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Josephine County, Oregon
RESOURCE
ATLAS
NATURAL
HUMAN
ECONOMIC
PUBLIC
July 1973
Oregon State University Extension Service
Prepared by Marilyn Ruttle, 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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Contents
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General Description
Physical Aspects
Climate
Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
Land Ownership
Land Use
Agricultural Land
Water
Minerals
Human Resources
Population
Employment
Income
Education
Health and Vital Statistics
Public Welfare
Housing
The County's Economy
Agriculture
Logging and Wood Products
Manufacturing
Mining - Mineral and Metal Industries
Outdoor Recreation
Business
Public Services
Transportation
Communication
Library Facilities
Utilities
Public Finance
Selected List of Agencies
Selected Bibliography
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Josephine County is located in southern Oregon with a total area of
1,625 square miles or 1,040,000 acres.
It ranks twenty-second in the state according to county size.
On the south it borders California, on the west
Curry County, on the north Douglas County and on the east Jackson County.
The county lies within the Rogue River drainage basin.
The first permanent settlers in this region came during the first gold rush in 1849 as a result of the discovery of gold at Sailor's Diggings.
On
January 22, 1856, Josephine County was established out of a western portion of Jackson County.
It was named for Josephine Rollins, the first white woman to make this county her home.
The county seat was first located in
Waldo, but in July of 1857 it was moved to Kerby which was situated on the main route between the port of Crescent City, California, and the gold elds.
Some of the mining camps, now all but deserted, were thriving towns during the early years with populations well above 1,000.
The early mining operations were confined to washing the stream gravels, which were usually rich in gold.
As the richer and more easily worked deposits became cleared up, many of the original prospectors moved on in search of fresher fields, resulting in the permaneht population falling off to little more than half of what it had been previously.
Several U.S. Army forts were maintained in the area and many engagements during the Rogue River Indian War took place within the county boundaries.
In 1886, the county seat was finally located in Grants Pass, a new town built near the railroad which was completed through the state in the same year.
The principal features of Josephine County topography are hills and narrow winding valleys with flat areas in the Grants Pass and Cave Junction areas.
The level river bottom land is as wide as eight or ten miles in many places.
The highest elevation is Whiskey Peak, 6,480 feet, located in the Siskiyou
Mountains in the southeastern part of the county.
The main rivers are the
Rogue River and its tributaries, the Applegate and lllinois Rivers and Wolf and Grave Creeks.
Some of the major facts regarding the county are noted in the summary below. 1/
Area: 1,625 square miles
1,040,000 acres
Elevation at Grants Pass: 948 feet
Population: 38,500
(July, 1972)
True Cash Value: $239,794,905
(1971)
Average Temperature:
Winter - 43.4
County Seat: Grants Pass
Principal Industries:
Lumbering, Agriculture,
Mining.
1/ Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Meyers, Secretary of State, Oregon
Blue Book, 1971-72, January 1971.

PHYSICAL ASPECTS
Climate
The county experiences mild, wet winters and hot, very dry summers.
The climate is influenced considerably by the coast winds from the west.
The rainfall per year averages close to 30 inches, with only one inch of rain during the months of July, August, and September.
Average yearly temperature is around 51 F., but during the summers the county expeiences extremely hot weather with temperatures frequently in excess of 100 F.
During the winter the county minimum temperatures reach the opposite extreme with temperatures near the freezing point and quite often below.
More detailed information on temperature, precipitation, and freeze data is included in the following tables.
Table 1.
Weather Stations, Elevation and Years of Record, Josephine County
Station
Elevation feet
Years of Record
Temp.
Prec.
Sexton Sunuiiit
Mt. Reuben
Kerby 3 NNW
Grants Pass
Althouse
Cave Junction
SOURCE:
3,836
3,900
1,195
925
4,530
1,325
29
79
29
82
8
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U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Environmental Data Service, Climatological Data,
Annual Summary 1971, Volume 77, No. 13.
Table 2.
Freeze Temperature Data, Josephine County, 1971
Station
Last date in spring/First date in fall; minimum of:
0
16 F or
0
20 F or
0
24 F or
0
0
below below below below below
Sexton Summit..
Grants Pass....
Cave Junction..
3-1/---
I----
1-5/---
3-1/10-28
1-13/10-29
1-13 /10-2 3
4-21/10-27
2-20/10-28
3-19/10-17
5-17/10-27
3-19/10-17
3-20/10-16
6-1/9-29
5-17/10-16
5-17/9-19
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Environmental Data Service, Climatological Data,
Annual Summary 1971, Volume 77, No. 13.

Table 3.
Temperature and Precipitation, Josephine County, By Month,
1951 - 1960 Averages
Station Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept Oct. Nov. Dec.
Ann.
Average
Temperature
Grants Pass...
Sexton Suituitit.
degrees Farenheit
Grants Pass...
Sexton Summit.
Mean Daily
Minimum Temp.
39.2 43.4 48.0 53.7 59.4 64.6 70.6 69.4 64.4
54.7 44.5 40.7
54.4
34.1 36.1 38.6 44.7 50.0 55.7 63.6 63.2 59.7
50.7 42.8 36.8
48.0
Average
Precipitation
Grants Pass...
Sexton Summit.
inches
Grants Pass...
5.82 4.50 3.20 1.69 1.63
.91
Sexton Summit.
5.59 4.12 3.47 1.85 2.19 1.53
.26
.32
.18
.71
.25 1.25
2.71 3.94 5.52
31.07
3.41 4.38 4.76
33.12
Mean Daily
Maximum Temp.
degrees Farenheit
46.8 52.8 59.1 68.3 74.8 81.3 90.9 88.5 83.5
37.9 41.7 43.8 53.4 59.5 66.2 76.4 74.0 69.9
68.2 53.0 46.5
58.5 48.4 42.7
67.8
56.0
degrees Farenheit
34.1 33.9 34.5 38.4 43.5 48.3 51.8 50.1 46.2
29.2 30.9 30.2 35.0 39.4 44.8 52.3 50.8 50.2
40.6 35.9 34.2
43.5 37.0 33.0
41.0
39.7
Highest
Temperature degrees Farenheit
Grants Pass...
Sexton Summit.
63
57
70
64
84
71
94
78
97 108
84 91
108 105 103
93 93 97
92
85
71
68
65
64
108
97
Lowest
Temperature degrees Farenheit
Grants Pass...
Sexton Summit.
14
12
14
9
18
16
27
22
27
26
33
29
39
36
38
38
32
33
25
26
17
11
18
17
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of U.S.
Climate, Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No. 86-31, 1965.
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Table 4.
Average Temperature and Total Precipitation, Josephine County, 1971
Station Jan.j Feb.
Mar Apr.
July Sep.
Oct.( Nov. Dec.
Average
Temperature
Cave Junction..
Grants Pass....
Sexton Summit..
Total
Precipitation degrees Farenheit
37.0 41.2 43.1 47.4 55.9 60.5 70.1 69.6 60.1 50.3 43.2 36.3
37.6 43.2 45.7 50.3 58.5 62.9 72.8 73.8 62.4 52.4 44.6 37.6
35.6 36.2 34.0 39.8 47.9 53.5 65.5 66.3 56.2 46.9 39.5 30.1
inches
Cave Junction..
Grants Pass....
Sexton Summit..
14.19 3.37 11.51 6.03
.88 1.31
.00
.32 2.74 1.15 11.45 8.37
6.74 1.90
5.42 2.41
.6
.98
.02
.24 1.58 1.14
6.13 3.74
9.44 3.80
7.36 3.75 1.57 1.69
.15
.59 2.19 1.31
9.48 9.48
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Environmental Data Service, Climatological Data,
Annual Summary 1971, Volume 77, No. 13.
Sojis
On the basis of differences in the mode of accumulation, the soil-forming materials may be grouped into three general classes: (A) residual materials,
(B) old valley-filling materials, and (C) recent - alluvial deposits.
In addition, there are the miscellaneous types of riverwash, rough stony land, rough mountainous land, and placer diggings.
Each of these classes and types will be discussed in detail below.
The data given is based on the 1919 Soil
Survey of Josephine County.
The survey did not cover the whole county; it only covered 489,600 acres of a total county area of 1,040,000 acres, or just less than half of the county area.
However, the survey covered practically all areas where agricultural production is taking place.
The not-surveyed areas are situated in the western and southeastern part of the county consisting largely of land in the Siskiyou and Rogue River National Forests and are used mainly for forestry.
The residual soils, together with the rough stony land and rough mountainous land constitute by far the most extensive group of soils of this area.
However, they include but little agricultural land, as much of the surface is too steep or stony for cultivation.
mostly covered by forests.
These soils are therefore
The residual soils may be grouped according to their origin into two general classes: soils derived from igneous rocks, and soils derived from sedimentary rocks.
The soils derived from the igneous materials are classed in the Olympic, Aiken, Siskiyou, and Holland series, and those derived from sedimentary rocks are classed in the Sites, Hugo, and Josephine series.

The Olympic series consists of soil types with brown or rusty-brown surface soils and a brown or reddish-brown subsoil.
As occurring in this survey, the soils vary considerably in depth, the basic igneous rocks from which they are formed lying from 1 foot to 6 feet or more below the surface.
In places, the surface is strewn with small, brownish, iron-cemented pellets, and angular fragments of the parent rock are common throughout the soil profile.
The subsoil tends to be slightly compact.
The series occurs principally in the hills in the eastern part of the county.
Tbe topography is usually steep, and surface drainage is in places excessive.
The series occurs under conditions of moderate to heavy rainfall, and the soil materials are well leached and noncalcereous.
It is used mainly for forestry, although small acreages have been planted with fruit trees.
The Aiken series consists of types with red surface soils and a brightred to dull-red, usually heavier and more compact subsoil.
Brown iron-cemented pellets and fragments of the parent rock are common on the surface, and igneous bedrock is encountered at various depths in this survey usually at less than
6 feet.
The topography varies from hilly to steep and mountainous, with surface drainage excessively developed.
These soils occur under conditions of moderately heavy rainfall and. are well leached of lime and other soluble minerals.
They are confined mainly to the hilly sections in the eastern part of the county.
Only a small proportion of this soil area is cleared, the greater part being forested with fir and pine.
Small areas have been planted to apples and pears, and also some dry-farmed grain.
The types of the Siskiyou series typically have light-gray or gray surface soils with gray or brown slightly heavier and more compact subsoil.
As mapped in this area, however, they include small bodies with a reddish-brown or red subsoil.
The series is derived from coarse-grained granodiorite occurring extensively in the vicinity of Grants Pass.
As a rule, the soil materials have weathered deeply, the substratum of compact, gritty, partly disintegrated rock extending in places to a depth of 20 feet before, unaltered rock is encountered.
Shallow variations in which the bedrock lies within a foot of the surface are locally prominent, and outcrops of the parent rock occur on some of the lower slopes.
The series is developed on a group of relatively low hills extending north from Newhope to Hugo.
Being of softer materials, the rocks have weathered more rapidly than those of the surrounding mountains of greenstone and slate.
The topography is very rough and broken, and the surface drainage in most places is excessive.
to grazing and forestry.
Most of this soil is best suited
Closely associated with the Siskiyou soils and derived from the same material, are the types of the Holland series.
The surface soils are brown to reddish brown in color, micaceous, and friable, and in places contain small fragments of the parent rock.
The subsoil ranges in color from brown or reddish brown to red, is usually somewhat more compact and heavy textured than the surface soil, and frequently grades into the underlying granitic material through a zone of partly disintegrated rock.
The depth of weathered soil material varies from a few inches to more than 6 feet, although local areas of shallow soil with rock outcrop are common on some of the slopes.
The topography is hilly or mountainous.
Drainage is well established, and the run-off is excessive on the steeper areas.
Only small acreages are under cultivation, the remainder covered with brush and trees.
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The types of the Sites series resemble the Aiken soils in color of the surface material, structure, and mode of occurrence, but are separated from them on the basis of origin.
They have red or pale-red to yellowish-red surface soils and a red or bright-red heavy-textured, compact subsoil.
They are derived from the weathering of sedimentary rocks, mainly hard slates, shales, but in places sandstone.
The depth of the weathered soil material varies from a few inches on the steeper slopes to 6 feet or more in smoother areas.
Angular gravel and rock fragments are present in most of the types, and rock outcrops are abundant locally.
The surface ranges from rolling to hilly to mountainous.
Drainage is well developed, and the soils hold moisture well with cultivation.
The Sites series is the most extensive upland series in the area surveyed, being widely distributedthroughout the central and western parts of the county.
It is best adapted to forestry, although there are areas of high productivity suited for staple crops and small fruits.
The Hugo series includes soils which are typically brown to rather dark brown in color but which include some grayish-brown to yellowish or slightly reddish brown variations.
In places, the surface material extends to bedrock without much change, although there is usually a defined heavier subsoil of somewhat lighter color than the surface soil.
These soils are mainly shallow, and bedrock usually occurs at a depth of 4 feet or less.
Angular gravel, small spherical iron-cemented concretions, and fragments of slate or shale are common on the surface, and in places considerable stony material is distributed throughout the soil profile.
The soils are derived through the weathering of sedimentary rocks, including slates, shales, and sandstone.
They are mapped only on the mountain footsiopes, the rougher areas being included with rough mountainous land.
A large proportion of the land is too steep to be conveniently farmed.
The material is well drained and apparently noncalcareous.
Owing to the rough topography, the greater part of this type is best adapted to forestry and grazing.
The soils derived from old valley-filling materials constitute a large and important group.
They have resulted from the mature weathering of old unconsolidated water-laid deposits, the materials of which were originally derived from a wide variety of rocks.
They occupy a large proportion of the broad valleys or basin-like areas between the mountain ranges, their position being intermediate between the recent-alluvial soils of the stream valleys and the residual soils of the hills.
Most of them are developed on terraces ranging in elevation from only a few feet to 100 feet or more above the normal flow of stream.
The upper parts of the terraces merge into pld alluvial fan and colluvial footsiope soils, which have all the essential features of the soils of this group and are included with them.
In general, these soils have a smooth surface, are fairly well drained, and are well adapted to irrigation.
Because of differences in color, degree of weathering, soil profile, and character of the original materials these soils have been classified into five soil series
-- the Barron, Jerome, Clawson, Corning, and Kerby -of which the first is derived from material washed from granite rocks, and the others are of mixed origin.
The soils of the Barron series are associated with the residual
Siskiyou soils and closely resemble them in color and derivation.
Both are typically gray in color and both have their origin in granitic materials.
The Barron soils, however, occupy areas of lower, smoother topography, and are derived mainly through the weathering of unstratified old valley-filling deposits.
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The chief distinguishing and the most characteristic feature of the Barron soils is the presence of a brown, reddish-brown, or yellowish-brown, compact, hardpanlike layer in the subsoil, almost impenetrable in summer, but fairly permeable during the winter or when kept moist by irrigation water.
The topography ranges from very gently sloping to slightly undulating.
Drainage is well developed.
This soil is well suited to intensive agricultural production.
The surface soils of types of the Jerome series are gray to light brownish gray.
They are low in organic matter, gritty in texture, and tend to be compact when dry.
The subsoil consists of slate-colored or drab, impervious, heavy clay.
The surface soil has much the same appearance as the soils of the Barron series, with which the types are closely associated.
The
Jerome series is formed mainly from granitic materials, but in places waterworn gravel derived from various rocks shows that the origin is mixed.
When thoroughly dry the heavy subsoil bakes into a bricklike mass which is not easily penetrated by the roots of plants.
The deeper substratum is usually granitic and identical with that beneath the Barron series.
The spils of this series occupy smooth and flat to gently undulating valley slopes and basinlike areas in which surface drainage is only moderately well developed and subdrainage is retarded by the hardpanlike subsoil, and thus it is not suited to intensive agricultural production other than grazing.
