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Lane County, Oregon
NATURAL
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ATLAS
HUMAN
ECONOMIC
PUBLIC
August 1973
Oregon State University Extension Service
Prepared by Ron Scharback, 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
Page
General Description
Physical Aspects
Climate
Soils
Soil Characteristics and Lane Capability
Land Ownership
Land Use
Agricultural Land
Forest Land
Water
Water-based Recreation
Minerals
Wildlife
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Human Resources
Population
Employment
Income
Education
Health and Vital Statistics
Public Welfare
Housing
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The County's Economy
Agriculture
Logging and Wood Products
Manufacturing
Mining - Mineral and Metal Industries
Outdoor Recreation
Business.
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Public Services
Transportation
Communication
Library Facilities.
Utilities
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Public Finance
Selected List of Agenices
Selected Bibliography
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Lane County was created in 1851 and named in honor of the first territorial governor, Joseph Lane. Eighty acres were donated by Eugene Skinner
and Charnel Mulligan for county purposes. The County Square in Eugene has
been the site of four courthouses, including the present building occupied
in February 1959.
The Home Ruler Charter was adopted in 1962 and became effective January,
The charter enables Lane County to enact local legislation on matters
of county concern and still comply with the Oregon Statutes. It empowers
the county to provide the services and imporvements needed by its increased
population through county service departments and improvement districts.
Lane County has created seven administrative departments that are responsible
to the three member board of commissioners.
1963.
Lane County has an area of 2,919,680 acres and ranks 6th among counties
It is one of the few counties in the United States that has an
elevation ranging from 10,000 feet at mountain crest, down to sea level.
Lane County contains igneous and sedimentary rocks. The eastern Cascade
portion of the county contains mostly igneous rock of volcanic origin. The
western region of the county is mainly sedimentary rock. The Willamette
Valley bottom consists of alluvial material. The coast region has many sand
in area.
dunes.
Lane County has a temperate, marine and humid-type climate with wet
winters and dry summers inland.
Rainfall ranges from 60 to 90 inches along
the coast to a high of 180 inches on the Coast Range divide. The average
number of frost-free days in the valley is from 220 to 250 days.
Settlement of the county began in the 1800s. Lumbering is one of the
major products of the county because of the development of markets and transportation facilities. The population increased from 33,783 in 1910, to
201,000 in 1966. The economic life of Lane County is built upon the export
of goods and services.
In the last five years, one fourth of the new jobs
has been professional and semi-professional.
Lane County is located in the western portion of the state--approximately
half-way between Oregon's northern and southern boundaries. Lane County's
eastern boundary is at the summit of the Cascade Range, or Deschutes County.
It is bordered on the south by Douglas County and on the north by Lincoln,
Benton, and Linn Counties. The Pacific Ocean is its western boundary. Lane
County makes up 89 percent of the Upper Willamette River Basin with the
remaining area lying in the Middle Coast Basin. It is 120 miles in length,
east to west, and varying from 30 to 50 miles in width. The county seat,
Eugene, is approximately 64 miles from Salem and 111 miles from Portland.
A brief summary of the major facts for the county are noted below.
Population:
4,610 square miles
2,919,680 acres
Area:
Elevation at Eugene:
True Cash Value:
422 feet
(1972)
$2,043,872,052
(July 1, 1972)
Principal Industries:
Lumbering, Manufacturing of
Lumber Products, Agriculture,
Education, Recreation
Average Temperature:
Summer - 78.4
Winter - 48.9
County Seat:
227,200
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Eugene
PHYSICAL ASPECTS
Lane County is recognized as one of the few counties in the United
States having an elevation ranging from 10,000 feet at the crest of a great
Within Lane County there are three quite
mountain range down to sea level.
distinct physiographic regions of the complete state. In the eastern portion
there is the Cascade lava plateau, in the central portion lies the upper end
of the Willamette Valley, and to the west is the Coast Range.
Of the three major types of rocks--igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic-the first two are found predominantly in Lane County while the third apparently
is almost entirely lacking. In the eastern portion of the county, in the
Cascades, the rocks are mostly igneous and of the extensive type, i.e., volThe upper portion of the Cascades is made up of andesites and the
canic.
lower part is agglomerates.
In the western part of the county, the rocks are mostly sedimentary.
In the central part, the Willamette Valley bottom, the formations are sedimentary as well but consist of alluvial materials like sands and gravels
On the coast are sand dunes, which are mostly from wind
overlying shales.
origin.
Both the McKenzie and Willamette Rivers in Lane County rise high up in
the western side of the Cascades and have created deep cuts in the lava plateau.
This canyon cutting is due both to river and ice work. On the upper end of
these valleys, they become wider and more U-shaped as a result of glacier action
with most of the erosion being done by running water.
Two striking features lie in the center of the county--the flat valley
The flat valley floor lies to the north of
floor itself and Spencer Butte.
Eugene with the channel of the Willamette River with its curves, small lakes
This portion of the valley is characteristic of its fertile
and gravel bars.
topsoil. The east wall of the valley is the ends of the Cascade lava beds.
On the west side, the slopes are not as severe as the east and are made from
sedimentary origin.
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Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Meyers, Secretary of State, Oregon
Blue Book, 1973-74, January 1973.
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On the south end of the valley, 5 miles south of Eugene, is Spencer
Spencer Butte is 2,065 feet above sea level, appearing conical in
shape, and consisting of hard igneous rock.
Butte.
In the City of Eugene lies Skinner's Butte consisting of basalt with
great columns 30 to 40 feet in height and 2 to 3 feet in diameter resulting
from cooling and contraction of igneous rock.
Climate
Lane County has a temperate, marine, and humid type climate, characterized by wet winters and dry summers inland, and intensified rainfall on the
coast influenced by the Pacific Ocean and induced by the coastal range barrier.
Rainfall on the coast is influenced by elevation, ranging from 60 to 90 inches
along the sea coast to as high as 180 inches on the Coast Range divide.
Approximately 80 percent of the precipitation occurs from October through
March, averaging from 8 to 12 inches per month for the coastal valleys and
12 to 20 inches in the mountain ranges.
Precipitation occurs mostly in moderate to heavy storms without interruption over prolonged periods. In the
summer months, rainfall decreases to around 1 to 2 inches per month, with
light rainstorms and coastal fog supplying most of the precipitation. Very
little of this rainfall finds its way to coastal streams.
Along the coast, the wind velocities average from 15 to 25 miles per
hour, and these prevailing winds generally vary from west to northwest; however, the storms are accompanied by south to southwesterly winds. A high
relative humidity is common throughout most of the year.
Inland from the coastal range the wind movement is dominated by pressure
centers over the Pacific Ocean. During the winter season, the high pressure
center is further south and moves winds over the relatively warm ocean surface
bringing
precipitation to the basin. In the summer, the high pressure area
lies near the coast and causes the flow of air from the northerly direction.
This condition reduces the amount of humidity, cloudiness, and precipitation
over the entire area. This condition fluctuates during spring and autumn
causing wet and dry periods. The moisture-laden winds enter the basin from
the southwest bringing the highest amount of precipitation to the uplands
facing this direction.
Valley lands of the Willamette and its principle tributaries lie in
the rain shadow of the Coast Range and receive less annual precipitation,
averaging from 40 to 50 inches. On the windward side of the Cascades, the
precipitation reaches maximum of over 100 inches, and over 110 inches in
the head water area of the Blue River. Over 15 percent of the precIpitation
occurs during December and January while only about 1 percent comes in July
and August.
At Eugene the average temperatures range from 400 to 66°F. annually
with the variation between average minimums and maximums ranging from 32 F.
in January to 81°F in July. However, the extremes vary throughout the
county.
Agriculture in the valley is complimented with a range from 220 to 250
frost-free days to 169 frost-free days in the McKenzie Bridge area.
Weather Stations, Elevation and Years of Record, Lane County
Table 1.
Station
Years of Record
Elevation
Cottage Grove iS
Cottage Grove Dam
650
831
Dorena Darn
757
359
380
712
Eugene WB Airport
Fern Ridge Dam
Lookout Point Dam
McKenzie Bridge
Oakridge Salmon Hatch
48
24
16
26
22
10
11
43
1,370
1,275
U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of
U.S. Climate, Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No. 86-31,
SOURCE:
1965.
Table 2.
Station
Temperature and Precipitation, Lane County, By Month, 1971
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May
Average
Temperature
degrees Farenheit
Cottage Grove iS
Cottage Grove
Dam
Dorena Dam
Eugene WSO
Fern Ridge Dam.
Lookout Point
Dam
40.2 42.2 42.9 48.4 54.9 57.8 64.8 66.5 57.7 50.3 44.0 39.7 50.8
38.8 41.5 41.3 47.0 54.3 57.5 65.2 67.6 57.9 48.6 43.2 38.3 50.1
38.8 41.8 41.8 48.6 54.0 56.9 64.7 66.8 58.1 49.4 43.1 38.3 50.0
40.1 41.1 43.1 48.3 54.5 57.8 66.7 68.2 59.2 49.5 43.5 38.7 50.9
39.3 41.1 42.1 47.3 54.7 57.3 66.3 68.1 59.4 50.1 44.1 39.0 50.7
39.4 43.0 43.5 48.6 54.7 57.7 67.1 69.0 60.3 51.7 45.3 40.2 51.7
Total
Precipitation
inches
Cottage Grove iS.
8.20 4.88
Cottage Grove
Dam
8.45 5.31
Dorena Dam
8.74 5.17
Eugene WSO
10.83 5.11
Fern Ridge Dam.
7.88 4.29
Lookout Point
Dam
9.66 4.50
SOURCE:
JuneJulyAug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Ann.
7.61 3.60 2.83 2.66 .09
7.58 4.15 3.15 2.99
6.57 4.28 2.88 2.89
7.99 4.49 2.52 3.10
.88 3.10 2.47 8.98 6.89 52.19
.63 3.80 2.66 9.35 6.99 55.26
.53 3.37 2.78 8.03 7.43 52.77
--- 1.33 3.04 3.32 9.48 9.46 60.67
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6.62 3.75 1.64 2.66 .02
.58 3.09 2.49 8.52 7.72 49.26
6.08 3.75 2.80 2.63
.83 3.86 2.96 7.46 6.71 51.33
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U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Environmental Data Service, Climatoligical Data, Annual Summary 1971, Vol.
77,
No.
13.
Table 3.
Mean Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures, Lane County, 1951-1960 Averages
Station
No. of
Years
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May
Mean Daily
Maximum Temp.
June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Ann.
degrees Farenheit
Cottage Grove
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Cottage Grove
Dam
Dorena Dam
Eugene WPO...
Fern Ridge...
McKenzie Br..
Oakridge Salmon Hatch
Per'1i0 47.9 51.8 54.7 62.2 68.0 73.0 81.7 80.6 76.5 65.4 54.6 49.1
Re'44 46.4 50.9 55.5 61.4 67.6 72.8 81.1 81.4 75.0 64.5 53.6 47.7
63.8
63.2
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
10
19
10
10
10
18
10
17
5
35
48.1
47.1
48.4
48.8
47.6
47.3
47.6
47.1
46.4
43,7
62.3
62.0
62.1
62.2
63.0
63.0
62.1
61.9
63.9
63.5
Per
Rec
6 46.6 52.0 55.6 63.7 69.9 77.1 86.2 84.2 81.1 67.7 54.8 48.8
30 45.9 52.2 58.7 64.9 71.3 76.2 85.0 85.4 80.0 68.4 55.2 47.5
65.6
65.9
Mean Daily
Minimum Temp.
