
2,029
11,563
1,698
8,739
26,473
8,362
11,640
5,250
Percent
Rejected
Number
Relected
1965
T 1971
1971
123
28
1,191
253
1,040
2,965
878
1,164
504
140
446
77
149
40
1965
I
10.3
14.9
11.9
11.2
10.5
10.0
9.8
24
12
38
146
24
31
17
1971
20
43
27
33
31
21
43
Selective Service Headquarters, Salem, Oregon, unpublished data.
Table 50.
Felonies and Juvenile Delinquency, Douglas County, 1968
Subject
Number
Commitments to felony and correctional
institutions, 1967-68
Total commitments
Oregon State Penitentiary
Oregon State Correctional Institution
4acLaren (boys' training school)
Hillcrest (girls' training school)
Juvenile court cases, 1968
All cases
Delinquency
Traffic
Other
37
18
7,
6-li
2,433
1,533
692
206
1/ 1970 figures.
SOURCES:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Children Services
Division, Adolescent Population and Commitment, Data by County,
By Calendar Year 1967-1970.
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
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Although Douglas 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 old and girls between 12 and 21 years of age
Health and Vital Statistics
The following tables indicate the number of health facilities and
health personnel available to Douglas County residents. There are fewer
health professionals per capita in Douglas County than for the state as
a whole.
In 1971 there were five general hospitals in Douglas County with an
average occupancy rate of 47 percent
Percent occupancy in long-term care
facilities and nursing homes were considerably higher, 84 percent and 88
percent respectively.
Table 51.
Existing Medical Facilities and Percent of Occupancy,
Douglas County, 1971
Category
Community
Total
Capacity
General Hospitals, total
Canyonville
Myrtle Creek
Reedsport
Roseburg (2)
Long-term care facilities, total
Reedsport
Roseburg
Nursing Homes, total
Roseburg (3)
265
22
20
Percent of
Occupancy
47
63
,
27
20'
49
203
48
20
124
44
88
88
84
34'
264
264
- Number of Outpatient Visits
Diagnostic and Treatment Centers
Myrtle Creek
Reedsport
Roseburg (2)
365
2,586
16,273
1/ excludes long-term care beds.
2/ excludes acute beds
SOURCE
Oregon State Board of Health, Oregon Plan for Construction and
Modernization of Hos.itals Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities,
1971 Annual Revision, Health Facility Planning and Construction
Section, 1971.
-
42 -
Table 52.
Number of Licensed Medical Personnel and Ratio of Population
Per Professional, Douglas County, 1969
Doulas Count
Professional
Medical doctors and doctors
of osteopathy
Dentists
Registered Nurses
Licensed Practical Nurses
Pharmacists
State
1,301
2,852
57
26
177
770
1,470
276
l,0O2
1,375
419
1,454
1,854
51
40
1/ Ratio figure equals population per professional in particular category.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
Table 53. Health Statistics, Douglas County, 1970
Item
Morbidity
Tuberculosis
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Influenza
Hepatitis 2/
Measles
Deaths from all causes
Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
Diabetes mellitus
Heart diseases
Cerebrovascular diseases
Douglas County
Number
Rate 1/
State
Rate 1/
13.9
2.8
12. 7
10
2
99
2,636
14
2
651
118
15
238
62
19
13
17
17
Art e r os cl er osi s
Other cardiovascular
Influenza and pneumonia
Bronchitis, emphysema, asthma
Peptic ulcer
Cirrhosis of liver
Congenital anomalies
Certain infancy mortality causes.
All other diseases
Accidents
Suicides
Homicides
2
6
4
14
45
63
11
7
138.0
5,968.1
19.4
2.8
9.l
164.5
20.9
331.7
86.4
26.5
18.1
23. 7
23.7
2.8
8.4
5.6
19.5
62.7
87.8
15.3
10.0
8.5
324.8
2,241.4
39.4
21.9
9.3
167.0
14.2
342.3
116.1
22.0
15.2
26.5
24.9
4.6
13.8
7.1
14.2
78.5
64.4
14.5
4.4
1/ Rate per 100,000 population.
2/ Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division, District
Facts, 1970.
3/ Rate per 1,000 population.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
1971.
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Douglas County's birth rate rose from 15.0 per 1,000 population in 1967
to 17.5 in 1970. This compares with the state birth rate of 16.9 in 1970.
The county's death rate also increased during this period to 9.1 per 1,000
population but remained below the state rate of 9.3.
Table 54.
Category
All births
All deaths
Illegitimate births
Premature births
Infant deaths
Estimated Births and Deaths by Major Category,
Douglas County, 1967 and 1970
Douglas County
Number
Rate
1967
1970
1967
1970
I
1,124
543
1,254
651
15.0
74
81
22
92
104
65.8
72.1
19.6
7.2
19
17.5
9.1
73.4
82.9
15.2
State
Rate
1970
1/
1/
2!
2/
2/
16.9
9.3
82.4
59.5
1/
1/
2/
2/
l57 2/
1/ Rates per 1,000 population.
2/ Type births per 1,000 live births.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
1971.
Table 55.
Admissions to State Psychiatric Hospitals and Mental Clinics, 1969
Douglas County
Number
Ratio 1/
Facility
Psychiatric Hospitals
Mental Health Clinics
78
342
105
461
State
Ratio 1/
134
460
1/ Ratio equals admission per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
In 1969-70 Douglas County allocated $514,184 to its county health
department or $6.93 per capita.
This compares with $5.70 spent per capita
by all counties in the state.
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Public Welfare
Table 56.
Public Welfare Payments for Assistance, Douglas County, June 1972
Category
Cases
Cases receiving non-medical payments
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Blind
Aid to the Disabled
Aid to Dependent Children
General Assistance (Family)
Foster Care
Physicians Services 1/
OAA
AB
AD
ABC
GA
250
31
183
775
44
NA*
$ 65.85
129.36
87.18
44.67
66.44
NA
495
16
15
674
18.70
20.28
15.48
17.66
27.55
11.80
17.65
7
237,. 23
1
78.00
302.86
351.70
61
10
77
FC
Total
Average Payments
Hospital Payments 1/
o
AD
8
ABC
GA
39
0
FC
3
Total
58
Drug Payments 1/
OAA
104
AB
9
AD
ABC
GA
77
337
13
FC
5
Total
545
132.22
315.08
9.24
9.58
11.08
5.21
11.27
17.90
7.14
*NA - Not available
1/ Persons, not cases.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Public Welfare in Oregon, June 1972.
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 Schoolfor the Deaf provides parallel
training for severely handicapped children from four years of age through
Oregon Fairview Home provides in- and out-patient training for
high school
mentally deficient minors and adults.
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Table 57.
Average Monthly Public Welfare Cases and Cost Per Case,
Douglas County, 1968 and 1971
Category
Aid to Dependent Children
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Disabled
Aid to the Blind
General Assistance
Number Cases
1968
1971
1,963
282
171
21
85
Average Payments
1968
1971
I
2,872
262
$
187
34
66
NA*
60.05
70.76
95.16
58.39
$
NA
66.78
87.15
119.53
77.34
*NA - not available.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Public Welfare in Oregon, October 1970, December 1970,
August 1972 editions.