The Clawson series consists of types with dark-gray to black surface soils, underlain by a dark-colored compact, subsoil of heavy texture, which is relatively impervious and usually somewhat mottled with iron stains.
The surface soils are compact when dry, usually gritty, and high in content of organic matter.
At depths ranging from 2 to 3 feet the heavy subsoil material grades into gray to dark-gray or drab material of gritty texture, containing a noticeable admixture of coarse-textured granitic material.
The series is derived from old valley-filling materials which are not well stratified and which apparently represent old alluvial fan and colluvial footslope deposits.
The soils occupy smooth gentle slopes, flats, and local basinlike areas, and the surface and internal drainage are usually poorly developed.
The parent material appears to be mainly granitic in origin, but includes materials derived from a variety of rocks.
used only for grazing.
Due to the drainage problem, the soil is
The surface soils of types of the Corning series are red and dull red to brownish red or slightly yellowish red.
Waterworn gravel of mixed origin and small iron concretions are common on the surface and in the surface material of most of the types, and some contain angular fragments of igneous rocks.
The subsoil is typically dull red to bright red in color, compact, usually heavy in texture, and fairly retentive of moisture, and contains rounded gravel or angular rock fragments.
In Some of the included materials the subsoil is very compact and partly cemented when dry.
Typically, the heavy subsoil passes at depths of 3 to 5 feet into friable gravelly material similar to the surface soil.
In its typical development the Corning series occupies terraces lying from a few feet to 100 feet or more above the present courses of the streams.
The parent material consists typically of old waterlaid deposits.
The surface drainage is good.
With irrigation, this series is well adapted to general farming.

The types included in the Kerby series are similar to those of the
Corning series in origin and topography, but differ from them in color.
The surface soils are light brown or brown to yellowish brown.
The subsoil is yellow, reddish yellow, or pale red, and in most areas somewhat compact.
Waterworn gravel of mixed origin and small iron concretions or pellets are common in the surface soils of most of the types, and either the subsoil or substratum is invariably gravelly.
Both surface and internal drainage are well developed.
The series occurs under conditions of moderately heavy rainfall and is well leached of soluble mineral.
When irrigated, this series is very well suited to general farming.
The recent alluvial soils of Josephine County, while important agriculturally, are of comparatively small extent.
They occupy narrow areas along the larger streams and are composed of recent sediments deposited by flood waters or washed into the valleys by short lateral streams.
The soils are of mixed origin, practically every kind of rock in the area being represented locally.
In general, these types have friable surface soils and permeable subsoils and substrata, with no cementation of materials or tendency toward hardpan in any part of the soil profile.
They have a smooth or slightly billowy surface and lie at low elevations near the streams, consequently they are well adapted to irrigation.
They are fairly well drained except in local areas.
In the Rogue River Valley they are used extensively for the production of fruit and alfalfa.
Two series of soils, the Columbia and the Wapato, are mapped.
Of these, the former is the more extensive and important.
The Columbia series consists of types with brown to dark-brown friable surface soils containing a fairly large supply of organic matter.
In their typical development, the soils are usually deep, the surface material in some of the types extending to a depth of 6 feet with but little change in color or structure.
The topography ranges from smooth to somewhat billowy, but it is generally suitable for irrigation
Drainage is usually well developed, though some areas are subject to overflow during brief periods.
Included with the Columbia soils as mapped in this area are considerable areas of soils which normally occupy somewhat more elevated and older stream terraces and alluvial fans, and in which some modification in soil profile through weathering has taken place, with development of somewhat compact or slightly cemented subsoils.
These inclusions represent a stage of development intermediate between the recent-alluvial soils and those derived from the older valley-filling materials.
Owing to the desirability of reducing the number of soil types and simplifying the soil classification in this survey, they are for the most part mapped as phases of types of the Columbia series.
Some of these phases could, however, with propriety have been classified with the older valley-filling materials.
In these inclusions the subsoil is typically compact and gravelly, and in places a layer of loosely cemented gravel, varying from a few inches to
2 feet in thickness, occurs at varying depths.
As a rule, there is also a gravelly substratum, which is generally porous and several feet in depth.
The gravel includes every kind of rock found within the area, sedimentary rocks predominating in some localities and igneous rocks in others.
The soils are well to excessively drained.
The Columbia soils are very well suited for any type of farming.
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The Wapato series consists of types with dark-brown, rusty brown, or red.
drab, or dark-grayish brown surface soils, and a dark-brown or drab impervious subsoil, which is generally mottled with yellow,
Although of mixed origin, the types in the area are derived mainly from sedimentary rocks.
They occupy level areas along streams and low marginal strips at the foot of terrace slopes.
Both surface and internal drainage are poorly developed, and the greater part of the series is subject to overflow.
The soils are high in organic matter, and are very productive soils.
Riverwash is one of the miscellaneous soil types.
porous deposits of waterworn gravel,
It consists of loose, cobblestones, and coarse sand, lying only a few feet above the normal flow of streams.
Usually it consists mainly of loose gravel and boulders, withvery little fine material.
It is confined to narrow strips bordering
Sucker and Aithouse the Rogue, Applegate, and Illinois
It is frequently flooded and is devoid of vegetation
Rivers, and
Creeks, and to small islands within the larger streams.
except in the island areas, which are covered with brush.
A small acreage of the more sandy part Is irrigated and seeded but the yields are low.
Owing to the high content of to alfalfa, stones and gravel, and its subjection to floods, the type in the main has no agricultural value.
A large proportion of the area surveyed consists of rugged mountains which are too steep and broken for cultivation and are adapted only to forestry and grazing.
The areas include all of the hills, but since the types mapped elsewhere throughout they are largely shallow or stony and nonagricultural in character they were not differentiated.
Topographic condition is thus made the principal basis of classification of this type of material, in this respect do the included soils differ from and only those mapped elsewhere as individual soil types.
In general it may be said that in the eastern part of the county the soils are derived mainly from igneous rocks and along Williams Creek in and usually consist of red or brownish overlying bedrock at surface soils and red, heavier any depth between a few inches and 6 soils are typical of the Aiken or Olympic series.
textured subsoils feet.
Gray and brown coarsetextured soils derived from granite and belonging to the Siskiyou series are included with this type of material in the vicinity of
Here the and Holland
Grants Pass the southeastern part of the county.
Elsewhere, rough mountainous land is composed of soils which have been formed mainly through the weathering of sedimentary rocks.
These soils are either red, brown, or yellowish in color, rather heavy in texture, and represent the
Sites, Hugo, or Josephine series.
Rough mountainous land is by far the most extensive type in this region.
Combined with rough stony land it comprises 53.7 percent of the total area surveyed, and occupies the uplands almost to the exclusion of every other type.
The largest body, covering about 80 square miles, occurs in the northwestern part of the area surveyed.
of rough stony land,
Other large bodies, broken only by areas occur along the east side of the county, south of the
Applegate River, and bordering Slate Creek and the Illinois River
Valley.
The greater part of the rough mountainous land has and rugged topography, an extremely rough consisting of steep mountain slopes rising 500 to
3,000 feet above the valleys, or to more than 5,000 feet above sea level.
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Except in a few small areas, drainage is everywhere excessive.
Fully 95 percent of this type is covered with a valuable stand of fir and pine, the growth usually being somewhat more dense and uniform than that on the areas of rough stony land.
The rough mountainous land has a small value for grazing purposes.
In general, however, the rough topography makes the type unsuitable for cultivation and renders it liable to erosion where the native covering is removed.
It is best adapted to forestry.
Throughout a considerable proportion of the areas surveyed the land is not only too rough and mountainous for tillage but the soils are shallow and stony and rock outcrops are numerous.
Such land is shown on the map as rough stony land.
Aside from its stony character, this type is similar to rough mountainous land.
The entire type is considered nonagricultural and adapted only to forestry and grazing.
Placer diggings is a type comprising a wide assortment of miscellaneous materials which have been washed out by placer-mining operations and redeposited in near-by areas.
The material has very uneven surface, due to the piling up of the gravels by hydraulic mining.
It is too stony and porous to support growth and has no value for agriculture.
The table on the next page shows the actual and relative extent of the various soils.
The percentages given are percent of the surveyed area, not the percent of the total county area.
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Table 5.
Areas of Different Soils, Josephine County
Soil (Type) Acres % of Surveyed Area
Rough mountainous land
Rough stony land
Columbia (fine sandy loam)
Josephine (clay loam)
Kerby (gravelly loam)
Holland (coarse sandy loam)
Corning (gravelly clay loam)
Sites (gravelly clay loam)
Siskiyou (coarse sandy loam)
Barron (coarse sandy loam)
Kerby (loam)
Corning (clay loam)
Olympic (loam)
Aiken (clay loam)
Hugo (silt loam)
Columbia (loam)
Kerby (clay loam)
Sites (clay loam)
Riverwash
Jerome (sandy loam)
Clawson (silt loam)
Wapato (clay)
Corning (gravelly loam)
Placer diggings
Total
201,344
61,760
27,264
27,136
22,656
18,816
17,920
17,472
16,192
14,592
10,688
8,512
7,552
7,360
6,528
4,992
3,712
3,456
3,392
2, 752
2,304
1,216
1,152
832
489,600
41.1
12.6
5.6
5.5
4.6
3.9
3.7
3.6
3.3
3.0
2.2
1.8
1.5
1.5
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.2
100.0
SOURCE: Soil Conservation Service in cooperation with the Oregon Agricultural
Experiment Station, 1919 Soil Survey of Josephine County, report issued l923.
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 of land are considered in grouping soils into eight land capability classes.
These eight classes are designated by Roman numerals.
The hazards and limitations of use of the groups increase as the class number increases.
Class
I land has few hazards or limitations, whereas Class VII land is so limited that it is unfit for cultivation and grazing.
This land can be used only for recreation, wildlife habitat or water supply.
The classification can be broken into two divisions: (1) land iii capability 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 limitation or hazard.
range, forestry, and wildlife.
Land capability classes are sometimes divided into subclasses to indicate the dominating
The subclasses are "e" for wind or water erosion, '1w" for wetness or frequent inundation from overflow, "s" for soil limitations, and 'c" for climatic limitations.
Table 6.
Land Use by Capability Classes,
Josephine County, 1967
I lIe
IlIe
IVe
VIe
VIle
11w
111w
IVw us
Ills
IVs
Vhs
VhIIs
Capability
Class
Total
SOURCE:
Cropland
1,831
5,988
5,430
411
686
1,039
5,608
15,928
2,276
5,263
Pasture
0
0
2,306
0
2,537
11,991
0
0
231
692
0
1,845
0
0
Use
Forest acres
565
5,107
18,482
14,093
25,811
163,306
0
249
124
3,196
283
3,538
3,695
0
Other
0
0
928
0
0
0
0
312
0
312
0
0
0
2,408
Total
565
6,938
27,704
19,523
28,759
175,297
686
1,600
5,963
20,128
2,559
10,646
3,695
2,408
44,460 19,602 238,449 3,960 306,471
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water vation Needs Inventory, U.S.
Conser-
Soil Conservation Service, 1971.
Land Ownership
Land owned by federal, state, public land in this report.
or local governments is classified as
All other lands are classified as private.
Almost 70 percent of the land in Josephine County is publically owned with
68 percent of this owned by the federal government
Most of this federal land is in the Siskiyou National
Forest.
Table 7 Land Area in Highways, Streets, and Roads, Josephine County
Ownership
Acres
State highways
County roads
City streets
Total
SOURCE:
3,390
3,335
320
7,045
Oregon State Department of Revenue and Oregon State Highway unpublished data.
Division,
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Table 8.
Public Land Ownership, Josephine County, 1964
Ownership Acres Percent
Federal
State
Local
Total
Total land in county
706,840
12,278
6,393
725,511
1,040,000
68.0
1.2
.6
69.8
100.0
SOURCE: Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources for
Development, 1964.
Table 9.
Federal Land Ownership by Agency, Josephine County, 1962
Agency Acres
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Federal Aviation Agency
Department of Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Oregon-California Railroad
Controverted Oregon-California Land
Special Act - Oregon-California
Land
Public Domain
National Park Service
296,275
283
257,138
109,244
182
43,238
480
Total federal land
Total land area
Percent federal land
706,840
1,040,000
68%
SOURCE: Carolan, W.B. Jr., Federal Land Oregon, Oregon State University,
1963.
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Table 10.
Inventory of State-Owned Real Property, Josephine County, 1970
Agency Acres
Land
Value
Improv.
Value
Total
Value
Rental
Income
Taxes
Paid
Dept. of Forestry
Game Commission
Division of State Lands
Military Dept
Highway Division
Parks
Office & Maintenance
2,482.61
23.00
4,859.13
7.52
$
627,100 $215,590
27,600 ---
2,080,000
82,200 136,090
$
842,690
27,600
2,080,000
218,290
$480
--$466
992.50
8.79
220,513
25,081
31,394
97,301
251,907
122,382
Total 8,373.55
$3,062,494 $480,375 $3,542,869 $480
SOURCE: Legislative Fiscal Coumuittee, Inventory of State-Owned Real Property,
Section VII, 1970.
$466
Land Use
Nost of the land in Josephine County is forested.
It is logged and also used for recreational purposes.
The second major use of land is for agricultural purposes.
Most of the agricultural land is grazed or pastured with little of the land used for intensive agricultural purposes.
The following tables contain data concerning the use of land in Josephine County.
Table 11.
Land Area and Use of Inventory
Josephine County, 1967
Use Acres
Total land area
Non-Inventory Acreage
Federal non-cropland
Urban and built-up
Small water areas
Total non-inventory acreage
Inventory Acreage
Cropland
Pasture
Range
Forest
Other land
Total inventory acreage
1,040,000
715,992
16,337
1,200
733,529
44,460
19,602
0
238,449
3,960
306,471
1/ The inventory of land in Josephine County was conducted by the Oregon
Conservation Needs Inventory Committee to determine facts regarding soil and water resources and conservation needs.
SOURCE: Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation
Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1971.
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Table 12.
Land Use Analysis, Josephine County
Use
Acres
True Cash
Value Per
Assessor Roll
($l,000's)
Ave. Value
Per Acre
Urban
Business, etc
Residential & rentals
Quasi-private, hospitals*
Public (roads, etc.)*
Total
700
2,450
293
3,748
7,191
10,500
9,800
2,195
18,740
41,235
$15,000
4,000
7,492
5,000
5,734
Rurban
Business
Residential-rental
(Agri. - see Allocation)
Quasi_private*
............
Public (roads, etc.)*
Total, less misc
25
220
(9,630)
50
450
745
175
770
(9,630)
250
630
1,825
Pgr. - Grazing
Private Inventory
Outlaying and agr
From urbanized
Allocation
As residential-rentals.
As best lands
As medium lands
As grazing and misc
Public Inventory*
Allocation
As agricultural
As roads and etc
Total agri
66,769
57,139
9,630
4,000
24,000
3,000
35,769
41,295
33,284
8,011
108,064
49,950
40,320
9,630
8,000
28,800
2,400
10,750
2,860
1,660
1,200
52,810
Fores try
Private Inventory
Allocation
Res. and urbanized
Forest outlaying
Best
Average
Poor
Public Inventory*
Allocation
Forests
Roads
Total forests
171,527
5,000
166,527
139
38,000
128,388
752,473
742,473
10,000
924,000
11,755
5,000
6,755
7,525
7,225
300
19,280
Total Inventory
Land
Water
Grant Total
1,040,000
0
1,040,000
115,150
*Tax exempt
SOURCE: Oregon Department of Revenue, compiled by Waldo Carison.
7,000
3,500
(1,000)
5,000
1,400
2,450
69
1,000
41
10
10
30
21 ill
748
706
1,000
2,000
1,200
800
301
69
50
150
489
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Agricultural Land
Only 3.7
percent of the total land area of Josephine agricultural purposes.