46.5
45.0
47.1
47.1
46.4
45.0
45.8
44.6
43.0
42.2
50.0
49.6
50.4
50.4
50.5
50.7
49.4
49.3
48.0
48.0
52.8
53.0
52.8
52.8
53.6
54.2
52.6
52.8
52.4
55.0
60.4
59.9
60.3
60.3
61.5
61.3
60.4
59.8
61.8
63.7
66.0
66.4
65.5
65.5
67.3
68.0
65.9
66.6
69.5
70.4
71.3
71.4
70.5
70.5
73.1
73.3
71.3
71.6
75.1
75.1
80.4
80.3
79.6
79.7
82.2
82.2
80.3
80.3
85.3
84.9
79.3
79.5
78.2
78.7
80.4
80.7
79.0
79.1
83.1
84.0
75.7
76.0
74.9
74.9
76.5
76.7
75.5
75.5
80.5
78.0
64.2
63.4
64.1
63.8
64.5
63.8
63.4
63.4
67.2
65.5
52.3
52.7
53.8
53.9
52.9
52.9
52.8
52.8
54.6
51.3
degrees Farenheit
Cottage Grove
is
Cottage Grove
Dam
Dorena Dam...
Eugene WPO
Fern Ridge...
McKenzie Br..
Oakridge Salmon Hatch..
Per
Rec
10 33.3 34.0 34.2 37.6 42.2 46.2 47.8 46.9 44.6 41.7 36.0 34.6
44 32.6 34.3 35.8 38.4 42.1 46.3 48.2 47.7 45.1 42.1 37.5 34.6
39.9
40.4
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
Per
Rec
10 33.8 34.3 35.1 38.9 43.7
19 31.8 33.5 35.2 39.0 44.1
1032.7 33.4 33.6 37.9 42.7
10 32.7 33.4 33.6 37.9 42.6
10 34.4 34.9 35.4 39.0 43.5
18 32.1 34.7 35.9 39.3 43.8
10 34.1 34.3 35.5 39.9 44.8
17 32.0 34.3 36.0 40.2 45.1
5 29.1 30.8 31.3 35.3 40.9
35 27.3 29.1 31.3 35.1 40.1
35.2
34.6
34.1
34.8
35.3
34.8
35.4
34.7
30.3
29.5
41.2
41.2
40.2
40.4
41.3
41.2
42.3
42.2
37.3
36.7
Per
Rec
6 31.3 32.9 32.8 37.5 42.0 47.5 50.9 49.0 46.2 41.3 34.3 33.2
30 30.2 32.6 34.0 38.0 42.3 47.2 50.6 49.5 45.6 41.6 35.2 32.6
39.9
47.9
48.3
47.3
47.5
47.8
48.1
49.3
49.4
46.3
44.6
50.3
50.6
49.2
49.3
50.4
50.6
52.1
52.0
46.6
47.1
50.0
50.6
48.7
49.0
49.7
50.0
52.0
52.1
45.0
44.7
47.1
47.4
46.1
46.2
46.8
46.7
49.5
49.3
42.3
41.8
42.0
42.5
41.4
41.9
41.6
41.8
43.5
43.5
38.7
37.7
36.4
37.0
35.8
36.1
36.6
37.1
36.9
37.4
31.2
32.2
40.0
Per indicates the period or number of years the data were gathered.
Rec is the number of records or how many times the data were recorded at the station.
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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Soils -
The area covered by the following soil survey is located in the central
part of Lane County, and includes land under private ownership only. The
area is 50 miles long and 50 miles wide, and contains 830,720 acres.
The soils are acid in reaction to a greater or lesser degree and have
been leached of lime carbonate and other more or less soluble minerals. They
(1) soils from residual materials; (2) soils
are classified in four groups:
from old alluvial desposits; (3) recent alluvial soils; and (4) miscellaneous
materials.
The Olympic clay loam soils have a surface soil, down to a depth of 8
to 14 inches, that consists of brown, dull brown, or light reddish-brown clay
The first 1-2 inches is very granular and contains organic matter in
loam.
stages of composition; below this it is granular and contains many small
spherical iron concretions or cemented pellets known as shot.
In the east-central part of the area, bordering Fall and Little Fall
Creeks, this soil occupies benches several hundred feet above the present
valleys. Olumpic clay loam is extensive along the Coast Fork of the Willamette River south of Cottage Grove and Row River. The eastern part, Middle
Fork Willamette, Mowhawk, and McKenzie Rivers and Fall and Camp Creeks also
contain deposits of this soil.
The surface relief ranges from steep to rolling surfaces. Some parts
are too steep to cultivate. Most can be easily cultivated, however, if soil
erosion is developed. Drainage is well developed.
From 10 to 20 percent of the land has been cleared and is used in production of wheat, oats, barley, clover, and variety of fruits for home use.
The stony phase of Olympic clay loam contains stones from 6 to 3 inches
This soil is shallow and has low water holding capacity. It
in diameter.
This phase is located
is mainly uncultivated and is largely used for pasture.
It is also scattered
around Coburg and near Little Fall and Fall Creeks.
through the mountainous parts of the area.
The surface soil of the Aiken silty clay loam has a depth ranging from
8 to 12 inches and consists of red or brownish silty clay loam which includes
some material of heavier texture. Under virgin conditions, it contains appreciable quantity of organic matter. This soil is derived from the weathering
It requires an application of 2 to
of basalt and other basic igneous rocks.
3 tons of ground limestone per acre to neutralize the acidity.
This soil is most extensive in the northwestern part of the area on the
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northern boundary of Lane County and a few miles south of that point.
occupies smooth rolling hilltops and foot slopes and is well drained. It
is generally suited for cultivation.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Lane County
Survey, 1965.
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Less than 10 percent is under cultivation. It is devoted to production
of wheat, oats, and clover. The yields are generally low and in most places
this is because of fern growth. Where the soil is deep, prunes, walnuts,
and filberts flourish.
In virgin conditions, Polk silty clay loam occurs in depths ranging
from 8 to 12 inches. It consists of brown or reddish-brown friable granular
silty clay loam and is well-supplied with organic matter. The soil is
derived from weathered basalt and other basic igneous rocks.
This soil is extensive east of the foothills and between Creswell and
Cottage Grove. It is also found in areas east of Fall Creek and there are
several patches in the southern and eastern part of the region.
In general, Polk silty clay loam is found on the more gentle slopes and
rounded or rolling hilltops. Drainage is good. About 20 percent of the soil
is under cultivation producing mainly wheat, oats, and clover. It also produces fruits for home consumption and is well-suited for nut crops.
The depth of Sites clay loam ranges from 8-12 inches and has a brownishred or dull red color.
It contains good organic material resulting from
decomposition.
It appears around the hill areas of Eugene, and between Lorane and Cottage
It occupies gentle hill slopes and rounded or rolling hilltops.
Drainage is well developed.
Grove.
Thirty percent of this type soil has been utilized in the production of
wheat, oats, clover, apples and pears.
Melbourne loam has a depth from 10-14 inches and consists of brown or
light yellowish-brown loam. It is found in tracts located in the northwestern part of Lane County. The soil occurs in foothills, low rounded
hills and ridges.
About 60 percent of the land is under cultivation.
and fruits are the main crops.
Wheat, oats, clover,
Melbourne clay loam has a depth ranging from 8-12 inches and has a color
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of brown or dull brown. It is moderately supplied with Organic matter.
is located extensively in the western part of the area. However, large tracts
appear south of Eugene and in the Coast Range west of Cottage Grove. This
soil is located only in the foothills and mountainous parts of Lane County.
This area is generally favorable to cultural practices. It is well drained.
About 20 percent of the land is under cultivation with crops of wheat
and oats.
Some berries and vegetables are grown for home use.
The top layer of the Carlton silty clay loam is from l-1½ inches deep,
light grayish-brown in color, and containing considerable organic matter.
This soil is of local importance, and is located at the feet of higher slopes
This soil is well-suited to cultivation.
and low rounded ridges or knolls.
About 10 percent of this soil is under cultivation. It is well-suited
to the growth of wheat and oats. It is a naturally productive soil.
The Viola silty clay loam soil ranges from 10-14 inches in depth and
is brown or dull-brown in color. The surface is abundant in organic matter.
This soil occurs in the vicinity of Eugene and in a number of areas in the
western part of Lane County. Drainage ranges from fair to good. Agricultural
production is composed largely of hay and oats, along with minor crops of
potatoes and corn.
Salkum clay loam soil has a surface soil 1-l½ inches thick, rich-brown
The sub-surface is 8-10 inches
in color, and containing much organic matter.
deep and cloddy when dry. Three or more tons of limestone per acre would
be required to neutralize the very strong acid condition of this soil.
The largest area of Salkum clay loam occurs at Pleasant Hill. Wheat
and oats are produced on the larger acreages. This land supports crops of
clover and corn as well as some dairy farms. The production of beans and
It is a productive soil
orchard products are also important in this area.
and has many available uses.
It consists of a dull grayishVeneta loam has a depth of 1-2 inches.
brown sandy loam and contains organic matter. This soil is very strong in
acid and would require 3 or more tons of limestone per acre to neutralize i
Veneta loam is located in the western part of the Eugene area. There
is also a large tract extending southeast from Veneta. About 40 percent of
the land is under cultivation and produces wheat and oats.
Veneta clay loam is from 8-12 inches thick and is dull yellowish-brown
There is a large
in color. The soil is very strongly acid throughout.
amount of this soil located north of Creswell and occurs intermittently
It is located on rolling or hilly relief and some places
in other areas.
have gently sloping terrace form.
Ninety percent of the land has been cleared and is under cultivation.
Wheat, oats, clover, and various kinds of fruits are produced on this soil.
Veneta clay loam is more productive than Veneta loam.
Willamette loam is a dark-brown or rich brown granular loam from 8-12
Under virgin conditions, it contains much organic matter.
inches deep.
Willamette loam is extensive in the Eugene area. There are also small
areas located north of Coburg. It occurs in areas of low undulating levels
to almost flat areas. Drainage is excellent. About 90 percent of the land
is under cultivation but is not of great agricultural importance. Wheat,
oats, and clover are the main crops with small yields of corn, vetch, and
The soil drys out very fast in the summer but is very suitable for
fruits.
irrigation.
It
Willamette silty clay loam has an upper surface 1-2 inches thick.
is composed of brown or dark brown granular loam containing organic matter.
The sub-surface is from 8-11 inches thick and composed of dark brown or rich
brown silty clay loam which breaks into cloddy material. The soil is slightly
acid to strongly acid and would take 1 to 2½ tons of limestone per acre to
counteract this.
Willamette silty clay loam is one of the more extensive old valley soils
in the Eugene area. It is gently undulating or slightly rolling to almost
level.
Ninety percent of the land is currently under cultivation with crops
of wheat, oats, red clover, and oats and vetch hay. Fruits and nuts are also
produced here.
Amity silty clay loam is from 9-12 inches thick and is light grayishbrown or dull brown in color. It is a strongly acid soil and occurs in poorly
drained areas.
It is located in areas north of Coburg, east of Springfield,
and along the Long Tom River. This soil is located on slight elevations and
near low, flat, poorly drained areas.
Drainage is very poor.
This soil is of no particular agricultural importance. Wheat and oats
are the primary crops with small acreages in clover and corn. Amity silty
clay loam, however, is a naturally productive soil if handled properly. It
would need artificial drainage and it could be utilized for the
dairy
industry.
Amity silt loam has a depth of 8-10 inches and a rich brown or dull brown
Under virgin conditions, it contains substantial organic matter.
Amity silt loam, like Amity silty clay loam, was formed under imperfect
drainage conditions and is acid.
color.
Bodies of this soil occur in the western part of Lane County and are
gently sloping to almost level in character. Nearly all of this type soil
is under cultivation but is not important in the production of agricultural
crops.