Housing
Table 58.
Housing Occupancy and Facilities, Douglas County, 1970
Subject
Douglas County
Number Units
Percent
Occupancy
All housing units
Seasonal and migratory
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year-round
Population in housing units
Per unit
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Persons per room
All occupied units
1.00 or less
1.01 to 1.50
1.50 or more
Facilities
Lacking some or all plumbing
Telephone available
Some air conditioning
Median number of rooms
Median value
Median rent
23,851
1
23
.1
15,937
6,623
1,268
66.8
27.8
5.3
State
Percent
100.0
1.3
61.3
31.5
5.9
3.2
3.1
22,560
20,650
1,543
100.0
367
100.0
91.5
6.9
1,6
946
19,095
3,163
4.0
84.6
13.3
3.6
89.5
10.3
4.9
$12,700
$68
::/
94. 7
4.2
1.1
5.0
$11,300
$107
1/ Renter occupied, 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(l) - B39 Oregon, U S Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
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THE COtJNY'S ECONOMY
The economy of Douglas County is very closely related to that of its
lumber and wood products industry which provides employment for approximately
one-third of the labor force within the county. Excluding wood products,
the economic base is diversified among agriculture, mineral production,
commercial fisheries, retail and wholesale trade, and the associated services
necessary to the community.
The most apparent increase has come in the areas of services and
recreation.
Agriculture
Douglas County had 1,203 farms totaling 464,334 acres and averaging 386
acres in 1969. Douglas County leads the state in sheep raising with approximately 110,000 head in 1970.
Cattle included 39,300 head of beef and 2,700 dairy cows in 1970.
10,000 turkeys and 60,000 chickens made up the poultry numbers.
Some
The largest portion of crop land in the county, nearly 40,000 acres, was
in hay crops in 1970.
The value of all crops and livestock sold in 1970 totaled approximately
$9.2 million. More than two-thirds of the total sales came from livestock.
Table 59.
Farm Size and Value, Douglas County, 1959, 1964, and 1969
1959
1964
1969
3,239,040
15.6
1,811
505,501
279.1
3,240,000
16.3
1,922
528,305
274.9
3,240,000
14.3
1,203
464,334
385.9
$26,627
$100.02
$38,847
$141.21
$73,697
$190.93
Subj ect
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:
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.
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The following table shows the distribution of farms by size and percentage in each acreage group. In 1969, over 25 percent of Douglas County's
farms were from 260 to 999 acres in size
The percent of farms in larger
acreage categories has increased from 1959 to 1969.
Table 60.
Number and Percent of Farms by Size, Douglas County,
1959, 1964, and 1969
Size
Less than 10 acres
10 to 49 acres
50 to 69 acres
70 to 99 acres
100 to 139 acres
140 to 179 acres
180 to 219 acres
220 to 259 acres
260 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1,000 to 1,999 acres
2,000 acres or more
Total farms
SOURCE:
121
465
109
118
127
167
114
125
556
138
150
124
142
105
72
67
251
156
243
160
83
269
73
87
88
81
51
64
176
126
78
77
--1,811
35
69
36
1,922
1,203
6.7
25.7
6.0
6.5
7.0
9.2
6.3
4.0
l3.8
8.6
4.3
--100.0
6.5
28.9
7.2
7.8
6.4
7.4
5.5
3.5
12.6
8.4
4.0
1.8
100.0
6.9
22.4
6.1
7.2
7.3
6.7
4.2
5.3
14.6
10.6
5.7
3.0
100.0
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.
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 the farm 100 or more days during the year
and (2) the income received by the operator and members of his family from
nonf arm sources was less than the value of all farm products sold. In 1969
about 56 percent of Douglas County's farms were classified as commercial.
48 -
Table 61.
Farms by Economic Class, Douglas County, 1959, 1964, and 1969
Number
Economic Class
Commercial farms
Class I (Sales of $40,000
or more)
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:
Percent
1964
1969
1959
1964
1969
765
748
674
42.3
38.9
56.0
27
15
36
1.4
.8
3.0
36
38
54
2.0
2.0
4.5
126
110
111
7.0
5.7
9.2
182
128
179
10.0
6.6
14.9
306
230
218
16.9
12.0
18.1
88
227
76
4.9
11.8
6.3
1,045
840
205
1,174
904
270
529
393
136
57.7
46.4
11.3
61.1
47.0
14.1
44.0
32.7
11.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
0
0
0
1,810
1,922
1,203
1959
1
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1
Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1972.
Most of the farmers in the county own their own farms. Census data
show that in about 1969, 80 percent of the farmers were full owners, 13
percent were part owners, and 7 percent were tenants.
Table 62.
Farm Operators by Tenure and Age, Douglas County, 1959, 1964, 1969
It em
Tenure
Full owners
Part owners
Managers
Tenants
All operators
Age groups
Under 25 years
25 to 64 years
64 years and over
1959
1,565
181
Number of Operators
1969
1964
1,605
200
2
6
62
111
1,922
1,810
8
1,551
363
51.5
972
152
NA*
79
1,203
12
937
254
52.8
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.
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Douglas Countys agriculture provides income not only to the farmers, but
also to the workers employed for harvesting and processing the agricultural
products.
Income from the sale of crops and livestock in the county in 1970
was estimated at about $9.19 million by the OSU Extension Service and U.S.D.A.
cooperating.
Income from the sale of crops accounted for 33 percent of the agricultural
income, and livestock accounted for 67 percent.
Cattle and calves contributed 38 percent of the agricultural income
while sheep and lamb sales provided nearly 12 percent.
Other major contributors
to the county's agricultural income in 1970 were: vegetables, 7.9 percent;
hay, 4.6 percent; tree fruits and nuts, 4.3 percent; and specialty horticultural
crops, 3.1 percent.
Table 63.
Value of Farm Products Sold, Douglas County, 1965 and 1968-70
Product
1965
All crops, livestock, and livestock
products
All crops
All grain, hay, and seeds
All seeds
All hay
All grains
Wheat
Barley
Vegetables, fresh and for
processing
All berries
All tree fruits and nuts
Pears
Sweet cherries
Plums
Filberts
Walnuts
Specialty field crops
Specialty horticultural crops
All livestock and livestock products
Dairy products
Poultry products
Cattle and calves
Sheep and lambs
Hogs
1968
1969
l97Op
- - - thousand dollars - - 6,650
2,594
432
7,612
2,480
525
8,666
3,235
524
23
33
25
33
351
141
21
88
350
421
138
20
92
389
17
614
543
764
78
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
36
15
NA*
100
10
80
3
164
4,056
683
330
2,014
944
154
67
253
149
21
98
421
108
26
119
10
23
84
38
55
10
267
271
5,132
5,431
731
280
790
310
2,885
977
133
8
2,897
825
123
9,188
3,028
592
730
121
397
66
12
79
23
90
5
285
6,160
824
303
3,465
1,072
131
p - preliminary
*NA - not available
SOURCE:
U.S.D.A. and OSU Cooperative Extension Service cooperating, "Oregon
Commodity Data Sheets", Oregon State University, 1971-72.