Of this, 11,924 acres is irrigated.
County is used for
There are 195 acres of woodland, 19,235 acres of cropland, and 250 acres of other land.
Table 13.
Land in Farms, Josephine County, 1964 and 1969
Item
Total land area
Acres in farms
Cropland
................
harvested..........
Cropland pasture
Other cropland..............
Wood land
Other land
Acres
1964
I
Percent lO4O ,050 100.00
75,948
12,076
11,482
2,507
37,266
12,607
7.30
1.16
1.10
.24
3.58
1.21
Acres
1969
1,040,064
38,473
19,235
9 ,210
1,949
14,286
4,953
100.00
3.70
1.85
.89
.19
1.37
.48
Irrigated land 16,871 1.62
11,924
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
1.15
Forest Land
Most of the forest land of Josephine County is contained in the Siuslaw
National Forest and other public lands in the county.
The lands are classified by the U S Forest Service as growing stock or sawtimber stand The growing stock consists of live trees of commercial species that are potentially suitable for use as industrial wood.
Growing stock is further divided into sawtimber trees, poletimber trees, or sapling and seedling trees.
Sawtimber stands must have at least 10 percent of stock in growing stock trees with one half or more of this stocking in sawtimber and poletimber trees and with sawtimber at least equal to poletimber stocking
1/
1/ U.S.D.A. and U.S. Forest Service cooperating, Forest Statistics for
Southwest Oregon, Resource Bulletin PNW-8, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.
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Table 14.
Volume and Acres of Timber Cut in Six Month Period,
Siskiyou National Forest, Josephine County, 1970 and 1971
I tern 1970
Acres
I
1971
Clear cut
Partial cut
Unregulated
Salvage
Total million board feet
389
291
388
17
35.7
243
72
64
79
10.4
SOURCE:
U.S. Forest Service, Region 6, Regional Summary, Progress of Timber
Management.
Table 15.
Volume of All Growing Stock and Sawtimber on Commercial
Forest Land, Josephine County, 1963
Species Sawtimber Growing Stock million bd. ft.
million cu. ft.
So f twoods
Douglas fir
Ponderosa-Jeffery pine
Sugar pine
Western white pine
Lodgepole, other pines
White and grand fir
California and Shasta red fir
Spruces
Western hemlock
Incense cedar
Port Orford cedar
Wes tern red cedar
Other softwoods
Total
Hardwoods
Red alder
Big leaf maple
Oaks 3/
Tanoak
Pacific madrone
Other hardwoods
Total
8,346
603
1,226
60
41
731
368
1
15
245
114
14
48
11,812
62
15
529
28
302
118
1,054
1,679
147
245
18
15
200
86
2/
5
61
25
4
16
2,501
29
6
134
23
215
94
501
1/
2/
3/
Scribner log rule.
Less than 500,000 cubic feet.
California black and Oregon white oak.
U S D A and U S Forest Service cooperating, Forest Statistics for
Southwest Oregon, Resource Bulletin PNW-8, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.
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Table 16.
Area of Commercial Forest Land by Ownership Class and Volume of
All Growing Stock and Sawtimber, Josephine County, 1963
Owne rshi p Acres
Sawtimber
(mill. bd. ft.)
Growing Stock
(mill. cu. ft.)
All ownerships
National forest
Other public
Forest industry
Farmer and misc, private.
915,000
359,000
328,000
61,000
167,000
15,845
7,198
7,485
397
765
3,002
1,234
1,398
77
293
SOURCE: U.S.D.A. and U.S. Forest Service cooperating, Forest Statistics for
Southwest Oregon, Resource Bulletin PNW-8, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.
Water
The total land area of Josephine County lies within the Rogue River drainage basin.
The Rogue River drainage basin is divided into seven subbasins of which one (the Illinois River sub-basin) is mainly contained within the boundaries of Josephine County, two others (the Middle Rogue and
Applegate subbasins) are largely within Josephine County, and one (the
Lower. Rogue sub-basin) is contained in part.
All of the Illinois River drainage system from the mouth of the Illinois, located at river mile 27.2 on the Rogue River, to its headwaters in the Siskiyou
Range is included in this sub-basin.
Creek, and Althouse.
Major tributaries are Deer Creek, Sucker
The East and West forks of the Illinois join at mile
56.3 of the main stem.
The Siskiyou Mountains form the western and southern boundary of this sub-basin, the Rogue River is the northern boundary, and the eastern boundary separates Illinois River drainage from that of the Applegate River.
The Illinois Valley is the second largest of the seven sub-basins with
788 square miles in Josephine County.
About 20 percent of the sub-basin is drained by the East Fork, 11 percent by Deer Creek, 10 percent by Sucker
Creek, and the remainder by many other small tributaries.
There are 1,140 miles of stream in the Illinois Valley with the Illinois main stem contributing five percent of this total, Sucker Creek two percent, and Deer,
Althouse, East Fork and West Fork each approximately one percent, the remainder made up by the many small tributaries.
Ninety percent of the area is mountainous and unsuitable for farming and the remaining 10 percent is mostly agricultural land located primarily in the drainage basins of Deer, Sucker, and Aithouse Creeks, along the Illinois
East Fork, and on its main stem above mile 50.
Most of the agricultural lands lie near elevation 1,200 feet.
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Stream gradients vary from 20 feet of drop per mile on the Illinois main stem to 248 feet per mile on Grayback Creek.
Other stream gradients are East Fork, 36 feet per mile; West Fork, 25 feet per mile; Sucker Creek,
106 feet per mile; and Aithouse Creek, 197 feet per mile.
The stream beds of the major tributaries of the Illinois and the upper main stem consist of recent alluvium, while the lower main stem flows directly over bedrock.
The main stem bed is composed of massive sandstone and thin layers of shale for the first 20 miles.
Above that point, the stream bed consists of granitoid rock which in part contains mineral deposits such as feldspar, pyroxens, olivine, hornblende, biotite, and visible quartz
The average annual yield for the Illinois River at its mouth for the years of record (1929 to 1956) is 1,986,000 acre-feet.
Peak runoff in the Illinois
River occurs in the month of January as the result of winter rains.
Flows are also relatively high in December and February of the average year.
Table 17.
Water Rights Summary, Illinois Valley, 1959
Domestic
Municipal
Irrigation
Industrial
Power
Mining
Use
Fish Live
Recreation, Wildlife,
PA
S t ream
All
All
Aithouse Creek
Deer Creek
East Fork Illinois River
Illinois River
Sucker Creek
Others
Total Irrigation
All
Sucker Creek
Others
Total Power
Aithouse Creek
Deer Creek
Illinois River
Sucker Creek
Others
Total Mining
All
None
TOTAL ILLINOIS VALLEY
Total Rights cfs
2.2
1.0
11.6
28.1
17.3
24.2
502.8
61.0
645.0
4.8
6.0
1.1
7.1
163.8
3.0
68.8
14.5
798.2
1,048.3
4.8
1,713.2
SOURCE: State Water Resources Board, U.S.D.A. River Basin Reports on Water and Related Land Resources, 1962.
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'flic Applegate Valley sub-basin its tributaries which takes in the Rogue River Basin.
at mile 95.
the southern half of the central
Major tributaries of the Applegate portion of
The confluence of the Applegate and Rogue Rivers is are Williams Creek, the Little
Applegate River, and Carberry
Creek.
includes all of the Applegate River
The Applegate River main and stem extends to the limits of the Rogue River
National Forest located at the summit of the
Siskiyou Mountains in California.
The Applegate Valley area, 768 square miles, ranks fourth in size among the sub-basins, makes up 15 percent of the total Rogue Basin and has square miles in Josephine County.
cent of the valley and the remainder
260
The Little Applegate River drains
15 peris drained by the main stem and many small tributaries.
There are nearly 700 miles of streams In the valley consisting in part of 51 miles of Applegate River main stem and 20 miles of Little Applegate
River with the remainder being composed of many shorter tributaries.
Elevations along the Applegate River go from 850 feet at its mouth to approximately 2,000 feet at the California-oregon border, and along the
Little Applegate River from 1,450 feet at its confluence with the Applegate to 5,200 feet at its source.
There are many peaks in this drainage basin with elevations above 5,000 feet.
Stream slopes are relatively mild in the bottom lands, 24.3 feet of drop per mile for the Applegate River and 33 feet per mile for Williams Creek, but the headwater streams have much steeper slopes.
The Little Applegate River drops 188 feet per mile; Slate creek 38 feet per mile to mile 9 and 296 feet per mile above mile 9; and Carberry Creek has an average slope of 70 feet per mile.
Most of the rock formations sedimentary rocks.
in this sub-basin consist of volcanic
Fairly large regions of exist in the southwestern and northwest corners of the Basin.
The larger valley areas consist of extensive alluvium deposits.
and quartz diorite and related rocks
Stream beds, where the slopes are mild, are composed of stratified gravel, sand, and silt, and waterworn alluvium, while in the steeper regions stream beds are composed primarily of a sandstone structure.
The southern boundary of the sub-basin includes the Siskiyou Mountains which run in a generally east-west direction.
The Applegate River above its confluence with the Little Applegate bears generally northwest as does the
Little Applegate River from its headwaters.
Below the confluence with the
Little Applegate River, the Applegate moves towards the northeast.
The average annual yield for the years 1929 through 1955, computed for the Applegate River of winter rains.
at its mouth, is 580,000 acre feet.
Peak runoff in this sub-basin occurs during the months of January and February as the result
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Table 18.
Water Rights Summary, Applegate Valley, 1959
Use St ream
Total Rights cfs
Domes tic
Municipal
Irrigation
Power
Industrial
Mining
Recreation
Wildlife
Fish Life
All
None
Applegate River
Little Applegate River
Williams Creek
Slate Creek
Others
Total - Irrigation
Little Applegate River
Others
Total - Power
All
Applegate
Little Applegate
Williams
Others
Total - Mining
None
None
All
TOTAL APPLEGATE VALLEY
160.6
28.9
16.7
5.2
144.1
1.0
7.1
68.8
134.1
10.0
540.4
4.0
355.5
8.1
4.9
753.3
6.4
1,132.2
SOURCE: State Water Resources Board, U.S.D.A. River Basin Reports on Water and Related Land Resources, 1962.
The Middle Rogue sub-basin includes all of the Rogue River watershed between river mile 68 and 133, with the exception of the Applegate and Bear
Creek Basins.
This is an arbitrary subdivision of the Rogue main stem and includes the northern half of the central portion of the Rogue Basin which encompasses the drainage areas of Grave, Jumpoff Joe, and Evans Creek as well.
Grave Creek joins the Rogue at mile 68, Jumpoff Joe Creek at mile 83.3, and
Evans Creek at mile 110.6
basin.
The Rogue Range is the northern boundary of the Middle Rogue River sub-
The western boundary is formed by the divide which separates drainage into the Rogue main stem above mile 68 from drainage into other streams or into the Rogue below mile 68.
The southern boundary is the divide separating drainage into the Rogue main stem from drainage into either the Applegate
River or Bear Creek.
The eastern boundary is formed by the divide separating the drainage between Evans and Trail Creeks above mile 149 and between the
Rogue main stem and Evans Creek below mile 149.
This is the third largest of the sub-basins and contains 943 square miles, of which 500 square miles are In Josephine County.
About 23 percent of the sub-basin is in Evans Creek drainage, 18 percent Grave Creek drainage,
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12 percent Junpoff Joe Creek drainage, and the remainder is drainage into other tributaries or directly into the Rogue.
There are approximately 870 miles of streams in this sub-basin of which the Rogue main stem comprises 65 miles, 36 miles each for Grave and Evans
Creeks, 21 miles for Jumpoff Joe Creek, and the remainder distributed among many shorter tributaries varying in length.
Nearly all of the valley lands lie below elevation 1,300 feet.
King
Mountain; elevation 5,265, located in Grave Creek drainage very near the northern boundary of the sub-basin, is the highest point and there are several other peaks above elevation 4,000 in the area.
Stream gradients vary widely from tributary to mouth throughout the
Basin with the Rogue averaging approximately 9 feet of drop per mile; Evans
Creek dropping 270
per mile in its headwater areas and then leveling off to an average of 30 feet of drop per mile below river mile 28; Jumpoff Joe
Creek averaging approximately 120 feet per mile; Grave Creek 159 feet per mile in the headwater region and approximately 38 feet per mile below river mile 20.
The Rogue main stem flows in a westerly direction to mile 95 and then travels generally northward through the remainder of the sub-basin.
Both
Grave and Jumpoff Joe Creeks parallel the Rogue in its central section and enter the Rogue traveling in a westerly direction.
Evans Creek starts from the northern divide, separating the Rogue Basin from the Umpqua Basin, and travels in a generally south or southwesterly direction to its juncture with the Rogue main stem.
Annual yields for all years of records are for the Rogue River at
Raygold and at Grants Pass and for Grave, Jumpoff Joe, and Evans Creeks at their mouths.
The average of annual yields for all years of record are:
Rogue River at Grants Pass, 2,310,000 acre-feet, at Raygold, 2,080,000 acrefeet; Jumpoff Joe Creek, 111,000 acre feet; and, Grave Creek, 201,000 acrefeet.
Mean monthly discharges are for the same points.
Peak runoff at the three locations occurs in the months of January and February as the result of winter rains, and flows of the main stem at Grants Pass remain relatively high through May due to snow melt in the headwater areas on the western slopes of the Cascades.
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Table 19.
Water Rights Summary, Middle Rogue River Basin, 1959
Domestic
Municipal
Irrigation
Power
Indus trial
Mining
Recreation
Wildlife
Fishlife
Use
Pollution Abatement
Stream
All
Rogue River
Rogue River
Grave Creek
Jumpoff Joe Creek
Evans Creek
Others
Total - Irrigation
Rogue River
Jumpoff Joe Creek
Others
Total - Power
All
Jumpoff Joe Creek
Rogue River
Grave Creek
Others
Total - Mining
All
None
All
None
TOTAL MIDDLE ROGUE RIVER
VALLEY
Total Rights cf s
305.0
13.8
1,008.3
24.8
123.6
3,707.0
0.6
123.6
62.5
3.0
221.5
1,721.8
9.4
125.5
1,474.5
3,736.1
12.0
2,008.2
0.3
13.7
7,379.7
SOURCE: State Water Resources Board, U.S.D.A. River Basin Reports on Water and Related Land Resources, 1962.
The Lower Rogue sub-basin includes all of the Rogue River drainage system downstream from mile 68 with the exception of the Illinois Valley which is treated as a separate sub-basin.
There are no major tributaries in this section.
This sub-basin ranks fifth in size among the seven sub-basins and contains
503 square miles, of which 98 are in Josephine County.
There is a total of
550 miles of stream in this sub-basin including the 68 miles of the Rogue main stem.
This area is nearly all mountainous with no blocks of agricultural lands of significance.
River bottom elevations run from mean sea level to 620 feet at mile 68.
The highest point in the sub-basin is Brandy Peak, 5,316 feet, which is located in the northeast part of the sub-basin at the head of Shasta
Costa Creek.
There is only one other peak in the sub-basin above 4,000 feet.
The Rogue River has its flattest gradient in this section, dropping a little more than nine feet per mile.
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The only geological information available for the Lower Rogue Basin covers the north-eastern portion which has rock formations consisting of predominantly sandstone, with intervening layers of mudstone, shale, or siltstone.
The stream bed from mile 57 to mile 58 is composed mainly of massive lava flows and tuffs, flow breccias and conglomerates
Direction of flow for the main stem in this region is generally towards the southwest.
The approximate average annual yield at the mouth of the Rogue River is
5,661,000 acre-feet.
Peak runoff occurs in the months of January and February as the result of winter rains.
March of the average year.
Flows are also relatively high in December and
The effect of snow melt in the Cascades which occurs later in the year is not nearly as pronounced at the lower end of the
Rogue Basin as is the effect of winter rains.