Wheat, oats, vetch, and clover are the main crops. The chief need
for this soil is proper drainage.
The surface of Dayton loam has a depth of 8-11 inches and is a brownishgray or grayish-brown loam slightly mottled with yellow. It is very strongly
acid throughout.
This soil is of little agricultural importance and is located
between Fern Ridge and Fir Butte.
The areas where Dayton loam is found are nearly flat and have a very
poor drainage system. Less than 5 percent of this land is under cultivation,
and produces wheat, hay, oats, vetch hay, or native-grass hay.
Dayton silt loam consists of brownish-gray loam from 9-11 inches in
depth and is strongly acid. Under virgin conditions this soil contains
organic matter. A large area at Fir Butte contains Dayton silt loam as does
the east side of the Willamette River. The areas in which this soil is
found are very flat and during the summer this type of soil dries out very
fast.
Less than 15 percent of this soil is under cultivation and is unimportant
agriculturally. Oats, oats and vetch hay, vetch, and some alsike clover are
When tile drains are installed, corn, red clover, wheat,
grown on this soil.
and potatoes have been grown. The chief need of this soil is drainage. It
is a fertile soil but its uses are limited by improper drainage.
Dayton silty clay loam has a depth of 8-10 inches and is a dull brownishThis soil was weathered under poor drainage conditions. It is strongly
acid and would require 2 tons of limestone per acre to neutralize it.
gray.
A large tract of this soil is located at Georgetown and west of Junction
This tract is nearly smooth, level ground and drainage is poor. A
few acres are used to produce wheat, hay, oats, and oats and vetch hay. The
remaining land is utilized as pasture for sheep and cattle.
City.
Holcomb clay loam has a depth of 8-10 inches and has a dull brown or
rich brown color. This type soil has weathered under poor drainage conditions
and is very strongly acid. Areas composed of this soil are located around
Creswell and in larger inter-mountain stream valleys. Holcomb clay loam
deposits are in fan-like positions at the bases of higher slopes.
Small amounts of
About 50 percent of the land is now under cultivation.
vegetables and fruits are produced along with wheat, oats, red clover, vetch,
Under virgin conditions, it is fairly well-supplied
and oats, hay, and co rn.
with organic matter. Drainage systems would improve the land.
Salem gravelly clay loam is brown or rich brown in color and is 8-12
inches thick. This soil occurs in a large area near Pleasant Hill and in
many smaller areas. The smaller areas are scattered from Eugene northward.
Drainage is good. Ninety percent of the area is under cultivation, growing
primarily wheat, oats, clover, and oats and vetch hay.
Clackamas gravelly loam soil has a depth from 8-12 inches and a color
This soil
of dark brown. It contains large amounts of organic matter.
does not occur extensively but there are some tracts around the Eugene area.
About 50 percent of this
It appears on elevated terraces, generally knolls.
land is under cultivation. It produces wheat, oats, and oat and vetch hay
with small quantities of corn, clover, barley and fruit being produced.
The surface layer of Clackamas gravelly clay loam is from l-1½ inches
It
deep and is dark brown in color. The soil is medium in acid reaction.
is an inextensive soil with the largest area being located north of Pleasant
Hill.
Other areas are found east of Springfield. Eighty percent of the
land is under cultivation growing wheat, oats, corn, clover and oat and vetch
hay.
Concord silty clay loam has a depth from 8-11 inches and is brownishIt is located in stream
gray in color. The soil is very acid throughout.
terraces bordering the Long Tom River and there are other small areas located
Less than
Drainage of this area is fairly good.
south along Coyote Creek.
10 percent of this land is now under cultivation but it does yield oats and
The chief need for this area is drainage and it should be supplied
vetch hay.
with organic matter.
Chehalis fine sandy loam is from 8-12 inches thick and is a rich brown
or grayish-brown fine sandy loam.
It
The organic matter is not abundant.
occurs in patches around the Eugene area and throughout the river bottoms.
There is also a large area located southwest of Coburg.
The land has a smooth or slightly ridged surface. Drainage of this
soil is good, except during the period of overflow. Fifty percent of the
land is under cultivation and uncultivated areas are used for pastures for
sheep, goats, and cattle. The crops are wheat, oats, corn, and red clover
with a small acreage of corn. The soil has a need for organic matter to
keep it highly productive.
Chehalis loam ranges from 9-12 inches in depth and is brown or rich
brown.
It occurs in many parts of Eugene and bordering small intermountain
streams.
Chehalis loam is extensive in the Lake Creek, Wolf Creek, and
Coyote Creek areas.
The surface oi
of the stream-flow.
ridges.
Because of
About 60 percent of
are grown, but some
this soil is smooth and gently sloping in the direction
This land is overflowed each year, which causes it to have
the good drainage, the ground can be worked quickly.
this soil type is under cultivation. Mainly feed crops
cash crops of wheat and oats are produced.
The depth of Chehalis silt loam varies from 9-12 inches and is brown
or rich brown in color.
It has a smooth texture and is supplied moderately
with organic matter.
It is slightly acid in reaction; therefore, it would
take an application of 1 to 2 tons of limestone per acre to neutralize it.
This soil is extensive in the Eugene area, occurring in large stream
valleys.
The areas of the Siuslaw River, Coast Fork Willamette River, Long
Tom River and Ferguson Creek contain large amounts of this soil. Small
tracts are located in the McKenzie River area and in the Mohawk River valley.
Chehalis silt loam is comparatively important in agricultural production.
About 65 percent of this soil is under eultivation. The uncleared areas are
used for pasture lands. Wheat, oats, clover, oat and vetch hay, and corn
are the principal crops; however, this soil is well-suited for the growth of
fruits and vegetables, which are also produced in much smaller amounts.
Chehalis silty clay loam ranges from 9-12 inches in depth and is rich
brown or brown-yellow in color.
It is moderately supplied with organic matter.
The soil is slightly acid and is located extensively in the Eugene area. The
largest area is in the Mohawk River valley, but Dexter, Jasper and the main
river valleys have large tracts of this soil. The surface of Chehalis silty
clay loam is sloped in the direction of the river-flow. Drainage is excellent
except in periods of overflow.
This is one of the more important soils in the area. About 80 percent
of the land is under cultivation to wheat, oats, oat and vetch hay, clover,
and corn. Small acreages of beans, alf?lf a, barley, and vetch are grown.
Truck crops grown consist of potatoes, cabbage, melons, tomatoes, squash,
cauliflower, spinach, string beans, and cucumbers. Fruits
carrots, beets,
produced consist of prunes, apples, cherries, plums, peaches, and pears.
This soil is very productive with
Many species of berries are also grown.
To maintain productiveness, barnyard manure should be
the proper care
applied to the land frequently.
Newberg loamy sand is 8-12 inches thick and is brown or light brown in
A great number of small patches are located along the Willamette
River, from Eugene north to the county line. There also areas along the
McKenzie River, Middle Fork and Coast Fork of the Willamette River, and Row
River. The soil is reworkable with each flood and has no particular value
except for grazing.
color.
Newberg fine sandy loam has a depth from 8-14 inches and is rich brown
This soil is predominant along larger
or light reddish-brown in color.
One of the largest areas is located east of Eugene and other areas
streams.
The land is overflowed with water
lie along the Middle Fork Willamette River.
and is billowy or ridged. Drainage conditions range from good to excessive.
Thirty percent of the land is
This soil is of local importance only.
It
produces
wheat,
oats,
corn, potatoes, melons, cabbage,
under cultivation.
carrots, beets, beans, and other fruit and vegetable crops. The land needs
to be protected from overflow and would respond well to irrigation.
Newberg loam is 9-14 inches thick and consists of a brown or rich brown
Under virgin conditions, the soil is moderately supplied with organic
color.
The soil is found throughout the bottom land bordering streams.
matter.
It is
This also is subject to overflow but the soil dries very quickly.
ridged or billowy in relief and drainage ranges from good to excessive.
Forty percent of this type soil is under cultivation and produces wheat,
It is a productive soil and needs manure
oats, clover, fruit and vegetables.
to increase its moisture-holding capacity.
Newberg silt loam has a depth ranging from 9-12 inches and is rich brown
Several large areas are
The soil is slightly acid in nature.
in color.
located around Eugene. This relief is also ridged or somewhat billowy. OverThe
flow is periodic, but this soil type does have good drainage qualities
soil dries out rather quickly and can be worked under a range of moisture
conditions.
About 50 percent of the land is under cultivation.
of wheat and oats and feed crops of oats and vetch hay
increased through irrigation.
It grows cash crops
Production could be
Camas gravelly loam varies from a depth of 9-14 inches and has a color
This soil is poorly supplied with organic
of brown or light reddish-brown
The soil occurs throughout the Eugene bottom land areas in small
matter.
Slight knolls around river bottoms characterize this relief.
patches.
Less than 5 percent of the land is under cultivation. Crops consist
The soil needs development of its
of wheat, oats, and red clover hay.
moisture-holding capacities. This land is well-suited for the poultry industry.
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Camas gravelly clay loam has a depth of 8-14 inches of brown or rich
brown soil.
It is well-supplied with organic matter and its acidity ranges
from medium to strong. This soil is overflowed at rare intervals and drainage
is excessive.
It is extensively developed in valleys of the Row River and
Mosby Creek.
About 50 percent of the land is under cultivation and produces wheat,
Irrigation is needed and would
oats, red clover, vetch and oats for hay.
increase production greatly. Manure would help the moisture-holding capacity of the soil.
Wapato silt loam has a depth from 8-12 inches and a color of brown or
dull brown.
It contains moderate amounts of organic matter. Triangle Lake
and the Eugene area contain soils of this nature. The relief of this soil
is smooth and nearly flat. Drainage is very poor.
About 80 percent of the land is under cultivation and produces wheat,
corn, oats, oats and vetch hay, alsike clover and red clover. Potatoes are
also produced to some extent. To be productive, the soil needs improvement
on drainage ways.
It also could be utilized to a greater extent by the
dairy industry.
Wapato silty clay loam has a color of dull brown or brown and a depth
This soil is found extenof 9-12 inches.
It contains some organic matter.
sively in the areas of the Mohawk River valley, along Camp Creek, along the
Long Tom River, and northeast and northwest of Eugene. It is a smooth
gently rolling area and is poorly drained.
Crops of oats, oats and vetch
Sixty percent of the land is cultivated.
hay, clover, corn, and wheat are harvested but some potatoes and vegetables
If this soil could be provided with proper drainage, it
are also grown.
It is presently suited for dairying.
could produce a wide range of crops.
Wapato clay is from 8-11 inches deep and is brown or dark brown in color.
It is not of particular importance to agriculture and not very wide spread.
The larger tracts of this soil type are found in the Spencer Creek bottom
These areas are smooth and gently sloping. Drainage
and in the Creswell area.
is very poor throughout.
Oats, oat and
Less than 40 percent of the land is under cultivation.
This
vetch hay, alsike clover, and corn are produced on Wapato clay soils.
soil is in need of drainage.
The
Clove clay has a depth of 8-10 inches and is dark gray or black.
soil crumbles very easily, and when the soil dries in the summer, it cracks
This soil is well-supplied with organic
to a depth from 4 to 6 feet or more.
matter.
Clove clay is found extensively east and north of Coburg. The soil is
smooth, gently sloping and drainage is very poor. A few acres are under
It is a productive soil but is hard
cultivation producing mainly grain hay.
The
best use for the land is believed
to handle because of its heavy texture.
to be pasture land.