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Population centers in the Willamette Valley provide outlets for most
of the livestock products from Douglas County. Milk is sold to processing
plants and marketed by the processors primarily as fresh milk.
Other products,
such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, berries, and specialty crops, are processed
locally and marketed throughout the United States.
Table 64.
Acres of Crops Harvested, Douglas County, 1969 and 1970
Crops Harvested
l97Op
1969
Small grains
Wheat
Oats
Barley
Hay crops
Vegetables
Berries
Tree fruits and nuts
Pears
Plums and prunes
550
500
3,200
38,300
514 1/
500
500
3,200
39,800
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2,412 1/
3521/
1,265 1/
p - preliminary.
NA - not available.
1/
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
SOURCE:
U.S.D.A. and OSU Cooperative Extension Service cooperating, "Oregon
Commodity Data Sheets", Oregon State University, 1971-72.
,
Although the numbers of dairy cattle in Douglas County have decreased
significantly over the last twenty years, the numbers of other cattle have
increased from 12,800 in 1950 to 39,300 in 1970. Douglas County leads the
state in sheep and lamb numbers.
Table 65.
Livestock and Poultry Numbers, Douglas County, 1950, 1960, 1969, 1970
Category 1/
1950
1960
1969
l97Op
40,000
2,700
105,000
2,000
65,000
12,000
42,000
2,700
110,000
NA
60,000
10,000
1
All cattle
Dariy cattle
Sheep and lambs
Hogs
Chickens
Turkeys raised
20,000
7,200
85,000
4,100
NA
NA
26,000
4,200
116,000
5,000
NA
NA
p - preliminary figures
NA - not available.
1/ Numbers as of January 1, unless otherwise indicated
SOURCE: U.S.D.A. and OSU Cooperative Extension Service cooperating, "Oregon
Commodity Data Sheets", Oregon State University, 1971-72.
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Table 66.
Food and Kindred Products Manufacturing, Douglas County, 1968 & 1970
Number of Firms
1968
1970
Major Group
Meat products
Dairy products
Prepared feeds for animals and fowls
Canning and preserving fruits,
vegetables, and seafoods
Confectionery and related products.
B ev crag e s
SOURCE:
Employment
1968
I 1970
2
2
2
3
11
56
32
65
1
1
2
2
2
3
165
305
0
1
1
10
21
7
2
Oregon State Department of Cotilitlerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Logging and Wood Products
Lumber and wood products play an important role in the economy of
Douglas County.
In 1970 there were 23 sawmills and 13 plywood and veneer
plants in the county. Logging and wood-using industries employ far more
persons than any other industry in the county.
Table 67.
Lumber and Wood Products Manufacturing Excluding Furniture,
Douglas County, 1968 and 1970
Number of Firms
1968
1970
Product Grou p
I
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Special product sawmills
Miliwork plants
Veneer and plywood plants
Wood products, not elsewhere
classified
Total
SOURCE:
Employment
1968
1970
I
61
21
73
20
543
1,361
900
1,585
3
3
1
2
57
11
87
12
14
13
3,739
4,449
10
110
9
120
270
5,981
123
7,156
Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
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Table 68.
Log and Lumber Production, Douglas County, Selected Years
Year
Log Production 1/
1,969,491
1,542,699
1,650,014
1,671,584
1955
1960
1965
1969
Lumber Production 1/
NA*
819,000
763,000
NA
*NA - not available
1/ Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet
SOURCE:
U.S. Forest Service, "1970 Timber Harvest", U.S.D.A. Forest Service
Resource Bulletin PNW-38, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1971.
In 1968, Douglas County used 999,626,000 board feet of its own timber
for production and exported 413,282,000 board feet to other counties. At the
same time, it imported 135,592,000 board feet for processing.
Table 69.
Timber Harvest by Ownership, Douglas County, 1970
Ownership
Total timber harvest
Private
Bureau of Land Management
Forest Service
State
Other public
Production*
1,391,360
694,620
340,209
337,303
18,112
1,116
Percent of Total
100.0
49.9
24.5
24.2
1.3
.1
1/ Includes volume removed as logs, but not volume removed for poles, piling,
and woodcutting operations.
thousand board feet
* Scribner Log Rule
SOURCE: U.S. Forest Service, "1970 Timber Harvest", U.S.D.A. Forest Service
Resource Bulletin PNW-38, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1971.
The 1970 Douglas County timber harvest was down nearly 17 percent from
1969; however, timber production for the state dropped nearly 13 percent
also.
Douglas County lead the state in timber harvested in 1970.
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Table 70.
Log Consumption in Thousand Board Feet,
Douglas County, 1968
Species
All species
Douglas Fir
Hemlock
True Firs
Spruce
White and Sugar Pines
Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pines
Redwood
Other softwoods
by Species and Industry,
Type of Wood-Using Industry
Shake and
Veneer and
Lumber
Shingle
Plywood
Sawmills
532,340
352,786
58,287
26,780
46,412
9,392
6,400
18,783
591,569
565,863
21,031
980
2,990
140
556
11,319
NA*
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
1/ Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet
*NA - not available
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
SOURCE:
Oregon Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
1968.
Table 71.
Installed 8-Hour Capacity of Wood-Using Industries,
Douglas County, 1968
Capacity
Industry
2,603,000 1/
4,091,000 ?i
1,210
Sawmill-lumber
Veneer and plywood
Pulp and board mills
F
1/ Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet.
2/ Square feet, 3/8 inch basis.
3/ 24 hour capacity in tons.
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
SOURCE:
Oregon Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics, 1968.
Over 1,042,000 tons of bark and wood residue were produced by Douglas
Of this quantity, nearly 802,000 tons
County wood-using industries in 1968.
The remaining
were consumed for such uses as pulp, particle board, and fuel.
(Also, see Forest Lands section for additional
239,000 tons were unused.
information.)
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Manufacturing
Table 72. Manufacturing Other than Lumber and Wood Products, Food &
Kindred Products, and Mineral, Metal and Related Products,
Douglas County, 1970
Malor and Subgroup
Number of Firms
Paper and Allied Products
except building paper
Printing and Publishing
Newspapers: publishing and
printing
Commercial printing: non-Litho,
Commercial printing: Litho
Machinery, except electrical
Internal combustion engines
Construction machinery
Industrial trucks, stackers
Woodworking machinery
Misc., non-electrical machinery
Employment
250
7
84
3
5
1
4
1
4
2
23
1
4
125
3
75
13
Rubber and misc. plastic products
3
26
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicle equipment
Trailer coaches
1
SOURCE:
1
Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Mining - Mineral and Metal Industries
Mineral production in Douglas County consists primarily of nickel, sand
and gravel, stone, mercury, pumice and gold, in descending order of value
The total value of minerals produced in 1968 was $9,295,000.
produced.