Table 20.
Water Rights Summary, Lower Rogue River Basin, 1959
Domestic
Municipal
Irrigation
Power
Industrial
Mining
Recreation
Wildlife
Fish Life
Use
Pollution Abatement
Stream
All
All
All
All
All
Rogue River
Others
Total - Mining
All
None
None
None
TOTAL LOWER ROGUE BASIN
Total Rights cfs
2.7
2.5
4.0
0.5
13.0
22.3
129.0
151.3
0.1
174.1
SOURCE: State Water Resources Board, U.S.D.A. River Basin Reports on Water and Related Land Resources, 1962.
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Table 21.
Annual Yield of Representative Streams, Josephine County,
1968
Stream and Location
Total cf s
Me an cfs
Max.
cfs
cfs Acre-Feet
Illinois River near
Kerby, Oregon
Sucker Creek near
Holland, Oregon
Rogue River at
Grants Pass, Oregon.
East Fork Illinois River near Takilma
West Fork Illinois River near O'Brien
387,497
88,954
1,068,610
48,308.3
1,062
244
2,928
132
18,400
4,260
31
33
30,600 1,010
2,400 8.3
768,600
176,400
2,120,000
95,820
SOURCE:
58,949.9
162 3,000 4.5
116,900
U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Water Resources
Data for Oregon, Part 1, Surface Water Record.
Domestic water rights total about 9 cfs.
These rights are scattered throughout the county and are intended for stock, camps, parks, and household uses although many of the earlier rights were for purposes which now would come under the municipal classification.
There are two municipalities in Josephine County with water systems.
Data about these water systems are given in the table below.
Table 22.
Municipal Water Systems, Josephine County
City No. of
Connect ions
Volume, in thousands of gallons
Maximum Minimum Total Year
Month Month 1963-64
Capacity in 1,000 gal./day
Grants Pass.
Cave Junction..
3,962
178
85,729
2,826
24,888
835
598,244
18,450
12,000
NA*
SOURCE: Bureau of Municipal Research and Service, University of Oregon.
*NA - not available.
Neither city reports any problems with its water supply and quality.
Grants Pass takes its water out of the Rogue River, subject to clarification and purification, and Cave Junction draws its water from a well.
In the are low and is of major claim that,
27 times as
Rogue stream system, where summer flows and summer precipitation many of the smaller tributaries become dry each year, irrigation importance.
Agricultural economists have evidence to verify the based upon optimum conditons, irrigated lands can support up to many people as the same area unirrigated, and in addition provide
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40 times as much income.
There exists considerable potentially-irrigable land in the county which could be developed if adequate supplies of irrigation water were available.
At the present time there are no power-generating facilities in use in
Josephine County.
There are several sites where such facilities would be feasible, but at the present time none have been developed.
Industrial rights in the whole Rogue River Basin total less than 67 cfs and are concentrated primarily in the Medford and Grants Pass areas.
While the present need is small, mainly for mill ponds and boilers, it nevertheless must be met with both an adequate quantity and acceptable quality of water.
One of the first items considered in determining the location of a new industry is the availability of water, and this factor is also important in the expansion of existing industries.
Nearly every mining operation requires water, the amount depending upon the specific process involved.
There are not many permanent, active mining operations, yet the total of mining rights to the use of water, most of which were filed years ago, is 3,995 cfs for the whole basin, or 25 percent of the total water rights.
These rights are located in every part of the basin and a large number of them were established during early gold mining operations following the gold rush of the 1850's.
Many rights are f or placer operations which have seasonal restrictions as parts of the rights.
Some developments, and their water rights, are kept active by spasmodic operation and it is assunied that some have been abandoned after depletion of the mineral resource at their location.
The simplest method of controlling pollutants discharged into a stream is by dilution.
However, when the stream flow is not large enough for this purpose or the nature of the pollutant will not lend itself to dilution, other methods become necessary.
The sewage load from an area having a large population concentration, like Grants Pass, requires treatment before it can be discharged into the stream system.
Easily accessible water facilities in the basin are heavily used and in some places overtaxed; however, recreational use of water was not, in the past, protected by rights and so only one cfs is reserved specifically for this purpose.
Water for drinking, cooking, and other purposes at camps and parks is not normally classified as recreational usage.
The physical pattern of streams, ponds, lakes, and reservoirs in the basin fixes the habitat available for use by wildlife which in turn determines the species and numbers which inhabit the basin.
The wildlife resource dependent upon water in the Rogue Basin has sufficient value to require protection.
Past practices have not included the reservation of water specifically for wildlife use.
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The fishery resource is also a valuable asset to the Rogue Basin because of its contribution to recreation and tourism.
While the numbers of fish are no longer as large as reported in the early history of the basin, the Rogue remains an important fishing stream.
As with wildlife, past practices have not protected the fishery resource by specifically reserving water for that purpose, but indirect protection has been obtained through requirements for fish ladders and fish screens which must be satisfied before development projects are approved.
Minerals
Chromite, copper, gold, and nickel are the most promising metallic ores available in Josephine County.
Of the industrial minerals and rocks, limestone including marble, clay, granules, stone for construction and sand and gravel appear most important.
Minerals produced in the county of significant value in 1965 were, in order of value: sand and gravel, stone, gold, and silver.
The greatest metallic mineral wealth in the county has been in the production of gold and silver alloy.
Gold and silver deposits occur concentrated in the vicinities of Grants Pass, Galice, and Cave Junction and in scattered deposits throughout the county.
There has been some production of copper ore from several mines including
Queen of Bronze, Almeda, Fall Creek, Copper Queen, Onion Falls, Albright, and others.
Production has primarily been from relatively small high grade deposits.
Chrome in southwestern Oregon is widespread and mainly of good metallurgical quantity.
More than half of the state's total chrome production has been from
Josephine County. A few occurrences of iron are known in the county.
These occur with quartzite in the Applegate group rocks and as disseminated magnetite in ultramaf Ic rocks.
Other minerals occurring in small amounts aremanganese, nickel, and quicksilver.
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Population about
The population of Josephine County numbered 38,500 persons in
1972, or
23.7
persons per square mile.
Ten percent of the county's population live on farms, 34 percent live in urban areas, and the remaining 56 percent make up the rural non-farm population.
There are presently two incorporated cities in the county, Grants Pass and Cave Junction, with a total population in 1972 of
13,320,
Grants Pass being the bigger city at 12,875.
Table 23.
Land Area and Population Density, Josephine County, 1950,1960,1970
SOURCE:
County
JOSEPHINE
Curry
Douglas
Jacks on
Land Area
square miles -
1,625
1,622
5,061
2,816
Po I ulation Densit
1950 1960 1970
- persons per sq. mi. l.3
18.3
23.7
3.7
10.8
8.6
13.5
8.2
14.6
20.8
26.3
35.5
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University,
July 1972.
Table 24.
Number of Persons by Racial Group for Josephine County, 1970
Racial Group Number Percent
Total
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
American Indian
Other
35,746
34,772
628
8
235
103
100.00
97.28
1.76
.02
.66
.29
SOURCE: Oregon State University Extension Service, Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups:
Special Report
A Compilation for Oregon Census County Divisions,
367,
Oregon State University, 1972.
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Table 25.
Josephine and Bordering Counties, Population and Rank Order in Oregon, 1960 and 1970
County Rank
1960
I
Number Rank
1970
I
Number
JOSEPHINE
Curry
Douglas
Jackson
14
25
7
6
29,917
13,983
68,458
73,962
14
26
8
6
38,500
13,300
73,950
100,100
SOURCE: Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University,
July 1972.
Table 26.
Population Growth, Josephine County
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1965
1966
1970
SOURCE:
Year
Population
Percent Increase
Period Percent
9,567
7,655
11,498
16,301
26,542
29,917
35,100
36,600
38,500
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1965
1960-1966
1966-1970
-19.9
50.2
41.7
62.8
12.7
17.3
22.3
5.2
Center for Population Research and Census,
Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland
State University,
July 1972.
Table 27.
Components of Change in Josephine County's Population, 1940-1970
Years Net Change
Natural
Increase
Net
Migration
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
10,241
3,375
5,829
1,827
3,494
1,732
8,414
- 119
4,097
SOURCE:
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic
Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
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Table 28.
Urban and Rural Population, Josephine County, 1950-1970
1950
1960
1970
Year
Urban Rural
Population Percent Change Population Percent Change
8,116
10,118
13,320
24.7
31.7
18,426
19,799
25,180
7.5
27.18
SOURCES: Center for Population Researchand Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University,
July 1972.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General
Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - B39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Table 29.
Population Estimates of Incorporated Cities, Josephine County,
1950, 1960, 1966, 1972
City 1950 1960 1966 1972
Cave Junction
Grants Pass
283
8,116
248
10,118
337
12,700
445
12,875
SOURCE: Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University,
July 1972.
The composition of Josephine County's population is much the same by percent as that of the state of Oregon.
About 32 percent of the county's population are under 18 years of age, 53 percent are between 18 and 64 years, and 15 percent are 65 and older.
The median age is 35.3 years.
Composition by sex shows 49.17 percent males and 50.83 females.
Figures for the state of Oregon are 33.4 percent under 18 years of age, 55.8 percent 18 to 64 years, 15 percent 65 and over, and 48.96 percent males and 51.04
percent females.
The median age for the state is 29.0 years.
The major differences in the county and state figures are in the median age, which shows a 5.3 year difference, and in the percent of people over age
65.
The state percentage is 5 percent centage.
The less than the Josephine County pertable on the next page gives more specific data on population composition by age and sex.
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Table 30.
Population by Age and Sex, Josephine County, 1970
Age Male Female Total Percent*
Under 5 years
5-9 years
10-14 years
15-19 years
20-24 years
25-29 years
30-34 years
35-39 years
40-44 years
45-49 years....
50-54 years
55-59 years
60-64 years
65-69 years
70-74 years
75-79 years
80-84 years
85 yrs. and over
Total population.
988
1,060
1,059
1,004
771
520
263
162
17,575
1,296
1,621
1,930
1,593
746
819
877
864
948
1,054 1,124
1,087
1,215
1,134
942
789
528
296
253
18,171
1,187
1,504
1,815
1,505
938
987
944
913
1,010
2,483
3,125
3,745
3,098
1,684
1,806
1,821
1,777
1,958
2,178
2,075
2,275
2,193
1,946
1,560
1,048
559
415
35,746
Median age 34.5
36.1
35.3
*Figures do not add to 100.00 percent due to rounding.
SOURCE: 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.
6.95
8.74
10.48
8.67
4.71
5.05
5.09
4.27
5.48
6.09
5.80
6.36
6.13
5.44
4.36
2.93
1.56
1.16
99.27
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Table 31.
Social Characteristics for the Population of Josephine County and Cities with Over 10,000 Inhabitants, 1970
Subject
Total population
Native of native parentage
Native of foreign or mixed parentage
Foreign born
Total foreign stock
United Kingdom
Ireland
Sweden
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hungary
U.S S R
Italy
Canada
Mexico
Other America
All other and not reported
County
35,746
31,104
3,664
978
4,642
505
117
251
831
163
54
71
36
146
97
953
87
25
1,306 f
Grants Pass
12,455
10,565
1,456
434
1,890
190
77
130
363
39
17
30
25
78
25
312
32
4
568
Persons of Spanish language
Persons of Spanish origin or descent.
Persons of Puerto Rican birth or parentage
Total native population
Born in state of residence
Born in different state
Percent of total
Northeast
North Central
South
West
Born abroad, at sea, etc
State of birth, not reported
628
62
6
34,797
12,232
20,177
58.0
1,004
6,731
3,229
9,213
325
2,063
189
21
12,097
4,715
6,673
55.2
389
2,437
835
3,012
108
601
SOURCE: 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.
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Employment
In 1970, total employment in Josephine County was estimated at 10,849 persons, with 9.73 percent of the civilian labor force unemployed.
This was out of a total labor force of 12,018.
About 10 percent of the employed worked in agriculture.
However, this does not include any seasonal workers employed in growing and harvesting crops during the summer months.
The following tables include data on industry of the employed, earnings of the employed, and data on the unemployed in the labor force of the county.
Table 32.
Employment Status, Josephine County, 1970
Subject
Female Male
Labor force, 16 years and older
Percent of total
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Percent of civilian labor force
4,147
31.2
4,147
3,839
308
7.4
7,881
64.2
7,871
7,010
861
10.9
Not in labor force
Inmate of institution
Enrolled in school
Other: under 65 years
65 years and over
9,151
157
620
5,910
2,464
4,392
137
692
1,321
2,242
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l)
- C39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 33.
Percent of Age Group in Labor Force, Josephine County, 1970
Age Group Female Male
Years:
14-15
16-17
18-19
20-21
22-24
35-44
45-64
65 years and over...
5.0
18.6
46.0
54.3
41.5
34.9
43.4
37.0
6.0
13.4
34.0
64.9
74.0
91.6
93.1
92.7
75.6
13.6
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39.
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.

Table 34.
Josephine County Occupations of Employed Persons, 1970
Occupation
Female Male Total
Total employed, 16 years and over
........
Professional, technical and kindred workers
Engineers
Physicians, dentists, and related practitioners
Health workers, except practitioners
Teachers, elementary and secondary schools
Technicians, except health
Other professional workers
Managers and administrators, except farm
Salaried: Manufacturing
Retail trade
Other industries
Self-employed: Retail trade
Other industries
Sales workers
Retail trade
Other than retail trade
Clerical and kindred workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Automobile mechanics, body repairmen
Mechanics and repairmen, exc. auto
Metal craftsmen, except mechanics
Construction craftsmen
Other craftsmen
Operatives except transport
Durable goods manufacturing
Non-durable goods manufacturing.......
Non-manufacturing industries
Transport equipment operatives
Laborers, except farm
Construction laborers
Freight, stock, and material handlers.
Other laborers, except farm...........
Farmers and farm managers
Farm laborers and farm foremen
Service workers, exc. private household.
Cleaning service workers
Food service workers
Health service workers
Personal service workers
Protective service workers
Private household workers
3,839
585
NA*
167
264
14
140
220
452
356
96
1,031
54
39
57
933
102
376
269
94
292
156
56
80
32
48
7,010
683
63
NA
27
156
47
319
844
42
178
395
166
283
530
248
282
276
1,433
143
131
146
463
604
1,067
794
16
257
480
846
80
352
462
149
165
532
191
100
34
68
100
10,849 l,268
63
71
194
420
61
459
1,064
42
178
395
166
283
982
604
378
1,307
1,487
143
131
146
463
604
1,359
950
72
337
512
894
80
352
462
188
222
1,465
293
476
303
162
100
101 96
5
*NA - not available.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1970 General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)
- C39, Oregon, U S
Government Printing Office, Washingtot, D.C., 1972.
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Table 35.
Industry Group of Employed, Josephine County, 1960 and 1970
Indus try 1960 1970
Agriculture
Forestry and fisheries
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Lumber and wood products
Food and kindred products
Other
Transportation
Conimunications
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Business services*
Personal services
Hospitals
Educational services
Professional and related services
Public administration
Printing, publishing and allied indus tries
Utilities and sanitation services
832
142
44
671
2,708
2,303
101
304
276
83
228
1,634
363
950
159
563
258
274
.
598
20
695
2,693
1,776
93
689
282
149
310
2,103
753
670
725
753
444
536
135
118
*includes banking, real estate, insurance and other finance and business and repair services.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 36.
Number of Hired Seasonal Workers in Agriculture by Type of Worker,
Grants Pass Area, 1970 and 1971, Nidmonth Figures
Month
May
June
July
August
September
October
Local
1970 1971
145
190
165
155
160
200
180
210
180
160
165
235
Intrastate Migratory
1970
5
SOURCE: State of Oregon, Department of Human Resources,
1971 Rural Manpower Report.
Employment Division,

Table 37.