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Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
The Soil Conservation Service has developed groupings of land capabilities
which shall be used here. Soil characteristics such as depth, texture, permeability, available moisture capacity, inherent fertility, organic matter
content, and characteristics that affect use, management and treatment are
used in classifying groups of soil. Other considerations taken into account
are the land's slope, soil lost by erosion, overflow hazards, wetness of land,
and the salinity and alkalinity.
Climate of the area is also important in
classification of the land. These characteristics are used in classifying
land into eight land capability classes with each class containing land having
about the same degree of limitations.
These classes are designated by Roman
numerals. There is also groupings of land capabilities into subclasses.
There are four major subclasses according to risks or management problems.
The four major subclasses are indicated as: "e" susceptibility to
erosion, either wind or water; "WI' excess water, seepage, high water table
or overflow; "s" outstanding soil characteristics; "c" climate. The land
capability classes by Roman numerals are as follows: The first four classes
are the lands that can be plowed and cultivated safely without lasting damage
if conservation procedures are followed. Class I land needs little special
conservation treatment. Classes II-IV need increasing degrees of care and
protection.
The second four classes are not suited for cultivation. They
are protected by permanent cover of vegetation. Classes V-Vu need increasing
protection when the areas are used for grazing and forestry.
Class VIII can
be used for watershed, recreation and wildlife only. The main breakdown
of these classes are:
(1) land suitable for cultivation, I-IV, and (2) land
not suitable for cultivation, V-VIII.
The eastern half of Lane County falls mainly into classification of land
not suited for cultivation.
Nearly all of this land falls into Class Vile.
Small projections of Class II extend into the eastern part of the county along
the McKenzie River and Middle Fork of the Willamette River. Areas around
Eugene, Coburg and Wendling also contain Class II. The Coast Fork of the
Willamette is the other major area of Class II.
The western section of the
county contains Classes VIII, VI, IV, III with Class VI being the largest.
A large tract of Class III is located around the Fern Ridge Reservoir, Junction
City and Eugene.
A small section of Class IV is located near Cottage Grove.
A section of Class VIII is located at Florence and extends southerly along
the coast to the county line.
Table 4
Land Area and Use of Inventory Acreage, Lane County, 1967
Use
Acres
Inventory Acreage
Cropland
Pasture
Range
Forest and woodland
Other land
154,886
12,000
898,335
15,000
Total inventory acres
1,080,221
Percent of total land area in inventory
37.00%
Non-Inventory Acreage
Federal land
Urban and build-up areas
Water areas
1,777,045
53,714
7,420
Total non-inventory acres
1,838,179
Total land area
2,918,400
SOURCE:
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1971.
Table 5.
Use of Lane County Inventory Acreage by Capability Class, 1967
Capability
Class
Cropland
I
Pasture-Range
I
Use
Forest
I
Other
I
Total
acres
Total
SOURCE:
11,667
60,102
38,570
43,617
115
115
2,930
930
2,040
154,886
6,800
12,000
349
19,000
79,576
270,186
1,806
6,823
1,413
3,097
13,937
86,040
122,489
323,700
308,052
221,141
311,489
222,535
31
467
1,394
---
898,335
15,000
1,080,221
31
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1971.
Land Ownership
In this report, ownership of land in Lane County is classified as public
Thirty-nine percent of Lane
land; federal, state, and county; and private.
County is privately owned. The majority of this land is devoted to agricultural practices, and forests. About 59 percent of the county is federally
owned, of which about 76 percent is forests administered by U.S. Forest
The majority of the remaining land is administered by the Bureau
Service.
of Land Management. Two percent of federal ownership is administered by
the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.
About one percent of the county is under state ownership. Sixty percent is administered by the Board of Forestry; 26 percent is administered by
the Highway Commission; 7 percent is administered by the Game Commission;
and approximately 5 percent is administered by the Land Board of Commissioners.
Approximately 0.7 percent of the county is owned by the county, consisting
of county and city parks, municipalities, and road rights-of-way.
Table 6.
Land Ownership, Lane County, 1964
Oregon
cres
Owner sh I
Lane County
'cres
Total land in acres
61,641,600
2,926,720
Public land ownership
Total
Federal
State
Local
34,370,499
31,916,368
1,774,636
679,500
1,782,487
1,725,403
37,194
19,890
55.8
51.8
2.9
1.1
60.9
59.0
1.3
0.7
Public land ownership as percent
of total land area
Total
Federal
State
Local
SOURCE:
.
Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources for
Development, 1964.
Table 7.
Federal Land Ownership, Lane County, 1962
Agency
Lane County
Acres
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Forest Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Reclamation
National Park Service
Navy
Corps of Engineers
Army
Agricultural Research Service
Bonneville Power Administration.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Federal Aviation Agency
Maritime Administration
Air Force
Coast Guard
Veterans Administration
Federal Communications Commission
Bureau of Mines
Post Office Department
General Services Administration
Public Health Service
348,852
1,309,228
Total federal agencies
Percent federal ownership
1,725,403
58.9%
SOURCE:
30,830
3
124
111
Oregon
Acres
15,937,354
15,001,833
444,024
173,447
160,877
98,646
59,473
19,362
14,594
1,511
1,219
971
917
802
686
474
109
47
15
256
1
7
1
31,916,368
Carolan, W.B., Jr., Federal Land Oregon, Oregon State University,
1963.
Table 8.
Land Area in Highways, Streets, and Roads, Lane County
Ownership
SOURCE:
Acres
Percent
State highways
County roads
City streets
7,510
10,555
1,580
38.23
53.73
8.04
Total
19,645
100.00
Oregon State Department of Revenue and Oregon State Highway Division,
unpublished data.
Table 9.
State Land Ownership, Lane County, 1970
Aenc
Fish Commission
Department of Forestry
Game Commission
Department of General Services
University of Oregon
University of Oregon Medical School
Division of State Lands
Military Department
Aeronautics Division
Highway Division
Parks
Office and Maintenance
9.89
22,362.79
2,560.35
Total
SOURCE:
State
Percent
Lane Count
Acres
Percent
.03
.03
74.91
8.58
36.80
3.30
--
.59
383.72
1.29
.14
1 00
--- )
1,766.29
1.07
107.82
5.92
45.60
.36
.08
.05
2,648.84
9.45
8.87
4.30
29,850.95
100.00
.03
100.00
Oregon State Lands Division, Inventory of State-Owned Real Property,
By County, 1970.
Land Use
The land use in Lane County is primarily devoted to agriculture and
About 80 percent of the land in Lane County is in national forests.
Approximately 11 percent of the land is devoted to intensive agriculture.
The remaining 9 percent of the land in Lane County is used for purposes such
as cities, towns, highways, and roads.
forestry.
Table 10.
Land Use, Lane County, 1964
Lane County
Acres
Percent
Use
Urban
Industrial
Military
Intensive agriculture
Dryland farming
Forests
Parks
Conservation
Grazing
Non-productive land
52,096
1.78
.49
16
10
259,015
8.85
2,379,131
81.29
6.52
3.33
44.84
148,677
75,509
4,683
5.08
2.58
2.25
41.50
.16
.49
2,926,720
100.00
100.00
32
Total land area
SOURCE:
State
Percent
Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources for
Development, 1964.
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Agricultural Land
The land base for agriculture consists of 43,046 acres of pasture land,
81,465 acres of woodland, and 193,521 acres of cropland.
About 6.65 percent of the county area is cropland. The primary uses
of this cropland are production of grains, hay crops, vegetables, fruits,
and grass seeds.
Grazed woodland and pasture land make up about 7 percent
of the county area. Pasture land is defined as non-cropland pasture, and
grazed woodland, as land with a 10 percent cover of trees and grazed by
livestock.
Table 11.
Land in Farms, Lane County, 1964 and 1969
1964
Item
Total land area
Proportion in farms
Acres in farms
Crop land harves ted
Cropland pasture
Other cropland
Woodland pastured
Woodland not pastured
Other land
Irrigated cropland
SOURCE:
Acres
1969
Acres
Percent
I
Percent
2,919,680
100.0
14.3
2,913,280
100.00
9.30
416,195
86,506
37,236
15,225
109,030
56,952
95,336
25,734
100.0
20.0
8.0
2.0
26.0
12.0
22.0
6.2
270,587
136,462
43,046
14,013
100.00
50.40
15.91
5.18
81,465
30.11
52,660
28,809
19.46
10.65
}
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, l969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
Forest Land
Lane County is divided into three principal zones. They are the
Coastal Province, Cascade Slopes Province, and the Willamette Valley
Province. The division was based on ecology, climate and ownership.
The Coast Range forms a barrier in which the Coastal Province is
This province consists
separated from the Willamette Valley Province
of a fifth of the county area and has an elevation from sea level up to
3,700 feet
Because of the high rainfall in this area, forest growth is
Hardwoods, such as red alder, make up the primary forest
most favorable
area
Douglas fir and Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce type are also very
About one-half of the acreage of Western Hemlockabundant in this area
Sitka Spruce type is located in the Coastal Province
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The Willamette Valley Province is divided by the Coast Range on the west
The southern border is formed
and the foothills of the Cascades on the east.
by the Calapooya Mountains. This province contains one-fifth of the total
forest acreage in Lane County. It has an elevation from 325 feet to 450 feet
on the floor of the province and a perimeter of 1,000 feet. It is the driest
and warmest part of the county. When settled, it was partially forested.
Now, it has been cleared for agriculture, urban and residential use. Most
of the remaining forest land is generally in blocks of less than 500 acres
owned by farmers and ranchers. Douglas fir is the predominant coniferous
Black cottonwood and red alder
species occurring in a variety of sites.
occur along streams and white oak grow in drier areas.
The Cascade Province contains three-fifths of the forest land in Lane
The terrain is rugged with deep canyons carved out by the tributaries of the Willamette River. The elevation is from 1,000 to 6,000 or
7,000 feet.
There are three high peaks that reach an elevation of 10,000
feet.
The amount of precipitation provides for good forest growth. The
timber line in this area is 6,000 to 6,500 feet.
About one-half of the
counties have western hemlock occurring on the middle slopes of the Cascades.
True fir-mountain hemlock type is growing extensively on the upper slopes
of the Cascade Range. This is composed of a mixture of species including
pacific silver fir, noble fir, subalpine fir, and mountain hemlock. Eightythree percent of the pine-type acreage is covered with lodgepole pine. The
lodgepole pine is located on the upper slopes and ridges near summits of
the Cascade Range. Eleven percent of the pine acreage consists of scattered
areas of Ponderosa pines located on the foothills of the central valley.
The western pine makes up the remaining six percent and is located on the
Cascades slopes.
County.
In 1963, 336,000 acres of the 2,547,000 total acres of forest land in
Lane County was owned by farmers and miscellaneous private ownership. National
forest had under its control 1,179,000 acres, this is 50 percent of the total
ownership
National forests are federally owned and are administered by the
Forest Service
Other public lands are federal lands -- other than national forests.
They include lands administered by the U S Bureau of Land Management, U S
Lands owned
Bureau of Indian Affairs, and miscellaneous federal agencies
by the state, counties, and local public agencies, or lands leased by these
governmental units for more than 50 years also come under this heading
Other public lands amount to 281,000 acres in Lane County, or about 12
percent of the total owned lands.
Forest industry lands are lands owned by companies or individuals
operating wood-using plants. Some 567,000 acres, or about 23 percent of the
total 2,363,000 acres of the commercial forest land, are under the heading
of forest industry lands.
There were 2,363,000 acres of commercial forest land in Lane County in
Commercial forest land is forest land which is producing or capable
of producing industrial wood and not withdrawn from timber utilization
1963.
A total of 184,000 acres of non-commercial forest land was located in
Lane County in 1963. A non-commercial forest land is unproductive forest
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land incapable of yielding crops of industrial wood because of adverse site
conditions and productive public forest land withdrawn from commercial timber
use through statute or administrative regulation.