Douglas County has the highest yearly value of sales in Oregon for
This worth is derived from the production of nickel,
mineral production
sand, stone and gravel products and also from mercury and gold.
Table 73.
Mineral, Metal and Related Manufacturing, Douglas County, 1970
Major and Subgroups
Number of Firms
Stone, clay and related products
Concrete blocks, tile, brick
Ready mix concrete
Crushed stone, gravel
Pottery and related produc.ts
1
400
Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Table 74.
Value of Mineral Production, Douglas County, 1964-1968
Value
Year
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
SOURCE:
1
25
17
22
16
4
2
Primary Smelting and Refining
SOURCE:
Employment
$ 9,804,000
11,483,000
9,929,000
9,730,000
9,295,000
Minerals produced in order of value
Nickel,
Nickel,
Nickel,
Nickel,
Nickel,
sand
sand
sand
sand
sand
and
and
and
and
and
gravel,
gravel,
gravel,
gravel,
gravel,
mercury
mercury
mercury
mercury
stone, mercury, gold
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1969, University of Oregon, 1969.
Outdoor Recreation
A combination of the Cascade Mountains, the Coast Range, the Umpqua
River system, Diamond and other lakes, plus 29 miles of seashore offer
ample opportunity for outdoor recreation in Douglas County.
The county park department presently has 52 parksites under its
maintenance, totaling 1,068 acres. The State of Oregon has 15 park areas
within the county which encompass 3,878 acres.
Sixty-four federal park
sites are divided between the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. National
Forest Service lands.
Table 75.
Public Recreation Facilities, Douglas County
Name
Britt Nichols
James Wood
Fair Oaks
Mack Brown
Anna Drain
Salmon Harbor
Dave Busenbark
Ada
Southside
Hedden
Richard C. Baker Memorial
Singleton
Ziolkouski Beach
Barton
Winston-Dillard
Canyonville
Edward W. Sparrow
North Myrtle Creek
Gardiner County Dock
Smith Spring
V.T. Jackson Wayside
Stearns
Cable Crossing Wayside
Lone Rock Wayside
Steamboat Falls
Whistlers Bend
Angler's Acres
Chris Hetness Landing
John Amacher
Madison Wayside
O.C. Brown
Charles V. Stanton
Iverson Memorial
Scottsburg (M. Goodwin)
Cleveland Rapids
The Narrows
Pass Creek
Carl C. Hill Wayside
River Forks (Knapp)
Longfibre
Green
Windy Cove
Windy Creek
Scotts Creek
..............
General Location
Meirose
umpqua
Fair Oaks
Umpqua
Drain
Winchester Bay
Reston
Ada
Smith River
Scottsburg
Idleyld
Garden Valley
Winchester Bay
Azalea
Winston-Dillard
Canyonville
Gardiner
Myrtle Creek
Gardiner
Idleyld
Glide
Oakland
Idleyld
Glide
Steamboat
Glide
Elkton
Garden Valley
Winchester
Kellogg
Dixonville
Canyonville
Reston
Scottsburg
Garden Valley
Idleyld
Curtin
Nib
Garden Valley
Azalea
Green
Winchester Bay
Glendale
Sawyer Rapids
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Acreage
123.75
1.90
3.37
3.37
1.70
90.00
28.60
13.90
30.80
0.50
8.10
3.31
4.63
27.30
7 .48
10.27
14.60
18.96
0.25
30.00
3.00
3.50
0.50
0.50
15.41
174.53
3.04
1.09
14.09
1.64
5.00
27.25
29.80
99.74
8.89
1.82
20.38
4.88
76.07
31.48
6.00
14.00
6.00
2.01
Table 75, cont.
Public Recreation Facilities, Douglas County
Name
General Location
Acreage
Sutherlin
Little River
Kellogg
Kellogg
Sutherlin
Canyonville
Douglas County
Fair Grounds
45.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
20.00
9.00
18.50
Cooper Creek
Cavitt Creek
Yellow Creek
McHugill
Plat I
Herbert's Pond
Umpqua Park
Total County Parks
SOURCE:
1,068.41
Douglas County Planning Commission, The Character of Douglas County,
1955.
Table 76.
Financial Expenditures and Sources for Parks and Recreation in
Douglas County and Region, 1967-69
I tern
Expenditures
Salaries
Operation and Maintenance
Acquisition
Development
Other
Total
Sources
General Fund
Special Taxes
Fee and Charges
L & W Funds
Other Programs
Other Sources
Total
SOURCE:
Douglas, County
1967-68 I 1968-69
$ 84,080
55,692
Region
1967-68
1968-69
$266,970
124,547
15,000
362,739
40,801
810,057
$ 90,400
38,950
37,000
150,030
281,270
$296,750
114,050
41,000
379,775
12,200
843,775
$281,270
$776,675
$751,670
$316,380
17,000
$298,270
41,000
26,000
10,000
$853,775
141,498
316,380
3,500
17,400
--40,387
$844,457
$316,380
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
Financial Action Report for Parks and Recreation, 1967-1975, State
Parks and Recreation Section.
- 58 -
Table 77.
State Parks in Douglas County
Park Name
Acreage
Location
Bolon Island Tideways Wayside.
Camas Mountain Wayside
Canyon Creek Forest Wayside
Cow Creek Tunnel Forest Wayside
Elk Creek Tunnel Forest Wayside
Hutchinson Wayside
Pass Creek Wayside
Rice Hill Wayside
Gaddis Park (leased to City of
Roseburg)
Stage Coach Forest Wayside (also
151 acres in Josephine Co.,
total park acreage, 231.0)
Susan Creek State Park
Uinpqua Lighthouse State Park
Umpqua Myrtle Preserve
Umpqua Wayside
William M. Tugman State Park (also
230.0 acres in Coos Co., total
park acreage 480.30)
City of Reedsport
3 ml. E. Camas Valley
3 mi. S. Canyonville
4 mi. S. Azalea
3 ml. N.W. Elkton
10 mi. S.E. Elkton
5 mi. S. Cottage Grove
Near Rice Hill
11.41
160.00
80.24
43.84
200.00
6.00
15.00
57.04
16.34
City of Roseburg
18 mi. S. Canyonville
29 mi. N.E. Roseburg
5 mi. S. Reedsport
7 mi. W. Elkton
7 ml. E. Reedsport
5 mi
S. Winchester Bay
80.00
175.89
2,745.02
4.85
95.82
250.00
3,941.21
Total State Park Acreage
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
"State Park Acreage", State Parks and Recreation Division, 1972.
SOURCE:
Attendance at State Parks in Douglas County, 1968-72
Table 78.
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
Susan Creek
Day visits
Overnight camping
42,676
8,244
39,824
9,592
45,676
11,706
43,696
11,881
Umpqua Lighthouse
Day visits
Overnight camping
264,442
23,936
60,225
25,478
48,367
24,690
38,452
24,811
Umpqua Wayside
Day visits
111,380
40,551
38,264
35,418
Park and Use
SOURCES:
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
"Day Visitor Attendance", State Parks and Recreation Section, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
"Overnight Camping by the Public", State Parks and Recreation Section,
1972.