Median Earnings of Selected Occupation Groups,
Josephine County, 1969
Occupation Group Amount
Male, 16 years and over with earnings
Professional, managerial and kindred workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers.
Operatives, including transport
Laborers, except farm
Farmers and farm managers
Farm laborers, except unpaid and farm foremen
Female, 16 years and over with earnings
Clerical and kindred workers
Operatives, including transport
$
6,861
8,413
7,191
6,775
5,850
4,667
$
1,564
2,689
3,582
2,229
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1970 General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39, Oregon, US.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 38.
Number, Percent and Rank in Oregon of Persons Unemployed in
Josephine and Neighboring Counties, 1970
County Number Percent Rank
JOSEPHINE
Curry
Douglas
Jackson
1,169
498
2,345
3,151
9.73
10.08
8.87
8.84
4
3
8
9
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1970 General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 39.
Unemployment by County, Josephine and Bordering Counties, 1968-71
County
Number of People Percent of Labor Force
1968 1969 1970
I
1971 1968
I
1969 1970 1971
JOSEPHINE
Jacks on
Curry
Douglas
SOURCE:
1,120
2,350
260
1,700
1,480
2,680
360
1,820
1,820
3,430
390
2,300
1,840
3,270
380
2,160
8.5
6.3
5.5
6.1
10.7
7.0
7.4
6.4
12.2
8.5
8.1
7.9
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment
Division,
Labor Force and Employment in Oregon by County 1968 through 1971 publications, Research and Statistics Division, 1969 and 1972.
11.4
7.6
7.4
7.3
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Table 40.
Last Occupation Group of Experienced Unemployed,-' Grants Pass and Josephine County, 1970
Occupation Group
Grants Pass
Male Female
County
Male Female
Professional, technical and managerial workers
Sales workers
Clerical and kindred workers
Craftsmen, foremen and kindred workers
Operatives, including transport
Laborers, except farm
Farm workers
Service workers, including private household
37
11
3
83
75
72
10
5
27
39
20
19
5
10
81
15
12
233
223
184
43
11
37
79
55
28
5
51
14 4 40 11
1! 16 years old and over.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 41.
Covered Payrolls and Employment by Industry, Josephine County, 1970
Industr
Average
Emilo ent
Annual
Pa roll
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Mining
Contract construction
Lumber and wood products manufacturing
Food and kindred products manufacturing
Other manufacturing
Transportation, communication, electric, gas, and sanitary services
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Services and misc
Government
24
38
228
1,840
90
699
367
2,066
214
1,010
457
$
183,547
367,968
1,643,112
14,855,447
613,640
4,410,890
2,823,184
9,883,421
1,391,416
3,620,362
3,998,874
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Oregon Covered Employment and Payrolls 1970, Yearly Summary Data,
Research and Statistics Section, 1971.
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Table 42.
Labor Force in Josephine County, 1971, Annual Average
Indus try Number
Civilian labor force
Workers in labor-management disputes
Unemployment
Percent of labor force
Employment
Agricultural
Non-agricultural
Self employed, unpaid family and domestic
Wage and salary workers
Manufacturing
Food products
Lumber and wood products
Machine
Other manufacturing
Non-manufac turing
Contract construction
Transportation, communication utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Service and misc
Total government
Federal government
State government
Total local government
Education
Administration
16,140
0
1,840
11.4
14,300
1,530
12,770
2,340
10,430
2,840
100
2,050
330
360
7,590
300
470
2,370
510
1,600
2,340
350
270
1,720
970
750
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Labor Force and Employment in Oregon by County, 1971, Research and
Statistics Division, 1972.
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Table 43.
Local Government Employees and Payroll, Josephine County, 1967
Item Employees and Earnings
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
Full-time state government employees..
October payroll
Education
Teachers only
Functions other than education
1,319
1,122
1,185
666
454
519
118
7
127
19
47
14
21
30
1
1
8
16
35
43
15
17
140
$610,000
381,000
305,000
229 ,000
Average earnings, fulitime employees
Teachers
Others
$673
422
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol. 4, No.
5 Compendium of Government Finances, 13 S
Office, Washington, D.C., 1969.
Government Printing
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Income
Table 44.
Net Effective Buying Income Estimates, Josephine COunty, 1970
Area
Oregon
Josephine County
Grants Pass
Net Dollars
($l,000's)
$6,650,690
99,216
40,785
Percent
U.S. Total
.9 806
.0146
.0060
Per Household
$9 ,44O
7,874
8,678
SOURCE: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Table 45.
Bank Debits and Deposits, Josephine County, 1965 - 1971
Year Bank Debits 1/ Bank Deposits
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
- thousand dollars - - - -
315,121
329,229
323,797
364,518
405,452
418,551
503,915
45,795
47,989
49,592
56,257
61,580
65,473
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 Government interbank, time, and savings accounts and several other categories of accounts.
SOURCE Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Table 46.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups, Josephine County, 1970
Item
Mean Income
Families: All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Other
Unrelated individuals:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Other
Number
$ 8,484
8,497
8,400
6)825
2,929
2,889
150
11,260
Percent
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Table 46, cont.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups,
Josephine County, 1970
Item Number Percent
Families by Family Income Class
All races: under $3,999
$4,000-$5,999
$6,000-$ll,999
$12,000 + total
Caucasian: under $3,999
$4,000-$5,999
$6,000-$ll,999
$12,000 + total
Spanish Language: under $3,999
$4,000-$5 ,999
$6 ,000-$ll,999
$12,000 + total
Other: under $3,999
$4 ,000-$5 ,999
$6, 000-$11,999
$12,000 + total
2,284
1,507
4,272
1,868
9,931
2,230
1,480
4,183
1,828
9,721
21
27
58
35
141
33
31
5
69
44.93
7.24
100.00
Income Below Poverty Level (bpl)
Families bpl: All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Other
Persons in families bpl
Unrelated individuals bpl
Under 65
65 and over
Male family head, 14-64 yrs., bpl
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Female family heads bpl in labor force with children below 6 yrs
Income source of families and individuals bpl
Earnings
Social security or railroad retirement
Public assistance or welfare.
1,376
1,321
28
27
4,543
575
804
290
130
311
39
998
100.00
96.00
2.04
1.96
1,345
401
Blank spaces indicate a zero, suppressed data, or not applicable.
SOURCE Oregon State University Extension Service, Income and Poverty
Data for Racial Groups: A Compilation for Oregon Census County
Divisions, Special Report 367, Oregon State University, 1972.
23.00
15.17
43.02
18.81
100.00
22.94
15.23
43.02
18.81
100.00
14.89
19.15
41.14
24.82
100.00
47.83
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Table 47.
Type of Income of Families, Josephine County, 1969
Source of Income Number Mean Wage or Salary
Wage or salary
Non-farm or self-employed
Farm self-employment
Social security
Public assistance or welfare
Other income
7,416
1,686
419
3,038
560
4,110
$7,607
6,578
2,016
1,814
1,082
2,382
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1) - C39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 48.
Rank Order of Number and Percent of Families with Income Below
Poverty Level,/ in 1969 for Oregon Counties
County
JOSEPHINE
Curry
Douglas
Jackson
Families with Income Below Poverty Level
Total Number of Families Number Percent
Rank Order of Number
Rank Order of Percent
9,931
3,643
19,017
25,152
1,376
421
2,169
2,528
13.86
11.56
11.41
10.05
9
24
6
5
4
8
9
19
1/ Excludes inmates of institutions, members of the Armed Forces living in barracks, college students in dormitories, and unrelated individuals under 14 years.
SOURCE: 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 49.
Racial and Ethnic Distribution of Public School Enrollment by
School Districts, Josephine County, 1972
Di8trict White Black
American
Indian
Spanish
Surname
1/
OtherTotal
Number of Students
County Unit....
Grants Pass #7.
3,927
5,002
3
2
36
22
47
59
28
27
4,041
5,112
Total 8,929 5 58 106 55
1/ Includes Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and others.
SOURCE: compiled from Oregon Board of Education reports by Oregon State
University Extension Service.
9,153
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Table 50.
Formal Education Facilities, Josephine County
School, District, Type of School
Josephine County Unit
Illinois Valley High School
Fleming Junior High School
Lincoln Savage Junior High School.
Evergreen Elementary School
Fruitdale Elementary School
Ft. Vannoy Elementary School
Jerome Prairie Elementary School
Madrona Elementary School
Manzanita Elementary School
Murphy Elementary School
Selma Elementary School
Williams Elementary School
Wolf Creek Elementary School
Grades
Included
9-12
7-9
7-9
1-8
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-5
1-6
1-5
4,184
315
386
596
639
346
245
344
211
408
268
107
56
107
1/
Enrollment-
1969
ADM*
1971-72
Grants Pass School District #7
Grants Pass High School
North Junior High School
South Junior High School
Allen Dale Elementary School
Highland Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Redwood Elementary School
Riverside Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School
Washington Elementary School
10-12
7-9
7-9
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-3
1-4
5,819
1,997
579
689
441
356
474
400
464
163
256
4,234
1,049
520
588
320
270
400
362
403
131
191
*Average daily membership.
SOURCES: 1/
Oregon Board of Education, Management Services/Program Support,
School Finance and Statistical Services, "Summary of Pupil
Personnel for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1969."
Oregon Board of Education, 1971-72 Oregon School-Community
College Directory, School Finance and Statistical Services.
3,684
285
380
566
551
263
230
306
174
466
226
84
74
79
The one institution for higher education in Josephine County, Rogue
Community College, operates under an "open door" policy which means that there are no requirements for admission or requirements for grade point averages.
Anyone who will profit from courses at the college may enroll.
The school offers courses in humanities and social sciences, wood industries, horse industries, welding technology, general industrial technology, physical education, health and recreation, fire science, health services, business education, automotive technology, food service, and horticulture, and also offers an adult opportunity program. Rogue Community College is located in
Grants Pass.

Table 51.
Rogue Community College Enrollment by Sex, Josephine County,
Iaii, Winter, Spring Terms of 1971-72
Sex Part-time Students Full-time Students
Male
Female
Total
SOURCE:
995
898
1,893 unpublished data from Rogue Community College.
237
137
374
Table 52.
Years of School Completed by Population 25 Years and Over,
Josephine County, 1970
Education
Total, 25 years and over
No school years completed
Elementary: 1-4 years
5-7 years
8 years
High School: 1-3 years
College:
4 years
1-3 years
4 yrs. or more.
Josephine Co
Male Female
Grants Pass Rural
Male Female Farm Nonf arm
10,388 11,220 3,510 4,135 1,564
51
233
902
1,895
2,341
3,140
1,011
815
49 16 28
139
768
1,781
2,559
88
287
557
721
95
270
660
879
4,117 1,104 1,399
1,206
601
380
357
489
315
7
25
128
339
347
445
201
72
8,699
29
116
753
1,543
2,074
2,938
774
472
Median school years completed.
11.7
12.1
12.1
12.1
11.4
11.8
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1) - C39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 53.
Percent of Age Groups Enrolled in School 3-34 Years Old,
Grants Pass and Josephine County, 1970
Years of A:e Joseshine Count
Grants Pass
Southwest (U)* Grants Pass
3-4 years
5-6 years
7-13 years
14-15 years
16-17 years.
18-19 years
20-21 years.
22-24 years
25-34 years
3-34 years
8.7
61.7
98.3
96.2
90.0
54.2
16.3
3.9
1.3
56.5
75.5
99.9
97.0
99.9
38.9
23.3
56.0
12.5
73.6
98.9
95.3
89.5
46.9
22.4
3.6
3.1
53.7
*(U) - unincorporated
SOURCE: 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.
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Table
54.
Josephine County Residents Enrolled in Higher Education
Institutions, Fall 1971
Institution
Number Enrolled
Total Enrolled in Oregon Department of
Higher Education Schools
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 Enrolled in Private-Independent
Colleges
Columbia Christian
George Fox
Judson Baptist
Lewis and Clark
Linfield
Mt. Angel Seminary
Northwest Christian
Pacific University
Reed
University of Portland
Western Baptist College
Willamette
671
2
12
142
6
345
109
50
1
4
7
1
6
5
8
54
1
1
1
14
6
1
3
Total Enrolled in Community Colleges
Central Oregon Community College
Clatsop Community College
Lane Community College
Mt. Hood Community College
Rogue Community College
Treasure Valley Community College
TJmpqua Community College
Total
18-34
Age Group Population
Enrolled in all categories
Enrolled in public community colleges
Enrolled in public 4 year colleges
Enrolled in private and independent colleges
867
2
1
34
2
809
16
3
number -
6,209
1,592
867
671
54
- percent -
25.6
14.0
10.8
.9
SOURCE: Oregon Education Coordinating Council, Post-Secondary Enrollment
Distributions in Oregon - Fall 1971, 1972.
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Table 55.
Josephine County Youth Organizations
Organization Membership
4-H
Members
Leaders
Vo-Ag Enrollment
FFA Members
918
151
390
204
SOURCE: Oregon State University Extension Service, 4-H Youth Off ice,
Corvallis, Oregon, unpublished data.
Table 56.
Juvenile Court Cases by Type of Case, Josephine County, 1969
Subject Number
All cases
Delinquency
Traffic
Other
499
397
102
SOURCE: Oregon State Executive Department, Local Government Relations
Division, District Facts, 1970.
Health and Vital Statistics
The major medical care facilities and practitioners in Josephine County are located in Grants Pass where the population is most dense.
The county health budget for 1969-70 was $263,786 or $7.33 per capita.
The following tables give data on health facilities and on diseases, births, and deaths in the county.
Table 57.
Existing Medical Facilities, Number of Existing Beds, Ratio, and
Percent of Occupancy, Josephine County, 1967
Facility Number
Number of Beds
129
Percent of
Occupancy
General Hospitals
Long-term Care Facilities
Nursing Homes
2 279
5
304 118
1/ Ratio of population per bed, based on 1969 population.
SOURCE: Oregon State Executive Department, Local Government Relations
Division, District Facts, 1970.
50
93
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There is one licensed group-care home for the mentally handicapped in
Josephine County; it is located in Cave Junction and has a capacity of caring for 38 boys.
Four of the five homes for the aged in the county are located in Grants Pass with the fifth one located in Wilderville.
The total capacity of these homes is 49 people.
There are also 4 nursing homes in Grants Pass and one in Merlin with a total capacity of 243 people.
The two hospitals in the county are also located at Grants Pass.
Table 58.
Medical Care Facilities and Total Capacity in Josephine County, 1972
Facility Capacity Location
Group-care Home for Mentally Handicapped
Boys Farm Home
Homes for the Aged
Nerryvale Lodge
Morgan Manor
New Hope Retirement Center
Sunshine Valley Retirement Home
Wild de Villa Heights
Nursing Homes
Ade Ren
Laurel Hill
Mar iola
Merlin Health Retreat
Oaklane Retirement
In-Patient Care Facilities
Josephine General Hospital
Southern Oregon Hospital
SOURCE:
38
10
17
5
10
7
15
40
102
40
46
81
46
Cave Junction
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Wilderville
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Merlin
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Oregon State Health Division, unpublished data received November 1972.
Table 59.
Number of Licensed Medical Personnel and Ratio of Population
Per Professional, Josephine County, 1969
Profession Number Ratio
Medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy.
Dentists
Registered nurses
Licensed practical nurses
Pharmacists
31
19
81
21
29
SOURCE: Oregon State Executive Department, Local Government Relations
Division, District Facts, l97p.
1,161
1,894
444
1,714
1,241
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Table 60.