The major uses of forest land are for production of crops for commercial
timber, recreation, grazing, wildlife habitat and watershed protection.
The "Multiple Use -- Sustained Yield" concept is in effect in the national
This is the management of forest land in a way that
forests of Lane County.
will conserve the basic land resource but still provide the sustained yields
of water, recreation, timber, wildlife, and forage to the American people.
Tree farming is used by all types of ownership on the cut-over land and
sparsely populated forest areas.
Table 12.
Forest Acreage, Ownership and Use, Lane County, 1963
I tern
LAND
Total land
Forest land
Commercial
Noncommercial
Productive -- reserved
Unproductive forest
Nonforest land
OWNERSHIP
All ownerships
National forest
Other public
Forest industry
Farmer and misc. private
SOURCE:
Acres
Percent
2,918,000
2,547,000
2,363,000
184,000
120,000
64,000
371,000
100.00
87.00
80.00
6.30
4.10
2.00
13.00
2,363,000
1,179,000
281,000
567,000
336,000
100.00
49.89
11.89
23.99
14.22
U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for West Central Oregon,
Resource Bulletin PNW-lO, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station.
Table 13.
Volume of all Growing Stock and Sawtimber by Ownership,
Lane County, 1963
Ownership
Total Commercial
Growing Stock
million
National forest
Other public
Forest industry
Farmer and misc. private
Total
1/
Total Commercial
Sawtimber
million
cu. ft.
percent
bd. ft. 1/
- percent
9,165
1,393
2,097
627
13,327
68.77
10.45
15.73
4.70
100.00
58,301
8,417
12,896
3,305
82,919
70.31
10.15
15.55
3.99
100.00
International 1/4-inch rule.
U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for West Central Oregon,
Resource Bulletin PNW-lO, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station.
SOURCE:
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Table 14.
Volume of All Growing Stock and Sawtimher on Commercial Forest
Land by Species, Lane County, 1963
Species
All Growing
Stock
million
cubic feet
All species
Sof twoods
Douglas fir
Ponderosa pine
Western white pine
Sugar pine
Lodgepole pine
White bark pine
White and grand fir
Pacific silver fir
Noble fir
Subalpine fir
Englemann spruce
Mountain hemlock
Western hemlock
Alaska- cedar
Western red cedar
Port Orford cedar
Incense cedar
Sitka spruce
Hardwoods
Red alder
Oregon ash
Black cottonwood
Bigleaf maple
Oregon white oak
California black oak
Golden chinkapin
Pacific madrone
Other hardwoods
13,327
12,674
9,285
59
146
50
59
1
159
317
280
56
18
436
1,186
2:.!
460
Sawtimber
million
board feet 1/
82,919
80,575
62,315
342
879
288
217
1
850
1,540
1,160
71
104
2,020
7,309
1
2,615
3
12
104
55
653
358
527
318
2,346
1,445
6
23
20
157
156
511
101
35
22
30
16
55
9
46
9
Scribner Log Rule.
Less
than 500,000 cubic feet.
2/
SOURCE: U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for West Central Oregon,
Resource Bulletin PNW-lO, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station.
1/
Water
Surface drainage of Lane County is carried by three main rivers, the
McKenzie, Willamette, and Siuslaw, and their tributaries.
Lane County makes up 89 percent of the upper Willamette River Basin
with 76 percent of the county in this Basin and most of the remaining area
lying within the middle Coast Basin.
The Willamette River Basin has four sub-basins:
Sub-Basin No. 1, Coast Fork, lies on the northern slope of the Calapooya
Mountains and includes a portion of the western Cascades. From Eugene to the
south, it drains that central portion of the county.
Sub-Basin No. 2, Middle Fork, includes the entire Willamette Middle Fork
watershed which has an area of 1,350 square miles. It is the largest of the
four sub-basins and lies almost entirely in the western Cascades and extends
from the Cascade Summit to the head of the Willamette Valley.
Sub-Basin No. 3, McKenzie, is composed of the McKenzie River watershed.
It is located on the western Cascades, extending from the Cascade Summit to
the Willamette River, and from the county line south to the head of the
McKenzie River tributaries.
Sub-Basin No. 4, Willamette, comprises all the land drained by the Long
Tom River and its tributaries together with the local areas draining into the
Willamette River main stem between the mouth of the Long Tom and Middle Fork
tributaries. This watershed is located in the upper Willamette Valley and
is bounded on the west and south by the slopes of the Coast Range.
The Siuslaw water shed drains that area from the county line on the
north to the county line on the south and from the summit of the Cascade
Range to the Pacific Ocean.
Table 15.
Area-Yield Relationship of Representative Stream, Lane County
Mean Annual Yi eld
Stream
Willamette River,
Coast Fork
McKenzie River
Willamette River,
Middle Fork
Siuslaw River
Long Tom River
SOURCE:
Drainage Area
Square Miles
665
1,300
1,350
773
526
Acre-Feet
Acre-Fee t/
sq. mi.
Uniform
Distribution
Inches
1,181,000
3,850,000
1,775
2,962
34
54
2,770,000
2,300,000
8,624,000
2,052
3,000
1,640
38
29.5
State Water Resources Board, Upper Willamette River Basin, 1962.
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The highest runoff in the Siuslaw River Basin occurs during the months
from November through April, which are also the highest precipitation
months. This period produces 80 percent of the average annual yield with
approximately 50 percent of annual yield coming during the months of
December through February. The lowest yields occur from July through September which contributes about 3 percent.
The seasonal precipitation in the Upper Willamette Basin is a general
characteristic of the monthly stream flow. Monthly flows are high through
November to April and are low during late summer months. A certain amount
of lag between the precipitation and stream flow occurs, caused by replenishing
dry soils. Winter precipitation at lower elevations is largely converted
to runoff while at higher elevations much of it is stored in the form of snow
and ice and is not converted to runoff until spring through early summer.
In the Upper Willamette River Basin, the highest minimum discharges
occur in the Cascades and the lowest minimum in the Long Tom Stream stream
system which is extremely low. The minimum for the Willamette Middle Fork
above Salt Creek was 201 cfs (cubic feet per second) and minimum for the
Long Tom at Monroe was 7 cfs. Both streams have equal drainage area.
That part of Lane County lying west of the Coast Range is characterized
by a high fluctuation in discharge from day to day.
Table 16.
Extremes of Annual Yield of Selected Stations, Lane County
Station
Row River above Pitcher Creek
Willamette Coast Fork at London
Willamette Coast Fork near Goshen
Willamette Middle Fork above
Salt Creek
Salmon Creek near Oakridge
Willamette Middle Fork below
North Fork
Fall Creek below Winberry Creek
Willamette Middle Fork at Jasper
McKenzie at McKenzie Bridge
McKenzie at South Fork
McKenzie at Vida
McKenzie at Coburg
Willamette River at Harrisburg
Long Tom near Noti
Coyote Creek near Crow
SOURCE:
Acre-Feet
Minimum
Maximum
Drainae Area
si. mi.
237,500
84,000
596,000
699,300
249,000
1,961,000
211
455,600
157,400
1,259,000
465,200
392
117
1,100,000
221,800
1,419,000
890,000
433,000
1,792,000
2,246,000
4,502,000
99,310
64,990
3,149,000
671,000
4,595,000
1,740,000
943,000
4,509,000
6,008,000
13,420,000
294,200
262,300
896
186
1,340
345
211
930
1,310
3,420
88
94
69
624
State Water Resources Board, Upper Willamette River Basin, 1962.
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The sources of ground water supply a large quantity of domestic needs
in the Willamette Valley along with the municipal needs of a number of cities.
About one-third of the irrigated land is dependent upon use of ground water.
An additional one-fifth of irrigated land gets part of its water from ground
water.
Population growth and expansion of agricultural development indicates
more intensive use of ground water in the Basin.
For the coastal portion of the county the quantity of ground water
available to wells in the Basin is meager except in some alluvial and sand
dunes areas.
The ground water quality is generally poor due to disolved
minerals, decomposed vegetation, and contamination from inadequate sewage
treatment.
The high increase in population along the coast has in some
areas contaminated the supplies of ground water to the extent that the
danger to health and welfare could be critical.
The larger percentage of population in rural areas on Lane County depend
upon wells, streams, and springs for individual and small group water systems,
Ground water where it is not containcampsites, parks, and stock watering use.
mated is suitable for domestic use. Contamination problems are greatest
in permeable soils effecting shallow wells.
Domestic users depending on small coastal streams or shallow wells often
have water shortages and quality problems during the summer months. Very
few domestic water users have protected their sources by establishing water
rights since their use does not exceed the maximum limit.
Sources of municipal supplies in the Valley are presently adequate in
quantity but needs a degree of treatment for quality.
The municipal sources in the coastal area are sometimes inadequate due
to heavy demand during summer months, scarcity of storage sites for runoff,
spring flow, low ground water yield, and water quality. Where population is
increasing, pollution of shallow wells has been reported. The need for
treatment of deep wells for excessive iron and sulpher has been reported in
Mapleton and Canary.
Table 17.
Lane County Municipal Water Supplies
Pop.
Cit y
Eugene
Springfield
Cottage Grove.
Florence
Oakridge
Junction City.
Rainbow
Mapleton
Marcola
SOURCE:
Served
Water Source
Supply Problems
70,203
22,750
4,796
1,840
2,311
6,876
McKenzie River
Nine wells
Prather Ck; Laying Ck. trib.
Munset Creek
Salmon Creek; one well
Six wells
Five wells
Berkshire Creek
Three wells
None
Restricted irrigation
Turbidity in winter
Restricted irrigation
occasional turbidity
Hardness
None
None
None
State Water Resources Board, Upper Willamette River Basin, 1962.
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Irrigation has proven to be highly beneficial in the past years and will
continue as a result of dry growing seasons. Applications of water by sprinkler
systems is the most common method used, with 85 percent of irrigation accomplished by this method.
Studies by the ensus of irrigation show that 49 percent was based on surface water, 33 percent on ground water, and 18 percent
was a combination of the two. Since 1950, the greater amount of land brought
under irrigation in the Valley utilized ground water. Over 900 registered
wells are in use.
Chemical analyses show that streamf low on the McKenzie and Long Tom
Rivers is excellent quality for irrigation. In the western portion of the
valley, certain wells have shown to yield saline water that is unsuitable
for irrigation.
The coastal portion of the county studies show that a large portion of
future development in irrigation will be dependent upon developing storage,
probably necessitating group action. Development of storage of the coastal
region's irrigation potential is dependent upon availableand adequate supply,
and the economic return from crops produced.
Recent development has fallen
Off due to low livestock product prices.
The major industrial water users in the county fall into two main catelumber and wood products manufacturing and food and kindred products
gories:
Water requirements for use in lumber and wood products manufacturing
processing.
include water for fire protection, hydraulic barkers, log ponds, timber fluming,
and processing.
There are four major hydroelectric developments in Lane County as of
Of the total kilowatts installed, 156,500
1961, and eight under construction.
kilowatts, Lookout Point and Dexter supply 135,000 KW. These are multipurpose
dams constructed by the Corps of Engineers. Municipal and private sources
constitute the remaining 21,500 KW.
Table 18.
Site
Alma
Austa
Upper Siuslaw
Triangle Lake
Swisshome
Maple ton
Hills Creek.
Cougar
1/
Undeveloped Water Power Sites, Lane County
Average Annual
1/
Generation (1,000 KWH )
Stream or River
Siuslaw River
Siuslaw River
Siuslaw River
Lake Creek
Lake Creek
Siuslaw River
Middle Fork
McKenzie South Fork
Installed
Capacity (1(W)
25,500
69,900
106,300
43,800
157,100
100,400
30,000
25,000
KWH - kilowatts per hour.