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Interstate-5 Roadside Rest Areas and Scenic Strips -1/
Cabin Creek ........1.7 ml. N. Oakland
Booth Ranch
.
.
.
Cow Creek
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Northbound--4.O ml. N. Myrtle Creek
Southbound---l.2 Mi. S. WinstonDillard Interchange
3.9 mi. S. Azalea
In addition to the parks and rest areas, there are two scenic strip
areas along Interstate-5 Highway -- 74.5 acres near the south county line
and 67.0 acres one mile north of Rice Hill.
Table
79.
Federal Parks in Douglas County
Park Name
Location
Bureau of Land Management
Bear Creek
Cavitt Creek Falls
Gold Springs
Darby Creek
Emile Creek
Lone Rock Wayside
Loon Lake
Millpond
Rock Creek
Scredman Creek
Smith River Falls
Smith River-Gunter
Susan Creek Falls Trail
Tyee
Vincent Creek
Wolf Creek Trail
8 ml. S.W. Camas Valley
8 ml. S. Glide
32 mi. W. Glendale
20 mi. S.W. Riddle
14 mi. S.E. Glide
2 mi. E. Glide
20 ml. S.E. Reedsport
4 ml. N.E. Idleyld Park
5 ml. N.E. Idleyld Park
5 ml. N. Steamboat
30 mi. E. Gardiner
15 ml. N.W. Drain
20 ml. E. Roseburg
15 mi. N.W. Sutherlin
35 mi. E. Gardiner
10 ml. S.E. Glide
U.S. Forest Service
Apple Creek
Big Twin Lakes
Bogus Creek
Boulder Creek
Boulder Flat
Broken Arrow
Buckeye Lake
Bunker Hill
Calamet
Camas Creek
Camp Comfort
Carter Lake (East)
Carter Lake (West)
5 ml. S.E. Steamboat
40 ml. E. Glide
11 mi. E. Idleyld Park
12 mi. N.E. Tiller
17 ml. E. Steamboat
So. end Diamond Lake
26 ml. N.E. Tiller
17 ml. N. Diamond Lake
14 mi. N. Diamond Lake
9 ml. S. Toketee R.S.
20 ml. N.E. Tiller
9 ml. S. Florence
9 mi. S. Florence
Acreage
21.00
2.00
17.00
2.50
98.00
38.00
10.00
160.00
3.00
33.70
2.00
6.00
2.00
7.00
2.00
4.00
19.00
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
3.00
1/ Douglas County Planning Commission, The Character of Douglas County, 1955.
-
60 -
Table 79, cont.
Park Name
Clearwater Falls
Cliff Lake
Coolwater
Cover
Devils Flat
Diamond Lake
Dumont Creek
Eagle Rock
Fish Creek
Fish Lake
Hamaker
Hemlock Meadow
Horseshoe Bend
Huckleberry Lake
Inlet
Island
Lake in the Woods
Lemolo Falls
Muir Creek
Neal Springs
Noble Fir
Poole Creek
South Shore Diamond Lake
South Umpqua Falls
Steamboat Falls
Tahkenitch Lake
Thielsen Creek
Timpanogas Lake
Threehorn
Toketee Lake
Weeping Rocks
White Creek
Whitehorse Falls
Williams Creek
Wolf Creek
On the extreme
National Park,
proposed Dunes
(13,548 acres)
SOURCE:
Federal Parks in Douglas County
Location
12 mi. N.W. Diamond Lake
25 ml. N.E. Tiller
16 ml. E. Glide
17 mi. N.E. Tiller
18 ml. E. Azalea
E. side Diamond Lake
10 mi. N.E. Tiller
14 mi. S.E. Steamboat
9 mi. S. Toketee R.S.
26 ml. N.E. Tiller
14 mi, S.W. Diamond Lake
32 mi. S.E. Glide
6 mi. S.E. Steamboat
26 ml. E, Tiller
on Lemolo Lake
2 ml. S.E. Steamboat
20 ml. E. Glide
3 ml. N.E. Lemolo Lake
15 mi. S.W. Diamond Lake
25 mi. E. Tiller
on W. side Diamond Lake
on Lemolo Lake
S. end Diamond Lake
21 mi. N.E. Tiller
7 ml. N.E. Steamboat
7 mi. N. Gardiner
6 ml. N. Diamond Lake
40 mi. S.E. Oakridge
13 ml. S.E. Tiller
2 mi. E. Toketee
13 ml. E. Steamboat
17 ml. H. Glide
8 mi. E. Toketee Falls
2 ml. W. Steamboat
12 mi. S.E. Glide
Acreage
5.50
2.00
5.00
3.00
2.00
100.00
2.00
10.00
1.00
2.00
1.00
25.00
1.00
5.00
2.00
4.00
1.00
3.00
1.00
9.00
14.00
3.00
4.00
1.00
7.00
6.00
2.00
1.00
3.00
1.00
9.00
eastern boundary of the county is the large Crater Lake
while on the extreme western portion of the county is located
National Seashore Park.
Nearly half of this proposed park
would be in Douglas County.
Douglas County Planning Commission, The Character of Douglas County,
1955.
61 -
Each year a large number of both Douglas County residents and nonresidents
hunt a variety of game animals in the county. More hunters participate in
the blacktail deer season than any other game season, but large numbers also
hunt elk, pheasant, and ducks.
Table 80.
Douglas County Game Harvest
Hunters
Percent of
Number State Total
Game
Pheas ant
Quail
Blue and Ruffed Grouse
Silver Gray Squirrel.
Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ducks
Geese
Deer 1/
Elk 1/
1,161
521
591
677
746
444
920
20
Kill
Percent of
Number State Total
1.61
1.99
7.65
14.77
6.01
2.71
1.64
2,045
2,284.
1,295
5,348
11,054
5,077
12,930
.07
15,170
2,640
5.43
3.54
.
.84
1.44
7.69
24.55
9.13
2.58
2.27
20
.03
6,790
383
7.73
3.73
Days
Hunted
4,597
.2,109
1,417
.2,893
3,844
1,524
7,960
40
NA*
15,930
*NA - not available.
1/ Statistics are for Dixon, Elkton, and Melrose game management areas, which
include most of Douglas County but some areas of other counties as well.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Game Commission, 1968 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
Table 81.
Winchester Dam Fish Counts, North Umpqua River
Number of Fish by Year
Species
1960
Salmon
10,680
6,100
S teelhead
SOURCE:
I
1965
10,680
6,100
Oregon State Fisheries Commission, 1968 Annual Report.
62 -
Table 82,
Year
1964...
1966...
1968...