Health Statistics, Josephine County, 1971
I tern
Josephine County
Number j
Rate
-j
State
Rate
Morbidity
Tuberculosis
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Influenza
Measles (Rubella)
Deaths from all causes
Malignant neoplasms
Diabetes mellitus
Diseases of the heart
Cerebrovascular diseases
Arteriosclerosis
Other cardiovascular diseases
Influenza and pneumonia
Bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, COPD
Peptic ulcer
Cirrhosis of liver
Congenital anomalies
Certain causes of mortality in early infancy
All other diseases
Accidents
Suicides
Homicides
Other external causes
3
1
104
279
474
94
4
183
47
12
9
12
15
4
3
4
11
35
8.2
2.7
284.5
763.1
13.0
257.1
10.9
500.5
128.6
32.8
24.6
32.8
41.0
10.9
8.2
10.9
30.1
95.7
11.6
5.3
422.0
1,171.7
18.1
9.4
168.4
13.3
349.6
110.9
21.2
17.3
26.4
26.9
4.3
15.8
8.2
14.7
76.9
33
6
1
1
90.3
16.4
2.7
2.7
61.3
14.9
3.8
3.5
Inf ant deaths
Neonatal deaths
Fetal deaths
Therapeutic abortions
15
12
16
65
24.8
19.8
26.4
107.3
18.4
12.5
25.5
209.5
1/ Rates: Deaths per 1,000 population.
Inf ant, neonatal and fetal deaths and therapeutic abortions per
1,000 live births.
SOURCE:
Selected causes of death and morbidity per 100,000 population.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
1971.
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Table 61.
Births and Deaths by Major Category, Josephine County, 1971
Category Number
1/
Rate-
All births
All deaths
Illegitimate births
Premature births
Infant deaths
Accidental deaths
163
75
46
40
15
33
18.7
8.6
75.9
66.0
24.8
90.3
1/ Rates:
SOURCE:
All births and deaths per 1,000 population.
Illegitimate births, premature births, and infant deaths per.
1,000 live births.
Accidental deaths per 100,000 population.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
1971.
Public Welfare
Table 62.
Average Welfare Payments by Type of Service, Josephine County.
Fiscal Years 1968-69 and 1971-72
Type of Service
Average Payments Per Case
1968-69 1971-72
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Blind
Aid to the Disabled
General Assistance
Aid to Dependent Children 1/
UN 2/
Basic 2/
$59.39
78.96
73.99
42.99
32.51
38.40
$ 61.31
101.46
0I O' o-+ Oz.
56.93
48.46
47.68
1/ Payments per person, not case.
2/ UN figure represents payments to families where male parent is in the home but unemployed.
The Basic figure represents all others.
SOURCE: unpublished data received from Sondra Lipman, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Research and Statistics Section, May 1973.
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Table 63.
Public Welfare Payments for Assistance, Josephine County,
October 1970 and August 1972 1/
Category
1970
Cases
I
1972
1
Average Payments
1970
I
1972
Cases receiving non-medical payments
Old age assistance
Aid to the blind
Aid to the disabled
Aid to dependent children
General assistance
Foster care
226
24
156
2,217
37
43
223
24
177
2,424
79
$ 57.40
109.29
76.51
41.96
48.51
93.02
$ 65.71
92.32
85.61
44.30
52.58
Physicians services 2/
OAA
AB
AD
AD C
GA
FC
48
3
63
231
29
5
44
10
75
417
35
17
13.47
7.08
15.44
31.34
30.04
11.90
35.23
20.84
30.14
22.41
40.33
11.25
Hospital
OAA
AB
AD
ADC
GA
FC payments
2/
7
1
10
42
6
--
10
0
9
50
8
4
125.25
370.84
676.67
332.84
451.61
---
121.81
440.01
328.95
381.83
188.12
Drug payments 2/
OAA
AB
AD
ADC
GA
FC
187
10
83
177
26
5
181
16
103
329
26
10
10.76
7.08
14.39
11.31
11.87
8.62
15.85
16.87
20.15
9.24
18.46
3.73
1/ Note differing months for comparison.
2/ Persons, not cases.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Public Welfare Division,
Public Welfare in Oregon, October 1970 and August 1972 editions.
The State of Oregon operates three special schools for the handicapped, all located in Marion County.
However, the facilities are available to residents of all counties in the state.
The School for the Blind provides special education for approximately 100 children with acute vision problems in a boarding school situation.
The School for the Deaf provides parallel training for those with severe hearing handicaps between four years of age through high school.
Oregon Fairview Home provides In-and-out patient training for the mentally deficient.
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FlousLng
Table 64.
Housing Occupancy and Facilities, Josephine County, 1970
Subject
Number
Population in housing units
35,246
Per occupied unit
2.9
Owner occupied........................2.8
Renter occupied
2.9
Occupancy
Seasonal or migratory
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year round
All housing units
21
9,010
3,317
793
13,141
Persons per room
All occupied units
1 00 or less
1.01 to 1.50
1.51 or more
12,327
11,452
694
181
Facili ties
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities
Telephone available
Air conditioning available
586
10,655
2,578
Median number of rooms
Median value 1/
Median gross rent 2/
5.1
$18,900
$73.00
1/
2/
Specified owner occupied: limited to one-family homes on less than 10 acres with no business on property
Specified renter occupied: more.
Excludes one-family homes on 10 acres or
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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TilE COUNTY'S ECONOMY
Agriculture
There were 38,473
3.7 percent of the total acres of land in farms in Josephine county area.
to total area of all counties in Oregon.
County in 1969 --
This was the lowest ratio of farmland
About 80 percent of the county's area is in steeply sloping, untillable hills and mountains.
amount of level and arable land is an important consideration and extent of agricultural areas.
The limited in the location
Most of the farmland in the the Grants Pass land in 1969.
county is located in three lowland area, the Applegate Valley, and the Illinois Valley.
tion is necessary for intensive farming activities because of the dry
Sixty-seven percent of the farms were irrigated on some portion of areas:
Irrigasummers.
the f arm-
Table 65.
Land in Farms by Use,
Josephine County, 1964 and
1969
Use
1964
1969
Total cropland, in acres
Harvested cropland
Cropland used only for grazing
All other cropland
26,059
12,070
11,482
2,507
19,235
8,076
9,210
1,949
Woodland including woodland pasture
All other land
Irrigated land
37,266
12,607
16,871
14,286
4,953
11,924
Number of farms by acres harvested
1-9 acres
10-19 acres
20-29 acres
30-49 acres
50-99 acres
100 to 199 acres
200 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1,000 acres and over
220
75
47
57
52
11
4
1
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census,
Area Reports, Part 47,
Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
67
63
29
34
26
12
4
1
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Table 66.
Farm Size and Value, Josephine County, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969
Subj ect 1954 1959 1964 1969
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
1,040,000 1,040,000 1,040,000 1,040,064
9.7
7.4
7.3
3.7
1,443 931 823 395
97,117 76,878 75,948 38,473.
67.3
82.6
92.3
97.4
$17,015
$276.43
$23,617
$302.88
$40,218
$437.23
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.
*NA - not available.
NA*
NA
The next table shows distribution of farms by size.
Approximately 55 percent of the farms are under 50 acres in size and 31 percent have sizes ranging from 50 to 180 acres.
The average is 97.4 acres.
Table 67.
Farms by Size, Josephine County, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969
Size
1954
Number of Farms
1959 1964 I 1969
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
431
569
64
82
82
78
33
28
50
22
4J
176
412
49
70
58
55
25
24
45
11
5
1
122
379
52
63
55
62
26
17
27
14
4
2
Average size in acres..
67.3
82.6
92.3
97.4
1/ Number of farms with 1,000 acres or more.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
51
166
33
31
31
27
17
8
18
8
5

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.
It is interesting to note that in 1970 about 36 percent of the farmers had a total sales income of $10,000 or more whereas only 10 percent were in that category in 1964.
Table 68.
Farms by Economic Class, Josephine County, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969
Economic Class 1954 1959 1964 1969
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)
544
16
106
106
120
161
35
360
11
67
71
86
80
45
368
17
31
32
54
73
161
Other farms
Part- time
Part-retirement
Abnormal
950
245
700
5
590
480
110
455
343
112
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.
173
130
43
222
21
21
40
38
58
44
Most of the farmers in the county own their own farms.
Census data shows, that, in 1969, 77 percent of the farmers were full owners; 17 percent were part owners; and the remaining 6 percent were managers and tenants.
Table 69.
Farm Operators by Tenure, Josephine County, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969
Tenure 1954 1959 1964 1969
Full owners
Part owners
Managers
Tenants
SOURCE:
1,210
134
3
96
792
82
3
54
684
80
2
57
305
65
25
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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Table 70.
Farm Operators by Age Group, Josephine County, 1964 and 1969
Age Group
1964 1969
Under 25 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years-
55 to 64 years
65 years and older
5
81
171
225
197
144
6
30
63
109
115
72
Average age
51.3
52.6
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.
The following table gives information about the type of farm by product produced.
The major types of farms in the area are commercial dairying, orchards and wine vineyards.
According to Agriculture in Oregon Counties put out by Oregon State
University Extension Service, a major trend in the county is toward forming operational units.
These units facilitate the use of latest methods and technology by increasing the size of the individual operations.
Table 71.
Type of Farm by Item Produced, Josephine County, 1964 and 1969
Item 1964 1969
Cattle and calves
Hogs and pigs
Sheep and lambs
Horses and ponies
Chickens (3 months and older)
Chickens (less than 3 months)
Other livestock and poultry
Field corn for all purposes
Sorghums (except for sirup)
Wheat for grain
Other grains for grain
Soybeans for bean
Hay (except sorghum hay)
Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes
Vegetables, sweet corn, or melons for sale
Berries for sale
Land in orchards
Other crops
Greenhouse products under glass or other protection
672
87
84
NA*
212
NA
NA
28
5
NA
NA
NA
10
3
102
NA
188
4
15
35
8
23
233
41
43
122
54
2
53
11
7
12
NA
3
*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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Table 72.
Value of Farm Products Sold, by Type of Product, Josephine County,
Selected Years 1959-1969
Product 1959 1964 1966 1967 1968 1969 thousand dollars
All crops
All grains
All hay crops
All grass and legume seeds
Specialty field crops
All tree fruits and nuts
Small fruits (all berries)
Vegetables for fresh market and processing
All potatoes
Specialty horticultural crops
Farm forest products
1,195 1,726 1,495 1,479 1,490 1,553
17
80
28
196
32
197
27
155
24
103
26
97
3
515
59
5
672
63
15
625
68
13
527
62
12
593
50
13
547
96
13
43
2
277
194
49
1
356
346
57
4
349
150
82
12
319
283
66
100
381
160
45
152
325
252
All livestock
All cattle and calves
Hogs
Sheep and lambs
Dairy products (milk and cream)
All chickens
Turkeys
Eggs (chicken)
Other livestock and poultry
3,115 2,914 3,037 3,087 3,270 3,499
757 659 714 727 856 854
130
110
41
15 18 20 21 24 28
1,569 1,621 1,765 1,854 1,909 2,020
81
28
74
31
69
26
72
28
82
9
482
43
26
309
159
62
288
86
48
251
86
29
256
98
71
298
118
Total crops and livestock 4,310 4,640 4,532 4,566 4,760 5,052
SOURCE: Oregon State University Extension Service, Agriculture in Oregon Counties -
Farm Sales and General Characteristics, Special Report 330, Oregon State
University, 1971.
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Table 73.
Income and Sales of Farms,--' Josephine County, 1969
Product
Crops including nursery products and hay sold
Grains
Tobacco
Cotton and cottonseed
Field seeds, hay, forage, and silage
Other field crops
Vegetables, sweet corn, and melons
Fruits, nuts, and berries
Nursery and greenhouse products
Forest products sold
Number of Farms
76
8
43
4
7
13
16
29
Value of
Products Sold
$1,019,979
18,056
107,903
556,298
28,558
72,088
237,076
123,968 and their sold
Poultry andpoultry products
Dairy products
Dairy cattle and calves
Other cattle and calves
Hogs, sheep and goats
Other livestock and livestock products
140
10
43
43
90
30
29
$2,801,724
214,369
1,482,181
140,306
827,283
27,878
109,707
Farms with farm-related income from:
Customwork and other agricultural services
Recreational services
Government farm products
22
21
75,938
16,957
1/ This data is only for farms with total sales of $2,500 or more.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1, Area
Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1972.

Table 74.
Acres of Crops Harvested, Josephine County, 1964 and 1969
Crops Harvested
1964
I
1969
Field corn: for grain cut for silage or hogged or grazed
Wheat for grain
Other small grains for grain
Hay, excluding sorghum hay
Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes
Vegetables, sweet ëorn, or melons for sale
Berries for sale
Land in orchards 1/
Other crops
Greenhouse products under glass (sq.ft.).
20
535
44
439
9,217
2
21
3
454
NA*
35,745
469
165
238
5,374
190
86
4
307
1,278
22,700
*NA - not available.
1/ Includes land in bearing and non-bearing fruit orchards, citrus or other groves, vineyards, and nut trees of all ages, including land on which the fruit crop failed.
It does not include acres in abandoned plantings or data for places with less than 20 fruit or nut trees
SOURCE U S Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol 1, Area
Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Of ficé, Washington,
D.C., 1972.
The estimated numbers of livestock and poultry in the county are shown in the following table The number of dairy cows in the county has been declining for the last 10 years and has now reached a level of almost one-third the number of cows that was reported in 1955.
The decline in consumption of dairy products per capita and the rapid rise in milk production per cow are two of the most important factors contributing to this decrease.
A slight increase in the total grade "A" milk quota is now available as a result of local dairy interests purchasing milk production quotas from other areas of the state.
Milk production (despite the decrease in number of cows) has been steady
The number of sheep was the same in 1965 as in 1940.
However, there had been a peak of almost twice that number in 1955.
The number is now down slightly from the 1965 figure.
The number of hogs has shown a downward trend, in 1965 having decreased to one-third of the high in 1960 and now having reached less than one-tenth of the number reported in 1960.
Total numbers of poultry have shown a decrease since 1962.
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Table 75.
Livestock and Poultry Numbers, Josephine County,
Selected Years 1940-1969
Category 1940 1950 1955 1960 l965p 1969
All cattle
Dairy cattle
Sheep and lambs
Hogs, all ages
12,000
5,700
1,500
3,100
12,400
6,300
1,700
3,300
18,500
7,200
2,500
2,200
19,000
5,200
1,600
3,700
18,000
3,700
1,500
1,200
9,350
2,520
1,220
350
1962 1963 1964 1965 l966p 1969
24,572 Chickens, January 1
Turkeys, raised
90,000
20,000
80,000
20,000
65,000
6,500
60,000
6,000
60,000
14,000 p - preliminary
SOURCES: U.S.D.A. and Oregon State University Extension Service cooperating,
'Oregon Commodity Data Sheetst1, Oregon State University, 1971-72.
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.
The activities of almost all of the food processing establishments are directly related to the kind and extent of farm activities in Josephine
County.
About 57 persons were employed in these agriculture "linkedtt industries in 1970, which included two dairy products firms and two meat processing plants.
In 1962, Josephine County had five dairy products firms and two meat processing plants.
Table 76. Food and Kindred Products Manufacturing, Josephine County, 1970
Major Group Number of Firms Employment
Meat packing plants
Cheese, natural and processed
Fluid milk
Tamales, tortillas, pizza
Bottled and canned soft drinks
1
1
2
1
1
11
10
12
18
6
Total 6 57
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970
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Logging and Wood Products
Approximately eighty-five percent of Josephine County's total area is classified as forested lands.
Approximately seventy percent of the land is publically owned.
About 700,000 acres, which are mostly forested, are controlled by the federal government.
The federally owned lands are administered through the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.
The State of Oregon has 7,209 acres of commercial forest land.
The county has 31,310 acres of commercial forest land.
It is estimated that private owners have 158,798 acres of commercial forest land.
There has been no major consolidation of private ownerships.