State Water Resources Board, Upper Willamette River Basin, 1962.
SOURCE:
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1/
Electric Power Resources, Lane County -
Table 19.
Name Plate
Stream or River
Plant
Lookout Point
Dexter
Waterville
Leaburg
1/
Middle Fork
Middle Fork
McKenzie River
McKenzie River
Ratin--KW
120,000
15,000
8,000
13,500
Ownership
Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Eugene Water & Elec. Bd.
Eugene Water & Elec. Bd.
Existing as of 1961.
State Water Resources Board, Upper Willamette River Basin, 1962.
SOURCE:
The water quality of the Willamette River and its tributaries is of vital
Pollution abatement is a
interest to the people of the State of Oregon.
Public and semi-public
major use of water in the upper Willamette River Basin.
sewage treatment systems, serving the population of the county, discharge their
Some smaller cities' and urban areas' effluent from
effluent into streams.
septic tanks joins the body of ground water and often impairs water quality
in domestic wells and thus creates health hazards.
Table 20.
Location
Cottage Grove
Cre swell
Oakridge
Westfir
Lowell
Eugene
Springfield
Monroe
Florence
Mapleton
Sewage Treatment Plants, Lane County, 1967
Pop.
Design
Served
Pop.
5,150
1,030
2,100
200
700
75,075
21,500
350
2,100
100
10,000
1,750
2,000
200
3,200
106,650
36,000
--4,000
120
Type of
1
TreatmentTF
L
P
P
TF
TF,L
TF
NT
P
ST
Discharge to or
Possible Pollution of
Coast Fork of Willamette
Camas Slough
Middle Fork of Willamette
North Fk. of Middle Fork
Middle Fk. at Dexter Res.
Willamette River
Willamette River
Long Tom River
Siuslaw River
Creek to Siuslaw
TF - trickling filter, L - lagoon, P - primary, NT - no treatment,
ST - individual septic tanks.
State Water Resources Board, Upper Willamette River Basin, 1962.
SOURCE:
1/
Table 21.
Estimated and Projected Wastes, Upper Willamette Basin
Estimated Wastes, 1964
Total
Dischar:e
Location
Eugene-Springfield
Cottage Grove
Other Coast Fork
Oakridge
Other Middle Fork
McKenzie
Long Tom
Total
SOURCE:
362.8
6.0
2.3
4.6
0.7
0.7
0.4
111.8
3.7
0.5
2.1
0.1
0.5
0.4
935.7
12.4
3.8
9.6
1,528.3
24.2
7.2
18.8
2.5
3.7
2.5
6.2
6.2
6.2
377.5
119.1
988.2
1,597.1
Water Quality Control and Management
Table 22.
Summary of Major Industrial Waste Sources, Lane County, 1967
Source
Receiving
Station
Type of Waste
Treatment
Primary sedimentation
& secondary treatment
in aerated lagoon
system
Discharge into sewer
system
Weyerhaeuser Corp.
Springfield
McKenzie R.
Kraft pulp & paper
mill wastes & log
pond discharge
Borden Chemical
McKenzie R.
Glue manufacture
waste
SOURCE:
Projected Wastes
2010
1985
Oregon State Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Control
in Oregon, Oregon Sanitary Authority, 1970.
Water-based Recreation
Recreation has economic significance in tourist industry. This serves
as an income in many of the communities in Lane County. Principal recreational
resources are the rivers, lakes, reservoirs, mountains and forests; there are
many and varied types of recreation areas located in the county. The Upper
Willamette Basin, which includes most of Lane County, contains 190 natural
lakes and has a combined water surface of over 9,000 acres.
Table 23.
Lane County Reservoirs for Recreation Use
Lake or Reservoir
Acres
Cottage Grove Reservoir
Dorena Reservoir
Fern Ridge Reservoir
Lookout Point Reservoir
Cougar Reservoir
Hills Creek Reservoir
Fall Creek Reservoir
Blue River Reservoir
Gate Creek Reservoir
SOURCE:
Year Reservoir First
Available for Recreation
1,570
1,390
12,580
970
1,280
2,735
1,880
975
605
1943
1950
1942
1955
1964
1962
1965
1969
Indefinite
Oregon State Highway Department, Park and Recreation Division.
Water needs for wildlife vary according to species and are met in most
cases from streams, lakes, reservoirs, and marsh areas. Multi-use development
will help preserve wildlife habitat in areas of forest lands where water
quantity is minor.
Nearly every species of fish found in Oregon are well provided in the
water found in Lane County.
Salmonoids include chinook and silver salmon,
rainbow, steelhead, cutthroat, and Dolly Varden trout. The warm water fish
such as bass, crappie, catfish, carp, perch, and suckers are most common in
this area.
The most important natural spawning area for spring chinook and other
salmon is the McKenzie River. A run of steelhead and salmon also extends up
the Siuslaw River. The Siuslaw River is excellent in Coho salmon, steelhead,
and cutthroat trout.
It has a fall run of chinook salmon. However, its
tributaries produce the better spawning areas because of warmer water temperatures and quantities of spawning gravel.
Table 24.
Minimum Flows Adopted for Preservation of Fish, Lane County
Location
Cottage Grove Dam.
Dorena dam site...
Hills Cr. dam site
Fall Cr. dam site.
Cougar dam site...
Blue R. dam site..
Gate Cr. dam site.
Fern Ridge Dam....
Filling Season
February-June
Minimum Adopted
Observed* Minimum
(1926-45) for Fish
Low-Water Season
July-November
Minimum
Adopted
Observed* Minimum
l926-45L for Fish
55
75
140
510
125
425
164
93
190
100
30
300
30
20
11
20
196
17
141
16
10
73
50
9
50
100
100
30
200
30
20
30
Remarks
Fish
Fish
Fish
Fish
not
not
not
not
a
a
a
a
major
major
major
major
Anadr omous fish a pro b.
Fish not a major prob
Fish not a major prob
Fish not a major prob
*Minimum observedflow is for May rather than for the period February-June
SOURCE: House Document 531-81-2, Volume 5, Table 111-1.
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prob
prob
prob
prob
Minerals
Substantial quantities of gold have been taken from
Silver, lead, copper and zinc at times have had a
Arsenic deposits are also located here,
in Lane County.
there has been no production. Sand, gravel, and crushed
industry in Lane County.
area.
the Lane County
fair production
but as of yet,
rock is a large
At times, hope for oil and gas were entertained, but no commercial
production has started. There seems little justification for these substances in great quantities. Coal has been reported in Lane County, but
investigation has shown that it is too thin to have any value.
Clay deposits of commercial value have been located in the county.
The clay is mainly used for fire brick, white and red in color. Some clay
Five
is in pottery use. Several mineral hot springs are in Lane County.
are well-established recreational and health resorts.
List of Economic Minerals, Lane County
Name
Locality
Agate
Ankerite
Barite
Bornite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcedony
Chalcopyrite
Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia
Black Butte
Bohemia
Willamette R. gravels
Bohemia & Blue R.
Chrysoltie
Cinnabor
Coal
Galena
Meadow
Black Butte
Spencer Creek
Bohemia & Blue R.
Gold
Bohemia & Blue R.
Hematite
Bohemia & Blue R.
---
Name
Locality
Magnetite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Mercury (native)
Metacinnabar
Opal
Orpiment
Pyrite
Cottage Grove
Black Butte
Black Butte
Black Butte
Black Butte
Dist.
Dist.
Dist.
Dist.
---
Kaolinite
Limonite
SOURCE:
Quartz
Realgar
Silver (with
gold)
Siderite
Sphalerite
Soda Nitre
Stibnite
Wide spread as
alteration product
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.
Hobart Butte
Bohemia & Blue
R. Districts
Bohemia & Blue
R. Districts
Hobart Butte
Bohemia & Blue
R. Districts
Black Butte
Bohemia & Blue
R. Districts
Mount June
Potter's Creek
Wildlife
The most numerous of big game species is the black-tailed deer.
In 1970,
10,690 hunters killed 2,640 deer.
The McKenzie area in Lane County has a
substantial number of Roosevelt elk.
In 1970, 1,870 elk hunters killed 249
elk.
The Coast Range and Cascade Mountains hold a substantial number of bear.
Table 25.
1970 Deer and Elk Season, McKenzie Area, Lane County
Item
Number of hunters
Hunter days
Bucks 1-2 Pt. (deer)
Bucks 3 pt. + (deer)
Yearling bulls (elk)
Adult bulls (elk)
Antlerless
Season total
Total harvest
SOURCE:
Deer
Elk
10,690
68,700
920
1,180
1,870
9,390
150
99
0
0
2,100
2,640
249
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State Game
Commission.
Several game bird species are in Lane County.
Ring-necked pheasant,
valley and mountain quail, grouse, bant-tailed pigeon and doves are hunted
most frequently.
The grouse, band-tailed pigeon and mountain quail are found
in forested mountain areas.
Migratory waterfowl are abundant in the valley during migration periods.
A small number stay year-round.
In 1960, 34,400 ducks, 3,000 geese, and
20,500 coots were counted on the valley floor of Lane County.
There are many species of fur animals in Lane County. The beaver and
muskrat are two of the most valuable trapped animals in the county.
Other
species are otter, mink, raccoon, marten, skunk, weasel, gray fox, red fox,
wildcat, coyote, and nutria.
Chinook, silver salmon, cutthroat trout, and steelhead have an annual
migration into the county to spawn. The McKenzie system is the most important spawning ground. A catching pool at Dexter Dam enables man to take
eggs for rearing in the Willamette hatchery at Oakridge.
The rivers, lakes, and reservoirs contain nearly all game species found
in Oregon. Bass, catfish, and crappie are contained in warm water areas.
The lakes and rivers contain rainbow trout, cutthroat, dolly varden, eastern
brook, and brown trout.
In 1959 at Cottage Grove and Fern Ridge Reservoirs,
22,000 angler days effort took 107,000 fish.
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Population
The population of Lane County in 1972 was 227,200, or 49.3 persons per
square mile. There are 11 incorporated cities with a total 1972 population
of 134,355, with Eugene the largest at 84,750
Table 26.
Number of Persons by Racial Group for Lane County, 1970
Number of Persons
Racial Group
Total
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
American Indian
Other
213,358
207,600
2,662
743
764
1,589
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.
SOURCE:
Table 27.
Lane and Bordering Counties, Population and Rank Order in
Oregon, 1960 and 1972
1972
1960
Count y
LANE
Lincoln
Benton
Linn
Deschutes
Douglas
Coos
Klamath
SOURCES:
Rank
Population
162,890
24,635
39,165
58,867
23,100
68,458
54,955
47,475
2
17
12
8
18
7
9
10
Rank
2
19
9
7
16
8
10
11
I
Population
227,200
26,100
59,800
75,540
33,800
73,950
57,300
51,940
U. S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1) - C39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1961.
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University,
July 1972.
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Table 28.
Land Area and Population Density, Lane County, 1950, 1960, 1972
County and State
State of Oregon
LANE
Lincoln
Benton
Linn
Deschutes
Douglas
Land Area
(square miles
96,248
4,560
985
668
2,288
3,027
5,089
1,611
6,151
Coos
Kiamath
Population Density*
1950
1960
15.8
27.5
21.6
47.3
23.7
7.2
13.2
26.2
7.9
18.4
35.7
25.0
58.6
25.7
7.6
13.5
34.1
7.9
I
1972
22.7
49.8
26.5
89.5
33.0
11.2
14.5
35.6
8.4
* persons per square mile.