SOURCE:
Summary of Diamond Lake Catch Statistics, 1964, 1966, and 1968
Angler
Tr ps
Caught
115,532
133,076
105,891
416,091
317,599
264,694
Poundage
342,028
253,652
213,392
Catch
Per Acre
(pounds)
118.3
87.7
73.8
Fish
Average
Weight
of Fish
(pounds)
Fish
Per
Hour
Angler
Trip
0.82
0.80
0.81
0.71
0.53
0.61
3.60
2.38
2.50
Per
Oregon State Fisheries Commission, 1968 Annual Report.
The commercial fishing industry in the county is centered at Winchester
Related fish processing consists of three cannery and cured fish processors employing over 300 persons. The exact number of fishermen involved
is unavailable because many follow the fish migrations along the coast.
Bay.
Table 83.
Commercial Fisheries Statistics, Douglas County, 1969
Pounds
Species - Type
Value
Salmon
Chinook
Silver
Crab
Tuna
Shad
Shrimp
Bottom Fish
Others
57,965
375,621
86,165
82,879
371,174
32,711
3,005,789
$160,000
31,000
26,000
Total
4,078,960
$532,000
SOURCE:
Oregon State Fisheries Commission, 1968 Annual Report.
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19 ,000
40,000
4,000
240,000
12,000
Business
Table 84.
Retail and Wholesale Trade, Douglas County, 1967
Establish-
Kind of Business
men t S
Retail trade, total
Building materials, hardware, farm
equipment
Total
Building material and supply
stores
Hardware stores
Farm equipment dealers
General merchandise stores
Total
Department stores
Variety stores
Misc, general merchandise stores
Food stores
Total
Grocery stores
Meat and fish markets
Fruit stores and vegetable
markets
Candy, nut, and confectionery
stores
Retail bakeries
Other food stores
Automotive dealers
Total
Motor vehicle dealers
Tire, battery, and accessory
dealers
Misc, automotive dealers
Gasoline service stations
Total
Apparel and accessory stores
Total
Women's ready-to-wear
Women's accessory and specialty
stores
Furriers and fur shops
Men's and boys' clothing stores
Family clothing stores
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Paid
Employees 21
Number
Number
Sales
$1,000
704
92,035
2,588
43
5,121
134
25
14
2,979
1,173
969
*
4
28
3
10
15
111
91
5
*
7,608
5,256
1,512
840
295
195
22,413
21,634
388
377
347
2
*
8
*
*
5
82
*
*
*
*
*
50
27
20,348
16,557
403
312
16
2,669
1,122
*
7
112
10,883
315
22
2,393
616
*
31
595
24
*
*
7
Table 84, cont.
Retail and Wholesale Trade, Douglas, 1967
Kind of Business
Apparel and accessory stores, cont.
Shoe stores
Other N.E.C. apparel stores
Furniture, home furnishings stores
Total
Furniture stores
Home furnishing stores
Home appliance stores
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 and secondhand stores
Sporting and bicycle stores
Jewelry stores
Fuel and ice dealers
Florists
Cigar stores
Miscellaneous retail N.E C
Nonstore retailers
Total
Mail order houses
Merchandise machine operators..
Direct selling establishments..
Wholesale trade, total 2/
Establishments
Number
37
10
Sales
$1,000
Paid
Employees 1/
Number
571
22
*
*
3,090
81
*
6
746
664
12
918
9
762
27
19
129
92
37
6,747
5,013
1,734
583
456
127
19
16
4,895
4,555
130
130
114
146
9
7,370
1,832
286
760
521
820
168
3
10
45
2,973
68
39
3
1,167
*
14
13
14
7
9
92
*
6
11
*
*
4
*
81
3
33
*
*
42,341
433
* Withheld to avoid disclosure.
1/ Excludes active proprietors
2/ Only those counties with 100 or more establishments are broken into types
of business.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Retail Trade:
Oregon, BC 67 - RA 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, Washingtor,
D.C., 1969.
PUBLIC SERVICES
Transportation
Douglas County has an extensive highway and road
system.
Interstate 5
traverses the county in a north-south direction.
State
highways
28, 138, and
42 give east-west access to the Roseburg and valley
areas.
The system of
forest access roads is ever increasing as new
areas are logged out.
Regularly scheduled bus service by Greyhound and Pacific Trailways
covers most of the population centers inciduing some along secondary
routes.
Southern Pacific Railroad and several smaller local lines
furnish rail
services.
Several motor freight lines have terminals and offer
pickup and delivery
services throughout the county.
Table 85.
Motor Vehicle Registration, Douglas County, 1971
I tern
Number
Passenger vehicles
Buses
Trucks
All trailers
44,386
62
2,650
4,778
1,926
3,844
No torcycles
Recreational
Total vehicles
SOURCE:
Oregon Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicles Division,
March
1971.
Table 86.
Trends in Average Daily Traffic Volumes at Recorder Stations,
Douglas County, 1959, 1963, and 1967
Station
Scottsburg
Winchester Bay
SOURCE:
57,646
1959
1,215
2,802
1963
1,435
2,991
1967
1,982
4,254
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
Traffic Section Planning Unit, Traffic Volume Tables.
Table 87.
Seaona1 Trends in Average Daily Traffic Volumes at Recorder
Stations, Douglas County, 1967
Station
Scottsburg
Winchester Bay
SOURCE:
Feb.
May
Aug.
Nov.
Annual
1,338
3,728
1,852
4,043
2,911
5,999
1,896
3,949
1,982
4,254
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
Traffic Section Planning Unit, Traffic Volume Tables.
Table 88.
Traffic Volumes at Recorder Stations by Classification
of Vehicles, Douglas County, 1967 1/
Scottsburg
I tern
Winchester Bay
Oregon passenger cars
Out-of-state passenger cars
Panels and pickups
Light vehicles and trailers
51.2
7.8
18.4
2.9
54.3
9.6
18.2
2.6
Total light vehicles
Total trucks
80.3
19.7
84.7
15.3
1/ Figures are percent of average daily traffic.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
Traffic Section Planning Unit, Traffic Volume Tables.
There are no state owned and operated air fields in Douglas County.
Private airfields do exist, but no major airports are in the vicinity
Travel
is limited to single engine and light twin engine craft.
Better facilities
are in the planning stage now to accommodate the larger aircraft.
The Port of Umpqua serves the Reedsport, Gardiner-Winchester Bay area
of Douglas County. There is a good deal of intra-port movement of logs and
sand and gravel. Access to the ocean is used mainly by commercial fishing
boats, small recreational boats and commercial tugs and barges hauling wood
products and sand and gravel. The Corps of Engineers is proposing to modify
the existing navigation project from Reedsport to the sea so that deeper draft
ocean-going ships can be accommodated.
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Communication
The major means of communication are located in the Roseburg area In
Douglas county, as it is the largest population center in the county. Three
of the four radio stations, the one television station, and four of the
eight newspapers are located in Roseburg. The following tables give information on communication facilities, both commercial and private.
Table 89.