There are many small widely dispersed ownerships and several dozen ownerships of 500 to 10,000 acres.
The forest resource of Josephine County is a complex of wide variety.
The predominant commercial tree is Douglas fir.
There is also a considerable amount of Ponderosa pine, sugar pine, mixed true fir and cedar.
The hardwoods are mainly madrone and California black oak.
There are lesser quantities of alder, tan oak, and Oregon white oak as well as scabbered live oaks,
Chinquapin, big leaf maple, and others.
Growth potential of the conifers is good.
Gross average annual growth of native fully stocked stands grown to rotation age 100 years is estimated at 324 board feet (Scribner scale) per acre per year.
A shorter rotation of
50 years indicates a greatly reduced gross average annual growth of 71 board feet (Scribner scale) per acre per year.
The combined allowable annual sof twood cut of the federal sustained yield units equals approximately 170 million board feet.
The county lands are to be harvested at the rate of 2 million board feet per year.
The private holdings have 10 to 15 million board feet available annually for sale.
The private stands have been cut over once, and with proper management and restocking and filling of partial stands the private owners could conceivably raise their cutting budget to 75 million board feet.
The total hardwood stand has been estimated at 500 million board feet.
The hardwoods are generally interspersed with softwoods.
The hardwood waste is tremendous because there is no ready market, while huge.hardwood trees must be felled in order to promote growth of softwoods.
A great deal of study, time, and effort has already been applied to trying to find a possibility for commercial development of the hardwoods, but few results of any consequence have yet been obtained.
The leading facet of the economic base of Josephine County evolves around the industries associated with the forest resources of the area.
There has been considerable activity to diversify and more fully utilize the raw product.
Recently considerable progress has reached reality in the further utilization of wood wastes.
Recent installation of barking and chipping equipment at many of the local wood manufacturing mills are supplying wood chips for shipment to other areas of the state.
A newly established truck transport service is engaged in hauling wood chips from isolated mills throughout the county to a central reloading facility at the railhead in Grants Pass for ultimate shipment to a wood pulp mill located in the Willamette Valley.
It is estimated that
150,000 tons of wood chips were shipped out of Josephine County during 1966.
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In addition to the practice of increased utilization of the raw product, a substantial reduction in the quantity of air pollution results from the conservation of wood chips.
A reduction in required burning of 150,000 tons of wood annually is significant.
Further efforts at reducing air pollution created by the forest industry have been directed toward technical improvements in the construction of "wigwam" burners.
Recent legislation, new construction techniques, and the cooperative efforts of the forest industry and the State
Sanitary Authority have been successfully employed to eliminate a relatively high percentage of smoke created from burning wastes.
Table 77.
Lumber and Wood Products Manufacturing Excluding Furniture,
Josephine County, 1966 and 1970
Product Grou p
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Special product sawmills
Millwork plants
Veneer and plywood plants
Wood products, not classified elsewhere
Wire bound boxes and crates
Number of Firms
1970 I 1966
29 40
15
1
1
8
1
1
18
8
2
Employees
1970
I
1966
249 424-'
525-' 491
NR*
26
1,001
9
30
261
988-
10
*NR - not reported
1/
In 1966, 6 logging camps and contractors, 6 general sawmills and planing mills, and 1 veneer and plywood plant did not report employee totals although they are listed with the existing manufacturers.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Table 78.
Timber Harvest by Ownership, Josephine County, 1970 1/
Ownership Production*
Private 2/
Forest industry
Other
Bureau of Land Management 3/
National forest 4/
Other public
10,078
55
10,023
46,476
61,032
3,588
* Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet.
1/
Includes volume removed as logs and poles and piling but not volume removed for woodcutting operations.
2/
4/
Compiled by State Forester
3/
Compiled by U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Compiled by U.S. Forest Service, Region 6.
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.
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Table 79.
Log Consumption in Thousand Board Feet by Species and Industry,
Josephine County, 1968 1/
Species
All species
Douglas fir
Hemlock
True firs
Ponderosa and Jeffrey pine
White and sugar pines
Other softwoods
Type of Wood-Using Industry
Sawmills
I
Veneer and Plywood
165,072
134,336
20,349
515
8,119
1,753
64,042
61,682
472
236
236
1,180
236
1/ Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Oregon Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
1968.
Table 80.
Origin of Logs Consumed by Wood-Using Industry by Ownership Class,
Josephine County, 1968 1/
Ownership
Type of Wood-Using Industry
Sawmills I
Veneer and Plywood
All owners
National forest
State
Bureau of Land Management
Forest industry
Own land
Other industry
Farmer and misc. private
165,072
86,987
2,250
53,588
633
15,989
5,625
64,042 l7, 171
45,221
1,650
1/ Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Oregon Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
1968.
Table 81.
Installed 8-Hour Capacity of Wood-Using Industry,
Josephine County, 1968
Indus try Capacity
Sawmill - lumber
Veneer and plywood
1,235,000 1/
460,000 .?!
1/
2/ board feet, square feet
SOURCE: Oregon
Oregon
1968.
Scribner Log Rule
3/8 inch basis.
State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
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Table 82.
Number of Sawmills in Josephine County by Mill Size Class and Installed 8-Hour Capacity, 1968
Mill Size Class 1 Number Installed 8-Hour Capacity 2/
B
C
D
All Classes
4
1
1
3
9
580
110
70
75
835
1/
Mill size classes identified as follows:
Class A mills - 120,000+ bd. ft.
capacity per 8-hr. shift, Class B mills - 80,000-119,000 bd. ft.
capacity per 8-hr. shift, Class C mills - 40,000-79,000 bd. ft.
capacity per 8 hr.
shift, Class D mills - less than 40,000 bd. ft. capacity per 8 hr.
shift.
2/
Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest
Oregon Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill
Service,
Characteristics,
1968.
Table 83.
Log and Lumber Production, Josephine County, Selected
Years 1950-70
Year Log Production 1/
Lumber Production 1/
1950
1955
1960
1965
1970
293,572
166,046
147 ,200
121,200
257,585
277,059
194,591
1/ Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet.
SOURCE: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Statistics
Table 84.
Acreage and Volume Cut of Siskiyou National Forest in
Josephine County, 1970 and 1971
Type Cut
Clear cut
Partial cut
Unregulated
Salvage
Total volume cut (mm. bd. ft.)
SOURCE: U.S. Forest Service, Region
Management.
1970
(acres)
1971
(acres)
243
72
64
79
10.4
389
291
388
17
35.7
Regional Summary, Progress of Timber
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Table 85.
Production and Disposition of Residue by Type of Residue,
Josephine County, 1968
Use Coarse Medium Fine All Types
Pulp
Board
Fuel
Miscellaneous
Unused
Total
Total used
83,064
796
5,184
89,044
83,860
Tons, Dry Weight
13,454
59,872
---
80
4,840
78,246
73,406
14,009
259
43,811
58,079
14,268
96,518
59,872
14,009
1,135
53,835
225,369
171,534
1/ Used residues were not necessarily consumed in the area they were processed.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Oregon Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
1968.
Table 86.
General Statistics for Selected Industry Groups,
Josephine County, 1967
I tern
Lumber and
Wood Products
Sawmills,
Planing Mills
Millwork,
Plywood, &
Related
Products
Establishments
With 20 employees or more
All employees
Production workers
Man hours
Payroll
Wages
Value added by manufacture
Cost of materials
Value of shipment
Capital expenditures, new
75
20
2,000
1,900
3.8
$13.2
11.8
26.0
42.5
67.7
1.3
16
7
500
500 millions
1.0
$ 3.4
3.1
9.1
15.1
23.2
.3
10
7
1,100
1,000
2.1
$ 7.7
6.9
11.9
25.1
37.0
.5
SOURCE: 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.
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Manufacturing
Table 87.
Number of Manufacturers and Persons Employed by Type of
Manufacturing, Josephine County, 1970
Type of Manufacturing Number of Firms Employees
Dairy products
Meat packing plants
Bottled and canned soft drinks
Cheese, natural and processed
Other food preparations
Mens', youths', boys' clothing
Canvas and related products
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Veneer and plywood
Wirebound boxes and crates
Millwork
Other wood products
Newspapers, publishing and printing
Commercial printing, except lithography
Chemicals and chemical preparations
Leather goods
Fabricated rubber products
Concrete block and brick
Ready-mixed concrete
Concrete products except blocks and bricks
Malleable iron foundries
Fabricated plate work
Special industry machinery
Fabricated structural steel
Woodworking machinery
Miscellaneous machinery
Lighting fixtures
Radio-TV transmitting, signal detection, etc
Trailer coaches
Aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment
Industrial x-ray equipment
Signs and advertising displays
Sporting and athletic goods
Total
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
4
1
2
2
1
2
1
3
1
3
29
15
8
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
98
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
*NR - not reported.
300
10
1
NR
2,813
12
2
39
NR
NR
6
1
1
25
144
7
NR*
7
7
5
9
249
491
1,001
30
26
12
11
6
10
18
40
2
9
107
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Table 88.
General Statistics on Manufacturing in Grants Pass and
Josephine County, 1967
Item Josephine County Grants Pass
Establishments
With 20 employees or more
All employees
Production workers
Man hours
Payroll
Wages
Value added by manufacture
Cost of materials
Value of shipment
Capital expenditures, new
112
24
2,500
2,200
55
12
1,300
1,200
- - - - millions - - - -
4.5
$15.5
13.5
30.O
53.4
84.3
1.6
2.5
$ 8.3
7.2
16.1
33.6
51.6
1.2
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Manufacturers, 1967, Area
Services: Oregon, MC 67(3) - 38 U.S. Government Printing Off ices
Washington, D.C., 1970.
Mining - Mineral and Metal Industries
Most of the income from mineral production is derived from sand, gravel, and stone, and varies considerably from year to year, depending on the current construction activities within the county.
Minor values of gold and silver add to the total income from mineral production.
Table 89.
Mineral, Metal, and Related Manufacturing, Josephine County, 1970
Stone, Clay and Glass Products
Glass products (purchased glass).
Concrete brick and block
Concrete products, exc. brick and block
Ready-mixed concrete
Fabricated Metal Products
Sheet metal work
Total
Major Group and Subgroups Number of Firms
1
2
3
Employment
15
5
12
9
1
7
2
43
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
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Table 90.
Value of Mineral Production, Josephine County,
Selected Years, 1961-1970
Year Value Minerals Produced in Order of Value
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1970
$
753,000
470,000
237,000
1,217,000
2,034,000
799,000
Sand & gravel, stone, gold, silver
Sand & gravel, stone, gold, silver
Sand & gravel, stone, gold, silver
Sand & gravel, stone, gold, silver
Sand & gravel, stone, gold, silver
Sand & gravel, stone, gold, talc
SOURCE: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Outdoor Recreation
The natural resources of Josephine County make it one of Oregon's most beautiful outdoor recreation areas.
The Rogue River and its tributaries are becoming increasingly popular to the fisherman, boater, swimmer, and to those who simply enjoy its natural beauty.
The Siskiyou Mountains offer a challenge to the hunter, hiker, camper, or picnicker.
Because of these and other natural resources in the county, the tourist business has become the second leading industry in the county.
In past years the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service have reconstructed the entire route of the Rogue River Trail and have restricted use of the trail to foot traffic.
The U.S. Forest Service has improved existing campgrounds and built new ones in the area while the state has built a major overnight campground in Jackson County, within 15 miles of Grants Pass.
The city of Grants Pass has also made extensive improvements at Riverside Park providing excellent access near the city's commercial area.
The 29 county parks were used by 543,376 people in 1972, which represents an increase over 1971 of 23.4 percent.
However, the number of paid campers decreased by .4 percent during the same period with $33,858.76
received by the county.
Private recreational enterprises have also enjoyed renewed interest of the public in the Rogue River area, probably as a result of national magazine and television coverage.
Two new enterprises were established to provide jet excursions for tourist groups between Grants Pass and the world famous
Heligate Canyon of the Rogue.
Despite the renewed interest, however, there has been little change in the number of professional guides in the Grants
Pass area.
It is estimated that a larger number of people now take advantage of the eight riverguide businesses than have done so in the past.
The Oregon Caves National Monument, located approximately 45 miles southwest of Grants Pass, has also benefitted from the renewed popularity
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A Chateau
Park Name
Acreage
Overnight
Camping
Boat
Ramp
Days
Chinook
Climate Wayside
Lathrop Access
Matson
Indian Mary*
Almeda Bar
Lake Selmac*
Sucker Creek
Graves Creek Access
Wolf Creek
Hog Creek Landing
2.43
.40
1.20
24.0
24.50
7.31
4.30
16.09
.74
27.0
61.0
27.90
40.0
300.0
21.95
177.79
40.0
82.70
400.0
22.85
23.0
80.0
26.0
50.10
4.0
220.0
1.53
.50
108.0
2
20
158
8
1
5
6
113
0
20
0
0
0
0
2
47
5
3
2
63
8
2
15
0
1
14
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0 yes no
0 0
(x)29**
0 0
30 Cx) 9
0 0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0 0
9 0
6
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 no yes yes no
0
0
0
0
0
0 no yes no
0 0 no
0 0 yes
.0
0 no
0 0 no no no no no no yes yes yes no yes yes no yes no no yes yes no no
1,600
300
1,000
97,799
2,000
27,262
8,000
4,000
57,710
4,000
3,000
126,608
20,700
1,200
97,720
200
26,000
100
500
4,500
1,500
5,000
12,883
17,843
0
1,000
3,000
500
13,548
3,903
0
0
SOURCE:
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Table 92.
Oregon State Parks and Acreage, Josephine County, 1972
Park Name Acres
Gateway State Wayside
Illinois River State Park
Mackin Gulch Forest Wayside
Rough and Ready State Wayside
Stage Coach Forest Wayside
Rogue River Scenic Area
302.50
178.00
430.00
11.00
151.00
1.38
Total
1,073.88
SOURCE: unpublished data from Oregon State Highway Division, Parks and
Recreation Section.
Table 93.
Attendance at State Parks in Josephine County
Park and Use 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72
Day Visitors
Illinois River State Park...
50,044 65,232 50,643 78,026
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
"Day Visitor Attendance", State Parks and Recreation Section, 1972.
Table 94.
Number and Sales of Tourist-Oriented Businesses, Grants Pass and
Josephine County, 1967
Business
Josephine County
Number
I
Sales
Grants Pass
Number Sales
Gasoline service stations
Eating and drinking places
Hotels, motels, tourist camps.
59
82
57
$5,808,000
3,524,000
NA*
33
50
33
$4,253,000
2,367,000
NA*
*NA - not available.
SOURCES: U.S. Bureau of the Census,
Oregon, BC 67 - RA 39, U.S
D.C., 1969.
U.S. Bureau of the Census,
Oregon, BC 67 - SA 39, U.S
D.C., 1969.
Census of Business, 1967 Retail Trade:
Government Printing Office, Washington,
Census of Business, 1967 Selected Services:
Government Printing Office, Washington,
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Table 95.
National Forest Campground Facilities, Josephine County, 1970-71
Name
Big Pine
Bolan Lake
Elev.
2,400
5,400
Number of Units
Tents
I
Trirs.