SOURCES:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, 1970 General
Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(1) - B39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University,
July 1972.
Table 29.
Year
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1965
1970
1972
SOURCES:
Population Growth, Lane County
Population
33,783
36,168
54,493
69,096
125,776
162,890
198,000
213,358
227,200
Percent Increase
Period
Percent
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1965
1965-1970
1970-1972
7.1
50.6
26.8
82.3
29.5
21.6
8.0
6.7
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.
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates
of Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State
University, July 1972.
Table 30.
Urban and Rural Population, Lane County, 1950-1970
Urban
% Change
Population
Year
50,222
99,581
148,681
1950
1960
1970
SOURCE:
98.3
49.3
Rut a 1
Population
75,554
63,309
64,677
% Change
-16.2
2.3
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.
Components of Change in Lane County's Population,* 1960-1970
Table 31.
Number
I tern
Population
April, 1960
April, 1970
Population change, 1960-1970
Number
Percent
Components of Change
Births
Deaths
Net migration
Number
Percent
162,890
213,358
50,468
31.0
38,397
13,054
25,125
15.4
*Calculated from Census information 1970.
SOURCE: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Resources
Development Internship Program, An Oregonian Profile, Urban
Studies Center, Portland State University, 1972.
Table 32.
Population of Incorporated Cities, Lane County, Selected Years
City
Coburg
Cottage Grove
Creswell
Dunes
Eugene
Florence
Junction City
Lowell
Oakridge
Springfield
Veneta
SOURCE:
1950
1960
693
3,535
662
754
3,895
760
35,879
1,026
1,475
50,977
1,642
1,614
503
1,973
19,616
1,562
10,807
1966
1972
810
5,100
950
648
75,300
1,802
2,000
600
2,040
24,000
1,200
740
6,380
1,340
1,065
84,750
2,470
2,525
600
3,525
29,400
1,560
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University, 1972.
- 34 -
Table 33.
Social Characteristics of the Population, Lane County, 1960, 1970
Total population
Nativity and parentage
Native
Native parentage
White 1/
Nonwhite
Foreign or mixed parentage
White 1/
Nonwhite
Foreign-born
White 1/
Nonwhite
State of birth
Born in Oregon
Born in different state
Not reported
1/
1970
1960
Subject
162,890
213,358
158,684
143,189
142,500
208,302
189,329
689
15,495
14,356
139
4,206
3,944
262
19,091
4,938
94,835
102,443
11,024
72,713
84,278
1,103
Includes Spanish Language.
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.
SOURCE:
The composition of the population of Lane County by age and sex is much
the same by percent as that of the State of Oregon. About 37 percent of the
county's population is under 18 years of age, 55 percent are in the 18 to 64
age group, and 8 percent are 65 years and older. The median age in the county
is 26.8, about 1.5 years lower than the median age for the state. This is
probably due to the presence of the University of Oregon student population.
Composition by sex in the county is split almost in half with 49.6 percent
of the population males and 50.4 percent females.
Table 34.
Population by Age and Sex, Lane County, 1960 and 1970
Male
Female
1960 I 1970
Total
1960
1970
Age Group
1960
Total population
Under
5
81,526
9,159
9,388
8,329
6,586
5,458
10,106
10,714
9,322
6,370
6,094
105,882
8,855
10,444
11,091
11,173
10,319
14,503
11,362
11,315
8,952
7,868
81,364
9,077
8,860
7,933
7,044
5,686
10,287
10,930
8,733
6,171
6,643
107,476
8,459
10,043
10,630
10,989
10,823
14,187
11,632
11,918
8,881
9,914
162,890
18,236
18,248
16,262
13,630
11,144
20,393
21,644
18,055
12,541
12,737
213,358
17,314
20,487
21,721
22,162
21,142
28,680
22,994
23,233
17,833
17,782
26.9
26.2
27.1
25.7
27.0
26.8
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65 and over
Median age
SOURCE:
I
1970
I
Percent
1970
1960
100.0
11.2
11.2
10.0
8.4
6.8
12.5
13.3
11.1
7.7
7.8
100.0
8.1
9.6
10.2
10.4
9.9
13.4
10.8
10.9
8.4
8.3
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, 1960 and 1970 General
Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - B39, Oregon, U.s. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C, 1961, 1971.
- 35 -
Employment
The economic life of Lane County is built upon the export of goods and
services. The industries which make up the economic base are lumber and
wood products, food products, transportation, wholesale trade, and higher
education.
In 1970, the total labor force was 90,950. Total employment was recorded at 84,550, while unemployment totaled 6,400 which is 7.0 percent of
the labor force.
Each year, nearly one thousand new workers will be needed to fill jobs
vacated by workers who retire or leave the labor market. A large percentage
of the new jobs has been professional and semi-professional. Most of the
other expansion will come in clerical, service, and skilled occupations.
Table 35.
Employment Status, Lane County and Eugene, 1960 and 1970
Eugene
Lane County
1960
1970I
1960
Total males, 14 years and over
Total labor force
Armed forces
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Inmate of institution
Enro1led in school
Other
56,088
43,459
72,974
54,054
193
53,861
49,787
4,074
18,920
18,162
13,518
27,672
18,915
42
61
18,854
17,594
1,260
8,757
Total females, 14 years and over...
Total labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Inmate of institution
Enrolled in school
Married, (husbands present)
Other
56,668
17,856
16,597
1,255
38,812
Subj ect
92
43,367
40,908
2,459
12,629
256
6,180
6,193
300
6,355
10,116
32,137
245
8,865
9,810
76,070
30,149
27,454
2,695
45,921
418
7,924
30,724
29,083
16 years and over.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
13,476
12,900
576
4,644
1
19701-1
186
149
2,713
1,745
5,506
3,102
19,660
7,545
7,124
29,342
12,665
11,763
902
16,677
299
4,384
417
12,155
216
2,626
2,706
9,273
11,994
1/
1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) C39, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1962, 1972.
Table 36.
Percent of Age Group in Labor Force, Lane County and Eugene, 1970
Lane Count
Female
e Grou
Years
14-15
16-17
18-19
20-21
22-24
25-34
35-44
45-64
65 and over
SOURCE:
17.1
36.0
47.7
58.8
76.6
89.8
95.3
88.3
20.8
6.4
23.1
43.3
48.1
50.6
40.1
48.3
46.0
10.2
Female
42.5
34.1
47.6
65.5
82.1
94.1
88.8
23.5
27.4
39.1
46.6
57.5
48.0
51.7
51.9
11.1
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 37.
Industry Group of Employed, Lane County, 1960 and 1970
1960
Industry Group
2,448
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Lumber and wood products
Food and kindred products
Other
Transportation
Communications
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Business services
Personal services
Hospitals
Educational services
Professional and related services
Public administration
SOURCE:
Eu:ene
Male
159
3,957
16,830
13,464
1,250
2,116
2,815
720
2,270
8,932
2,176
4,563
1,074
5,004
1,872
1,706
1970
2,618
139
4,337
18,112
12,336
826
4,950
2,963
1,068
3,454
13,384
5,673
4,300
3,541
10,378
3,464
2,678
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.
- 37 -
Table 38.
Lane County Occupations, 1970
Occupation
Total employed, 16 years old and
over
Professional, technical, and
kindred workers
Engineers
Physicians and related
practitioners
Other health workers
Teachers
Technicians except health
Other professional workers
Managers and administrators
Sales workers
Clerical and kindred workers
Craftsmen and kindred workers
Operative except transport
Transport
Laborers except farm
Farmers and farm managers
Farm laborers
Service workers
Cleaning service
Food service
Health service
Personal services
Protective services
Private household
SOURCE:
Male
Number Employed
Female
I
Total
77,241
27,454
104,695
12,192
514
5,086
17,278
514
544
884
3,149
733
603
203
2,106
6,368
6,770
6,367
12,148
10,654
8,059
2,107
1,137
2,462
9,703
459
948
236
271
113
292
5,659
677
2,673
1,020
822
1,147
1,087
5,255
800
8,475
7,907
8,839
21,851
11,113
9,007
3,563
6,140
831
1,118
14,870
2,768
6,185
2,096
1,974
749
2,188
3,327
5,869
718
826
9,211
2,091
3,512
1,076
1,152
67
729
20
1,100
1,088
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.
- 38 -
Table 39.
Number of Hired Seasonal Workers in Agriculture by Type of Worker,
Eugene Area, 1965 and 1971, Midmonth Figures
1965
May
June
July
August
September
October
SOURCES:
760
3,770
1,420
11,465
370
730
I
Interstate
Migratory
1965 I 1971
Intrastate
Migratory
Local
Month
1971
550
1,570
1965
1971
65
---
415
20
40
700
9,845
875
145
320
370
30
125
800
Oregon State Department of Employment, 1965 Oregon Farm Labor
Report, 1966.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
1971 Annual Rural Manpower Report, 1972.
Table 40.
Median Earnings of Selected Occupation Groups, Lane County,
1960 and 1970
1960
1970
Male, total with earnings
Professional, managerial, and kindred
workers
Farmers and farm managers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Farm laborers
Laborers, except farm and mine
$5,077
$7,587
6,461
2,835
5,716
4,957
4,295
9,654
3,800
8,520
7,263
1,301
6,136
Female, total with earnings
Clerical and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
$1,789
2,443
1,824
$2,888
3,542
2,526
Occupation Group
SOURCE:
898
1960 and 1970
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) C39, Oregon, U S Government Printing Office, Washington, D C
1962, 1972.
Number, Percent, and Rank Order of Number of Persons Unemployed
in Oregon, for Lane and Bordering Counties, 1970
Table 41.
County
Rank
LANE
Douglas
Linn
Number
Unemployed
Percent
Unemployed
84,010
26,429
26,485
20,598
9,850
6,769
2,345
2,172
1,389
820
8.06
8.87
8.20
6.74
8.32
2
8
7
10
17
B enton
Lincoln
SOURCE:
Total Civilian
Labor Force
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 42.
Labor Force in Lane County, 1968-1971
Indus try
Civilian labor force
Workers in labor management disputes
Unemployment
Percent of labor force
Employment
Agricultural
Nonagricultural
Self-employed, unpaid family and
domestic
Wage and salary workers
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood
Primary metal
Other durables
Nondurable goods
Food products
Paper
Other
Nonmanufacturing
Contract construction
Transportation, communication,
and utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance and real
estate
Service and miscellaneous
Government
SOURCE:
Annual Avera:es
1970
1969
1968
I
1971
83,500
87,900
90,950
0
100
0
4,250
5.1
79,250
4,100
75,150
4,900
5.6
82,900
4,200
78,700
6,400
92,200
100
6,600
7.0
84,550
4,150
80,400
85,500
3,600
81,900
10,150
65,000
19,150
16,250
14,750
10,450
68,250
19,350
16,300
14,450
10,750
69,650
18,400
15,400
13,600
10,900
71,000
19,100
16,100
14,150
1,500
2,900
1,600
1,850
3,050
1,600
1,800
3,000
1,550
1,950
3,000
1,650
1,300
45,850
3,150
1,450
48,900
3,100
1,450
51,250
2,950
1,350
51,900
3,000
4,050
12,550
4,250
13,750
4,150
14,650
4,300
14,900
2,750
8,550
14,800
2,900
9,300
15,600
2,950
10,050
16,500
3,050
10,050
16,600
7.2
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
1971 Annual Rural Manpower Report, 1972.
Table 43.
Major Occupation Group of Unemployed, Lane County, 1970
Group
Male
Professional, technical, and kindred workers.