Communication Facilities, Douglas County
Type Service
Radio stations
KRAF
KQEN
KRNR
KYES
Frequency
1470
1240
1490
950
Location
Network
Affiliation
Reedsport
Ros eburg
ABC
Roseburg
Roseburg
CBS
Commercial television
KPIC - TV
Roseburg
NBC
Newspapers
Courier
Enterprise
The News Review
The Shopper
The Sun-Tribune
Thrifty Nickel
Mail
Sun
Reedsport
Drain
Roseburg
Roseburg
Roseburg
Roseburg
Myrtle Creek
Sutherlin
Telephone companies
California Pacific Utilities
Company
Azalea, Canyonville, Days Creek,
Glendale, Myrtle Creek, Riddle,
Wolf Creek
United Telephone Company of the
Northwest
Umpqua Telephone Company, Inc
Yoncalla Telephone Company
Pacific Northwest Bell
SOURCES:
Diamond Lake
Elkton-Scottsburg
Yoncalla
Roseburg
Pacific Northwest Bell, unpublished data, 1971.
Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Meyers, Secretary of State,
Oregon Blue Book, 1971-72, January 1971.
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Table 90.
Residential Communication Facilities, Douglas County, 1970
Number of Housing Units
Facilities
Battery radio sets
Yes
16,609
5,951
No
Telephone available
Yes
19,095
3,465
No
Television sets
One
Two or more
None
17,134
3,785
1,641
UHF equipped
Yes
6,622
14,297
No
SOURCE:
1970 Detailed I-lousing
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.
Library Facilities
The 12 library facilities in Douglas County received $8,000 from city
funds, $239,031 from county funds, and $699 from other funds for oparating
during the 1969-70 year.
The following table gives information on the number of volumes
available and their circulation.
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Table 91.
Douglas County Libraries, by City of Location, 1969-70
City
Population
Roseburg Headquarters
Canyonville
Drain
Glendale
Myrtle Creek
Oakland
970
1,000
730
5,465
5,593
5,025
7,771
6,478
6,256
6,134
6,851
74,150
144,776
Reeds port
SOURCE:
83,623
5,694
5,486
2,740
825
4,300
1,117
3,000
2,500
670
Riddle
Sutherlin
Winston
Yoncalla
Extension Service
County total
Volumes
Circulation
225,668
12,743
14,572
15,244
21,917
12,232
24,152
22,763
25,571
19,703
15,871
185,697
596,133
Oregon State Library, Directory of Oregon Libraries, annual statistics
for the year ending June 30, 1970.
Utilities
Table 92.
Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal,
Douglas County, 1970
Douglas County
Number
I Percent 1/
Subj ect
Water source
Public system or private company
Individual well
Other or none
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other or none
State
Percent 1/
16,813
4,933
2,066
70.56
20.70
8.67
79.8
16.9
3.3
12,938
10,267
54.30
43.09
2.55
61.0
37.5
1.5
607
1/ Percent of all year-round housing.
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.
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Table 93. Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal,
for Cities with over 2,500 Inhabitants, 1970
Subject
Roseburg
Water source
Public system or private
company
Individual well
Other or none
5,064
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or cess pool
Other or none
SOURCE:
Reedsport
855
19
15
1,390
4,947
117
697
183
1,311
91
7
9
15
7
20
Sutherlin
889
121
7
703
307
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1970 Detailed Housin&
Characteristics, Final Report HC(l) - B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 94.
Types of Fuels and Fuel Usage, by Number of Housing Units,
Douglas County, 1970
Types of Fuels
Utility gas
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Coal or coke
Wood
Electricity
Bottled, tank, or LP gas
Other fuel
None
All housing units
SOURCE:
Myrtle Creek
Home Heating
Fuel
3,613
7,679
Water Heating
Fuel
1,377
125
1,530
18,148
2,464
101
19,617
988
86
40
3,541
6,455
1,110
36
86
Cooking
Fuel
224
87
352
21.
22,560
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1970 Detailed Housin
Characteristics, Final Report HC(1) - B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
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PUBLIC FINANCE
Table 95.
Selected Items of Local Government Finances, Douglas County, 1966-67
Total Amount
Per Capita Amount
($1,000)
(dollars)
It em
General revenue, exc. interlocal
Intergovernmental revenue
From state government ........
From local sources
Taxes
Property
Other
Charges and Miscellaneous
$26,618
13,123
9,196
13,494
10,400
10,239
161
3,095
$366.64
180.76
126.66
185.88
143.25
141.02
2.21
42.63
26,372
6,556
19,806
14,661
12,591
5,629
2,246
227
352
345
690.18
246.93
443.25
290.20
271.27
122.96
104.31
277
665
532
554
199
91
397
363
89
51
188
417
516
331
393
640
3.33
9.62
188.64
Water supply revenue
Water supply expenditure
370
395
5.10
5.44
General debt outstanding
Long-term
Local schools
Other
9,829
8,643
5,307
3,336
135.38
119.05
73.10
45.95
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
SOURCE:
.06
.67
17.83
.53
8.55
12.34
1.90
1.42
12.34
9.49
10.57
.25
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol. 4, No.
5:
Compendium of Government Finances, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1969.
72 -
Table
96. Summary of 1971-72 Property Tax Levies and Assessments, Douglas County
Amount in Dollars
I tern
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 Valorern 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:
$ 1,249,201
1,809,697
2,838,681
24,969
23,158,601
11,075 ,232
490,715
122,469
34,511
122,196
84,171
854,062
15,906,693
80,967
2,217
6,166
89,350
15,996,043
(-54,634)
15,852,059
12,232,213
1,758,716
1,861,129
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment an
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and l97O-71P
Tax Collections, 1972.
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Table 9.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in Douglas County
Item
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$l,000 by
levying unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
Item
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$l,000 by
levying unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax.
Roseburg
14,530
4-0l,4--22
$95,770,678
100.00%
Myrtle Creek
Reed sport
Wins ton
2,705
19-01
$10,387,479
100.00%
4,254
105-01
$24,868,952
100.00%
2,572
116-04
$9,204,716
1.48
11.73
13.71
1.48
7.46
17.20
1.37
27.51
$185,522
1.48
7.93
15.18
2.45
27.03
$ 72,993
248,803
1.48
9.21
12.57
1.12 2/
23.26 3/
$1,024,815
2,605,548
.00
26.92
$121,845
279,631
684,145
l0000%
Canyonville
Drain
1,032
8-01
$4,774,738
100.00%
1,200
22-01
$4,556,717
100.00%
1,020
1-01
$2,221,398
100.00%
1,060
70-01
$3,633,825
100.00%
1.48
12.18
13.71
1.48
6.84
18.10
1.48
15.46
13.55
1.48
11.13
15.67
Oakland
Riddle
.00
.00
.00
.00
27.37
$ 58,156
130,685
26.42
$ 31,168
120,388
30.49
$34,343
67,730
28.28
$ 40,444
102,765
1/ Code areas are assessors' divisions which cover all or part of a city.
2/ 4-22 code area only.
3/
Total for area 4-22 is 24.38
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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Table 98. Per Capita City Taxes and Valuation Percentage Distribution of
Consolidated Rates and Dollars Per Thousand Rates on True Cash Value
in Douglas County
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/$TCV Basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
I tern
True Cash Value (T.C.V.)