I
Picnic Facilities-
14
8
12
--
PW
BL,PW,
14D S
Hi
(no motors),
,H
Boundary Picnic
Cr ound
Butler Bar
Cave Creek
Daphne Grove
Elk Cr. Falls Picnic
Grounds
Elko
Fairview
Grayback
Ii lahe
Little Redwood
Long Ridge
McGribble
Myrtle Grove
Panther Creek
Pine Point Picnic
Ground
Rock Creek
Sourdough
Squaw
Store Gulch
Tannen Lake
Wildhorse
Winchuck
Thompson
300
600
2,900
1,000
400
3,000
4,000
1,800
300
100
2,100
800
600
600
1,800
1,200
1,000
2,200
1,200
5,200
3,600
100
3,000
11
18
13
25
46
4
--
4
4
1
10
11
2
Pw,14DS
PW,14DS
PW,7DS,X
PW, 14DS
14DS
CK,FT,GP,
PW, 14DS
PW,FT,I4DS
Pw
Pw
PW,14DS
Pw,14DS
PW,14DS
Day Camp
14DS
14D S
14D S
Pw
14DS
PW,14DS
14DS
',St,BP
',St,H
',H,Sc,St
',H,Sc,St
[,Hi
[,Hi,Sc
,H,St
F ,H, Sc , St
F,S,Sc,St
H, Sc
F,H
F ,H, Sc , St
F,St
Ti,Sc
F,H,St
F,H,St
F,H
F,H, St
F,H
F,H
F ,H, Sc, St
F,H
1/ Legend: CK-community kitchen BL-boat landing FT-flush toilet
GP-group picnic PW-piped water 14DS-14 day stay
X-no trailer camping recommended because of rough and narrow
2/ Legend
SOURCE: access roads
B-boating F-fishing
Sc-scenery St-stream
H-hunting Hi-hiking
BP-berry picking
S-swimming
U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, National
Forest Campground Directory
,
1970-1971
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Business
Table 96.
Retail and Wholesale Trade, Josephine County, 1967
Kind of Business
Josephine County
Establishments Sales number (1,000)
Grants Pass
Establishments Sales number (1,000)
Retail Trade
Building materials, hardware, and farm equip. dealers
General merchandise group stores
Food stores
Automotive dealers
Gasoline service stations
Apparel and accessory stores
Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment stores
Eating and drinking stores
Drug and proprietary stores
Miscellaneous retail stores
Non-store retailers
Total retail businesses
33
21
82
7
69
25
428
14
78
28
59
12
$ 2,444
4,275
15,348
12,927
5,808
951
2,997
3,524
1,189
5,442
534
55,439
23
16
50
6
49
19
282
12
43
20
33
11
,870
13,375
D*
11,653
4,253
D
D
2,367
D
4,544
515
47,609
Wholesale Trade
Merchant wholesalers
Other operating types
Total wholesale businesses
30
12
42
$15,304
6,051
21,355
22
12
34
$ 11,814
6,051
17,865
Total retail and wholesale businesses 470 $76,794 316 $ 65,474
*D - withheld to avoid disclosure.
SOURCES: 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.
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Table 97.
Selected Services,
1967
Kind of Business Josephine County Grants Pass
Hotels, motels, tourist camps
Personal services
Miscellaneous business services
Auto repair services
Miscellaneous repair services
Motion pictures
Other amusements and recreation services
57
84
43
33
40
4
22
33
64
28
23
27
2
13
Total number of establishments
Total payroll (1,000s)
Total receipts (l,000s)
283
$1,504
$6,084
190
$1,317
$4,896
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Selected Services:
Oregon, BC 67 - SA 39, U S Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1969.
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PUBLIC SERVICES
Transportation
Josephine County has two main highways, Interstate 5 (U.S. 99), providing easy passage to the Willamette Valley and the Sacramento Valley in California, and U.S. 199, the Redwood Highway, which connects Interstate 5 at Grants Pass to the Coast Highway U.S. 101 at Crescent City in California.
Other highways of local importance are State Highway 46, which leads to the Oregon Caves
National Monument from the city of Cave Junction on U.S. 199, and State Highway
238, which gives access to the upper Applegate River Valley from Grants Pass
The county has constructed many miles of highway to provide market and timber access roads to the mills and to the railhead located in Grants Pass.
Table 98.
Land Area in Highways, Streets, and Roads, Josephine County
Owner ship Acres
State highways
County roads
City streets
Total
3,390
3,335
320
7,045
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Revenue and Oregon State Highway Division, unpublished data.
Table 99.
Motor Vehicle Registration, Josephine County, 1970
Vehicle Number
SOURCE:
Passenger vehicles
Buses
Trucks
All trailers
Motorcycles
Recreational
Total
24,280
16
1,302
2,307
1,629
2,288
31,822
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
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Table 100.
Number of Aircraft and Boats, Josephine County, 1968
Subj ect Nuinbe r
SOURCE:
Aircraft
Boats
52
1,515
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning
District Facts, 1970.
The Southern Pacific Railroad serves Grants Pass where it maintains a now improved sorting yard for freight service.
There is no passenger service.
Rates and service are comparable to that of other cities
the Rogue and
Umpqua River Basin located on the main line.
The county has built an airport with an asphaltic concrete runway 4,000 feet long.
The airport has a maintenance hangar and several storage hangars.
Present activity is limited to sports flying, private business planes, and charter service.
The Forest Service maintains an airstrip at Cave Junction, which is used to train smoke jumpers and is the center of operations for these forest fire fighters.
Two bus lines serve the area, Greyhound Lines and Continental Trailways.
Trucking terminals are maintained in Grants Pass for Oregon-Nevada-California
Fast Freight, Inc., Pierce Freight Lines, Pacific Motor Trucking Co., and other specialty trucking firms United Parcel Service operates a local delivery service.
An extensive fleet of trucks is currently engaged in transporting wood chips to reloading facilities on the railroad.
A substantial increase has occurred in the transport of veneer by truck into the plywood mills of
Grants Pass
Communication
The Redwoods Telephone Company serves the Josephine County area with
3 exchanges within the county.
There are two radio stations in the county, both located in Grants Pass There are no television stations broadcasting in the county, but residents receive broadcasts originating outside the county -
There are also 3 newspapers published in Josephine County: The Illinois
Valley News, established in 1937 which is published on Thursday from Cave
Junction, The Grants Pass Bulletin, established in 1924 and also published on Thursday; and The Grants Pass Courier, established in 1885 and published daily. except Sunday.
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Table 101.
Communication Facilities, Josephine County
Service
Telephone
Redwoods Telephone Company
Location
Network
Affiliation
Cave Junction
O'Brien
Selma
Radio stations
KAGI
KAJO
Television
None in the county, but residents receive stations from other counties.
Grants Pass
Grants Pass
MB S
SOURCES: Pacific Northwest Bell, unpublished data, 1971.
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Directory of Radio and Television
Stations for the State of Oregon, 1972.
Table 102.
Residential Communication Facilities, Josephine County, 1970
Facilities
Number of Housin. Units
Occupied
Total Rural Rural Farm
Battery radio sets
Yes
No
Telephone available
Yes
No
8,889
3,331
4,487
1,339
728
217
10,665
1,662
4,802
853
725
114
Television sets
One
Two or more
None
.
9,499
1,848
873
4,335
853
638
688
118
139
UHF equipped
Yes
No
2,894
8,453
1,416
3,772
198
608
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.

Library Facilities
There are two public libraries in Josephine County, both supported by county funds of $116,161.
Total expenditures for the libraries was $108,545 in 1969, which amounts to $3.02 per capita.
The State Extension ServIce also maintains a library in the county.
Table 103.
Josephine County Libraries, by City of Location, 1969-70
City Population Circulation
Hrs. Open
Per Week Volumes
Cave Junction
Grants Pass
Extension
350
13,600
34,480
305,956
4,952
53
67 86,552
County total
35,990 345,388 86,552
SOURCE:
Oregon State Library, Directory of Oregon Libraries, annual statistics for the year ending June 30, 1970.
Utilities
Over half of Josephine County obtains water from individual wells, with most of the water from public system or private company being delivered in non-rural areas.
The following tables give data on water and fuel usage.
Table 104.
Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal,
Josephine County, 1970
Subj ect
Total Rural
Occupied
Rural Farm
Water source
Public system or private company
Individual well
Other or none
5,399
7,048
667
309
5,169
645
13
686
126
Sewage Disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other or none
4,941
7,730
443
218
5,480
425
769
56
Total housing units
13,120 6,122 839
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 105.
Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal, for Places with over 2,500 Inhabitants, Josephine County, 1970
Subject Grants Pass
Grants Pass
Southwest (U)
Water source
Public system or private company
Individual well
Other
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other
Total housing units
4,578
197
15
4,533
252
5
162
1,035
13
1,177
7
1,201 4,790
(U) - unincorporated.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing:
Characteristics, Final
1970 Detailed Housing
Report HC(l) - B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 106 Types of Fuels and Fuel Usage, Josephine County and Grants Pass, 1970
Type of Fuel
House Heating
Grants
County Pass
2,730
2,500
1,818
831
Water Heating
County
Grants
Pass
Cooking
Grants
County Pass
Utility gas
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc
Coal or coke
Wood
Electricity
Bottled, tank or LP gas
Other fuel
None
2,490
3,008
1,413
379
1,290
20
941
96
60
9,562
1,255
662
57
3,536
40
1,074
9,326
1,458
20
283
622
3,637
40
79 --306 43 59 39
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(1) - B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
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PUBLIC FINANCE
Table
107.
Selected Items of Local Government Finances,
Josephine County,
1966-67
I tern
Total
Amount
Per Capita
Amount
Per Capita
Amount
General revenue, exc. interlocal
Intergovernmental revenue
From state government
From local sources
Taxes
Property
Other
Charges and miscellaneous
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
$11 ,521,000
5,762,000
3,532,000
5,759,000
3,477,000
3,390,000
87,000
2,282,000
13,791,000
3,843,000
9,948,000
7,503,000
5,013,000
1,862,000
1,400,000
107,000
988,000
950,000
107,000
317,000
115,000
274,000
20,000
6,000
251,000
332,000
38,000
93,000
130,000
299,000
197,000
309,000
862,000
$311.38
155.73
95.46
155.65
93.97
91.62
2.35
61.68
372.72
103.86
268.86
202.78
135.48
50.31
37.84
2.89
26.70
25.69
2.89
8.57
3.10
7.41
.55
.16
6.79
8.98
1.02
2.53
3.52
8.09
5.34
8.35
23.29
6.44
9.36
316
62
254
180
152
30
20
2
6
4
12
2
10
9
8
3
4
4
2
3
6
21
5
8
3
$308
97
83
210
156
151
5
54
Water supply revenue
Water supply expenditure
238,000
346,000
12
13
General debt outstanding
Long- term
Local schools
Other
SOURCE:
9,650,000
8,955,000
2,200,000
260.80
242.03
182.58
59.48
214
203
101
101
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments,
No.
5:
Compendium of Government Finances, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1969.
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Table 108.
Summary of Assessment Rolls for 1971-72 Fiscal Year Real Property,
Personal Property and Utilities, Josephine County
I tern
Assessed
Value
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
$ 27,031,060
71,726,620
61,905,340
75,897,730
965,560
(-5,392,240)
(-2,929,050)
229,205,020
9.4
24.9
21.5
26.3
.3
(-1.9)
(-1.0)
79.5
Personal Property
Merchandise and stock in trade
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Farm machinery and equipment
Other machinery and equipment
Livestock
Miscellaneous
Less veterans exemptions
Less senior citizens residence exemptions
Taxable personal property
15,288,987
4,281,971
1,162,128
5,736,945
1,286,521
1,433,388
(-164,370)
(-108,912)
28,916,658
258,121,678
5.3
1.5
.4
2.0
.4
.5
(-.1)
10.0
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
18,535,790
2,619,452
1,827,760
228,166
6,300
7,066,861
64,350
10,500
30,359,179
89.5
6.4
.9
.6
.1
2.4
10.5
Total taxable real, personal and utility property 288,480,857 100.0
1/
Totals may not add due to rounding.
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
109.
Summary of
1971-72
Property Tax Levies and Assessments,
Josephine County
I tern
Amount in Dollars
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 AdValorem 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
$
683,217
329,124
3,165,616
2,759,346
5,924,962
24,387
24,387
6,961,750
71,702
257
6,659
78,618
(- 592 )
6,887,136
5,476 ,290
714,110
696,736
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 110.
Per Capita City Taxes and Valuation Percentage Distribution of
Consolidated Rates and Dollars Per Thousand Rates on True Cash Value in Josephine County
I tern Cave Junction Grants Pass
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
$2,476,555
5,827
24
149
.0
16.3
80.1
3.5
.00
4.16
20.43
.90
25.49
$106,138,003
8,552
54
246
.0
22.0
78.0
.0
.00
6.34
22.47
.00
28.81
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, 1972.
Table 111.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in Josephine County
It em Cave Junction Grants Pass
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$l,000 by levying unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
425
2
$2,476,555
100.0%
.00
4.16
20.43
.90
25.49
$10,302
$63,127
12,455
1
$106,138,003
100.0%
.00
6.34
22.47
.00
28.81
$672,915
$3,057,837
1/ Code areas are assessors' divisions which cover all or part of a city.
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 112.
Amount and Percent of unpaid Property Tax,
Josephine County, 1971
Item
Total
Amount
Amount
Unpaid
Percent of Unpaid
Property Taxable
Real
Personal
Public utilities
$4,018,645
496,981
508,833
$534,319
54,409
12,962
13.3
10.9
2.5
Western Oregon additional timber tax
Yield tax
Total
1,543
72
5,024,459
483
602,173
29.9
12.0
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, 1972.
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Selected List of Agencies
The following list gives names and addresses of agencies that have served as data sources for this publication and may provide further or more current data on subjects of interest
In addition, a number of local and county offices are available to offer local information and assistance, including:
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation
Assessor
City Library
Corrections and Parole
County Engineer
County Extension
County Surveyor
Employment Division
Game Commission
Health Department
Public Welfare
Soil Conservation Service
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Oregon, Eugene,
Oregon 97403
7
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 97201
Department of Environmental Quality, 1234 S.W. Morrison, Portland, Oregon,
97204
Economic Research Service, U.S.D.A. Extension Hall, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Extension Service, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Fish Commission of Oregon, 1400 5 W 5th St , Portland, Oregon 97201
4-H Youth Office, Extension Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
Oregon 97331
Forest Service, U.S.D.A., 319 S.W. Pine St., Portland, Oregon 97204
Governor's Office, Economic Development Special Projects, State Capitol
Building, Salem, Oregon 97310

11.
Local Government Relations Division, Oregon Executive Department,
240 Cottage S.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
12 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
22
23
24
25
26
Oregon State Employment Division, Community Manpower, Research and
Statistics, or Rural Manpower sections, Lab
Oregon 97310
Oregon State Game Commission, 1634 Alder, Portland, Oregon 97214
Oregon State Health Division, Department of Human Resources, 1400 S.W.
5th St., Portland, Oregon 97201
Oregon State Highway Division, StateParks and Recreation Section, 8009
E. Burnside, Portland, Oregon 97215
Oregon State Lands Division, 502 Winter LW., Salem, Oregpn 97310
Oregon State Library, State Library Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon State Public Welfare Division, Department of Human Resources,
Public Services Building, Salem, Oregon, 97210
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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1968.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Children Services Division,
Adolescent Population and Commitment Data by County, by Calendar Year
1967-1970.

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, December 1970, Nay 1972, 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 Ar'nual Report, Vital Statistics Section, 1971
Oregon State Department of Revenue, First Biennial Report 1968-70.
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.
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 Report.
Oregon State Game Commission, 1968 and 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State
Game Commission.
Oregon State Game Commission, "Oregon State Game Commission Bulletin",
May 1972.
Oregon State Lands Division, Inventory of State-Owned Real Property,
By County, 1970.
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Oregon State Library, Directory of Oregon Libraries, annual statistics for the year ending June 30, 1970.
Oregon State University Extension Service, Agriculture in Oregon Counties-
Farm Sales and General Characteristics, Special Report 330, Oregon State
University, 1971.
Oregon State University 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
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 PHC (2) - 39,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General Population
Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - 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 and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
U.S.D.A. and Oregon State University 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.
U.S. Forest Service, Forest statistics publications for various Oregon regions, Resource Bulletin PNW-8, Pacific
Northwest Experiment Station.
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.
U.S. Soil Conservation Ser'u-ice, 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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