Per Capita True Cash
Value
Per Capita Tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of Total Levy
County
City
School
Other
Average Rate/$TCV Basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
SOURCE:
Roseburg
Myrtle Creek
Reedsport
Winston
$111,272,003
$10,387,479
$24,868,952
$9,204,716
7,658
3,840
5,846
3,579
71
179
45
103
44
161
28
97
6.3
39.3
53.7
5.5
43.6
50.9
.7
.0
5.4
27.1
62.5
5.0
5.5
29.3
56.2
9.1
1.48
9.21
12.57
1.48
11.73
13.71
1.48
7.46
17.20
1.37
27.51
1.48
7.93
15.18
2.45
27.03
.16
.00
23.42
26.92
Canyonville
Oakland
Drain
Riddle
$4,774,738
$4,556,717
$2,221,398
$3,633,825
4,627
3,797
2,178
3,428
56
127
26
100
34
66
38
97
5.4
44.5
50.1
5.6
25.9
68.5
4.9
50. 7
44.4
5.2
39.4
55.4
.0
.0
.0
.0
1.48
12.18
13.71
1.48
6.84
18.10
1.48
15.46
13.55
1.48
11.13
15.67
.00
.00
.00
.00
27.37
26.42
30.49
28.28
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 99.
Summary of Assessment Rolls for 1971-72 Fiscal Year Real Property,
Personal Property and Utilities, Douglas County
Assessed
Value
I tern
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
Mis cellaneous
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
(-5,720,050)
(-2,536,940)
5.36
15.85
12.97
25.32
17.70
(-.68)
(-.30)
640,560,890
76.21
47,488,373
7,266,830
3,424,704
27,968,238
5,511,513
1,473,220
(-13,673)
(-13,410)
93,105,796
5.65
.86
.41
3.33
.66
.18
(-.002)
(-.002)
11.08
733,666,686
87.29
32,300
73,194,432
8. 70
5,359,425
.64
7,585,250
759,008
18,100
17,335,448
2,553,410
22,300
106,859,673
Total taxable real, personal, and utility
property
SOURCE:
45,054,370
133,211,310
109 ,003,400
212,788,550
148, 760,250
840,526,359
.004
.9
.09
.002
2.06
.30
.003
12.71
100.00
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.
-
76 -
Table 100. Amount and Percent of Unpaid Property Tax, Douglas County, 1971
I tern
Property Taxable
Real
Personal
Public utilities
Western Oregon additional
timber tax
Yield tax
Total
SOURCE:
Total
Amount
$10,884,310
1,706,102
1,577,495
370,162
1,327
14,499,396
Amount
Un aid
Percent
of Uniaid
$1,029,433
110,474
37,542
66.53
369,977
23.91
1,547,426
100.00
7.14
2.42
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
19204
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
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Governor's Office, Economic Development Special Projects, State Capitol
Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
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
Soil Conservation Service, U.S.D.A., 1218 S.W. Washington, Portland,
Oregon 97205
State Water Resources Board, 1158 Chemeketa N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
U.S. Department of Commerce, 921 S.W, Washington, Portland, Oregon 97204
(for copies of U.S. Census publications)
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Selected Bibliography
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Carolan, W.B. Jr., Federal Land Oregon, Oregon State University, 1963.
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of Counties
and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University, July 1972.
Office of the Governor, Planning Division, Health Facts, 1969.
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Directory of Radio and Television
Stations for the State of Oregon, 1972.
Oregon Board of Higher Education, 1969 School Directory and 1971-72 Oregon
School-Coimnunity College Directory, School Finance and Statistical
Services.
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation
Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1971.
Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources for Development,
1964.
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, Past Secondary Enrollment in
Oregon, 1972.
Oregon State Board of Census, Components of Population Growth, Population
Bulletin P-3, 1961.
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.
Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Oregon State Department of Employment, 1965 Oregon Farm Labor Report, 1966.
Oregon State Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Control
In Oregon, Oregon Sanitary Authority, 1970.
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Oregon Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
1968.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Children Services Division,
Adolescent Population and Commitment Data by Counçy, by Calendar Year
1967-1970.
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Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, Labor
Force and Employment in Oregon by County 1968 through 1971 publications,
Research and Statistics Section.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, 1971
Annual Rural Manpower Report, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, Oregon
Covered Employment and Payrolls, 1970 and 1971, Summary Data, Research
and Statistics Section, 1971, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Public Welfare in Oregon, October 1970 and December 1970, and
August 1972 editions.
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, 1967.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health Division,
Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section, 1971.
Oregon State Department of Revenue, First Biennial Report 1968-70.
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Suuiuiary of Assessment and Tax Rolls
for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property Tax
Collections, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
"Day Visitor Attendance", State Parks and Recreation Section, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
"Overnight Camping by the Public", State Parks and Recreation Section,
1972.
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division, "The
State Park Visitor in Oregon", State Parks and Recreation Division.
Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Meyers, Secretary of State,
Oregon Blue Book, 1971-72, January 1971.
Oregon State Executive Department, Local Government Relations Division,
District Facts, 1970.
Oregon State Fisheries Commission, 1968 and 1971 Annual Reports.
Oregon State Game Commission, 1968 and 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State
Game Commission.
Oregon State Game Commission,"Oregon State Game Commission Bulletin",
May 1972.
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Oregon State Lands Division, Inventory of State-Owned Real Property,
By County, 1970.
Oregon State Library, Directory of Oregon Libraries, annual statistics for
the year ending June 30, 1970.
Oregon State University Cooperative Extension Service, Agriculture in
Oregon Counties - Farm Sales and General Characteristics, Special
Report 330, Oregon State University, 1971.
O.S.U. Cooperative Extension Service, Income and Poverty Data for Racial
Groups:
A Compilation for Oregon Census County Divisions, Special
Report 367, Oregon State University, 1972.
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1968.
State Water Resources Board, River Basin Reports.
State Water Resources Board, U.S.D.A. River Basin Reports on Water and
Related Land Resources, 1962.
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.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Retail Trade: Oregon,
BC 67 - RA 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.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol. 4, No. 5:
Compendium of Government Finances, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1969.
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.
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.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Manufacturers, 1967, Area Services:
Oregon, MC 67(3) - 38, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1970.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population, General Demographic
Trends for Metropolitan Areas, 1960 to 1970, Final Report PUC (2) - 39,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
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4$.
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.
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U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1970 General. Social
ind Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39 Oregon, U S
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
U.S.D.A. and Cooperative Extension Service cooperating, "Oregon Commodity
Data Sheets", Oregon State University, 1971-72.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of U.S.
Climate,
Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No. 86-31, 1965.
.52.
U.S. Forest Service, Forest statistics publications for various Oregon
regions, Resource Bulletin PNW-1O, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station.
U.S. Forest Service1 "1970 Timber Harvest", U.S.D.A. Forest Service
Resource Bulletin PNW-38, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment
Station, 1971.
U.S. Soil Conservation Service, Soil Survey Reports.
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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