Farmers and farm managers
Managers, officials, and proprietors,
except farm
Clerical and kindred workers
Sales workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Service workers, including private household
Farm laborers
Laborers except farm and mine
Other blue collar workers
SOURCE:
321
172
95
137
732
256
1,214
1,033
279
633
476
99
84
808
103
121
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 44.
Covered Payrolls and Employment by Industry, Lane County, 1970
Indus tr
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Food and kindred products
Lumber and wood products
Other manufacturing
Transportation, communication,
utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance, and real estate
Service and miscellaneous
Government
SOURCE:
Female
Average
Emilo ment
Annual
Pa roll
263
270
2,934
18,396
1,542
13,580
3,274
980,684
2,692,218
27,413,739
156,030,239
11,813,758
115,957,413
28,259,068
2,440
14,555
2,092
6,685
4,868
19,539,115
76,923,160
11,901,566
29,361,421
35,564,892
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Oregon Covered Employment and Payrolls, 1970, Summary Data, Research
and Statistics Section, 1971.
Table 45.
Local Government Employees and Payroll, Lane County,
October 1967
I tern
Employees and Earnings
Employees
Full-time only
7,055
5,693
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
Corrections
Libraries
Financial administration
General control
Water supply
Other local utilities
6,072
3,941
2,694
2,138
354
Other and unallocabl,e
October payroll
Education
Teachers only
Functions other than education
Average monthly earnings, full-time
employment
Teachers
Others
SOURCE:
5
51
78
258
176
72
40
121
3
10
72
42
167
255
68
263
103
$3,561,000
2,360,000
1,811,000
1,201,000
$672
523
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.
Income
Table 46.
Net Effective Buying Income Estimates, Lane County, 1967 and 1970
Per Household
Net Dollars
Area
1970
1967
- - thousand dollars - Oregon
Lane County
Eugene
SOURCE:
5,224,888
523,957
223,151
6,650,690
672,100
273,120
1967
I
1970
- - dollars - 9,440
9,643
10,306
8,113
8,410
9,071
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1969 and 1972, University of Oregon, 1969, 1972.
Table 47.
Bank Debits and Deposits, Lane County, 1965-1971
Year
Bank Debits 1/
Bank Deposits
- - - - thousand dollars - - - 2,590,654
2,723,792
2,754,088
3,087,817
3,303,817
3,462,262
3,786,224
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
216,599
219,599
244,622
296,089
273,547
305,685
Bank debits represent the dollar value of checks drawn against deposit
Included are debits to demand
accounts of individuals and businesses.
deposit accounts of individuals, business finns, and state and other
Expolitical subdivisions, and payments from escrow or trust accounts.
cluded 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.
1/
- 43 -
Table
48.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups, Lane County, 1970
Number
Item
Mean Income
Families:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
Other
Unrelated individuals:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
Other
$10,515
10,528
9,700
8,214
10,142
3,164
3,230
1,831
2,200
1,716
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
7,382
5,130
25,217
16,412
54,741
13.48
10.47
46.07
29.98
100.00
7,20.6
13.41
10.43
46.06
30.10
100.00
5,606
24,749
16,173
53,734
$4,000-$5,999
$6,000-$1l,999
$12,000 +
Total
Spanish Language:
Under $3,999
84
73
$4,000-$5,999
$6,000-$ll,999
$12,000 +
274
167
Total
598
Black:
Under
Percent
15
$3,999
$4,000-$5,999
9
22
12
58
$6,000-$ll,999
$12,000 +
Total
Other:
Under
$3,999
$4,000-$5,999
77
42
172
60
351
$6,000-$ll,999
$12,000 +
Total
-
44 -
14.05
12.21
45.82
27.92
100.00
25.86
15.52
37.93
20.69
100.00
21.94
11.97
49.00
17.09,
100.00
Table 48, cont.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups,
Lane County, 1970
I tern
Income below poverty level (bpl)
Families bpl:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
Other
Persons in families bpl
Unrelated individuals bpl
Under 65 years
65 years and over
Male family head, 14-64 years,
bpl
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Female family head bpl in labor
force with children below
6 years
Income source of families and
unrelated individuals bpl
Earnings
Social security or railroad
retirement
Public assistance or welfare
Number
Percent
4,350
4,208
100.00
96.74
56
18
68
1.29
.41
1.56
15,050
5,686
2,523
1,092
241
756
193
7,094
3,907
1,677
Blank spaces indicate a zero, suppressed data, or not applicable.
Oregon State University Extension Service, Income and Poverty Data
SOURCE:
for Racial Groups: A Compilation for Oregon Census County Divisions,
Special Report 367, Oregon State University, 1972.
- 45 -
Education
Table 49.
Formal Education Facilities, Lane County, 1969-70 and 1971-72
Pleasant Hill School District
Elementary
Pleasant Hill Elem. School
Trent Elementary School.......
Junior High
Pleasant Hill Jr. High School.
High School
Pleasant Hill High School
Eugene School District
Elementary
Adams Elementary School
Awbrey Park Elementary School
Bailey Hill Elementary School
Coburg Elementary School
Condon Elementary School
Crest Drive Location
Dunn Elementary School
Edgewood Elementary School
Edison Elementary School
Ellis Parker Elem. School
Fox Hollow Elementary School
Francis E. Willard Elem. School
Gilham Elementary School
Glenwood Elementary School
Harris Elementary School
Howard Elementary School
Ida Patterson Elem. School
Laurel Hill Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
McCormack Elementary School.
Meadow Lark Elementary School
River Road Elementary School
Santa Clara Elementary School
Silver Lea Elementary School
Spring Creek Elementary School
Stella Magladry Elem. School
Twin Oaks Elementary School.
Washington Elementary School
Westmoreland Elementary School
Whiteaker Elementary School.
Willagillespie Elem. School
Willakenzie Elem. School
-
46 -
ADM!/
Enrollment
1969-70
1971-72
4-6
1-3
409
402
380
259
7-8
283
257
9-12
469
477
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-4
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
488
486
349
247
373
196
435
508
421
435
226
516
355
116
416
626
418
159
390
171
526
555
560
607
561
183
306
544
567
384
366
417
419
516
246
217
263
238
312
454
332
341
197
365
NA*
342
326
523
269
200
225
227
473
496
547
499
527
121
252
502
478
277
339
337
Grades
Included
School Districts, Type of Schools,
and Name of Each School
Table 49, cont.
Formal Education Facilities, Lane County,
1969-70 and 1971-72
School Districts, Type of Schools
and Name of Each School
Eugene School District, cont.
Junior High
Cal Young Junior High School
Cohn Kehley Junior High School
Jefferson Junior High School
Kennedy Junior High School
Madison Junior High School
Monroe Junior High School
Roosevelt Junior High School
Spencer Butte Junior High
High School
North Eugene High School
Sheldon High School
South Eugene High School
Winston Churchill High School
Springfield School District
Elementary
Brattain Elementary School
Camp Creek Elementary School
Centennial Elementary School
Douglas Gardens Elem. School
Elizabeth Page Elem. School.
Goshen Elementary School
Guy Lee Elementary School
Leaburg Elementary School
Maple Elementary School
Moffitt Elementary School
Mohawk Elementary School
Mt. Vernon Elementary School
Thurs ton Elementary School
Walterville Elementary School
Yolander Elementary School
Junior High
Briggs Junior High School
Hamhin Junior High School
Springfield Junior High School.
Thurston Junior High School....
High School
Springfield High School........
Thurston High School
Fern Ridge School District
Elementary
Central Elementary School
Elmira Elementary School
Noti Elementary School
Veneta Elementary School
Junior High
Fern Ridge Junior High School
Grades
Included
7-9
7-9
7-9
7-9
7-9
7-9
7-9
7-9
10-12
10-12
10-12
10-12
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
Enrollment
1969-70
735
835
994
533
585
640
837
687
665
1,391
1,205
1,724
1,039
1,321
1,168
1,428
1,079
367
115
589
437
618
298
292
108
494
473
493
227
459
563
69
789
784
512
61].
596
699
644
NA
521
436
134
407
563
246
310
1-2
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
2-6
1-6
635
596
127
512
640
203
351
7-9
7-9
7-9
7-9
733
825
505
679
742
686
1,154
1,203
1,041
1,127
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
173
330
150
320
150
294
134
325
7-9
420
305
10-12
10-12
47 -
ADM
1971-72
430
632
Table 49, cont.
Formal Education Facilities, Lane County,
1969-70 and 1971-72
School Districts, Type of Schools,
and Name of Each School
Grades
Included
Fern Ridge School District, cont.
High School
Elmira High School
Mapleton School District
Elementary
Mapleton Elementary School
High School
Mapleton High School
Creswell School District
Elementary
Creslane Elementary School
Creswell Upper Elem. School
High School
Creswell High School
South Lane School District
Elementary
Blue Mountain Elem. School
Culp Creek Elementary School
Delight Valley Elementary School
Harrison Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School
Latham Elementary School
London Elementary School
Junior High
Lincoln Junior High School
High School
Cottage Grove High School
Bethel School District
Elementary
Clear Lake Elementary School
Danebo Elementary School
Fairfield Elementary School
Irving Elementary School
Malabon Elementary School
Junior High
Cascade Junior High School
Shasta Junior High School
High School
Willamette High School
Crow Applegate School District
Elementary
Applegate Elementary School
Loraine Elementary School
Junior High
Applegate Junior High School
High School
Crow Applegate High School
- 48 -
Enrollment
1969-70
ADM
1971-72
10-12
406
508
1-8
444
371
9-12
207
173
1-5
6-8
517
287
439
9-12
338
307
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
162
205
190
540
600
208
132
160
157
143
469
536
197
122
7-9
943
882
10-12
857
780
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
441
354
590
398
362
396
334
462
352
278
7-9
7-9
492
470
443
425
10-12
877
729
1-6
1-6
184
96
182
85
7-8
99
82
172
178
9-12
278
Table 49, cont.
Formal Education Facilities, Lane County,
1969-70 and 1971-72
School Districts, Type of Schools,
and Name of Each School
Grades
Included
McKenzie School District
Elementary
McKenzie River Elem. School.
High School
McKenzie River High School
Junction City School District
Elementary
Central Elementary School
Laurel Elementary School
Riverview Elementary School
Territorial Elementary School
Junior High
Junction City Junior High
High School
Junction City High School
Lowell School District
Elementary
Fall Creek Elementary School..
Lowell Elementary School
High School
Lowell High School
Oakridge School District
Elementary
Oakridge Elementary School
Westfir Elementary School
Willamette City Elem. School.
Junior High
Westridge Junior High School
High School
Oakridge High School
Marcola School District
Elementary
Marcola Elementary School
High School
Mohawk High School
Blachly School District
Elementary
Triangle Lake Elem. School
High School
Triangle Lake High School
Florence School District
Elementary
Rhododendron Elem. School
- 49 -
ADM-'
1971-72
1-6
322
282
7-12
268
267
5-6
1-4
1-2
1-4
343
621
62
115
325
470
7-9
546
495
10-12
514
455
1-2
3-8
110
301
38
312
9-12
158
152
1-6
1-6
1-6
320
122
311
365
7-8
244
201
9-12
454
397
1-8
242
215
9-12
106
104
94
78
7-12
113
103
4-6
1-4
297
557
NA
NA
1-6
Sius law Primary School
Enrollment
1969-70
NA
91
NA
286
Table 49, cont.
Formal Education Facilities, Lane County,
1969-70 and 1971-72
School Districts, Type of Schools,
and Name of Each School
Grades
Included
Florence School District, cont.
Junior High School
Siuslaw Junior High School
High School
Siuslaw High School
Enrollment
1969-70
ADM1971-72
7-8
278
NA
9-12
503
NA
*NA - not available.
JDM - average daily membership.
1/
SOURCE:
Oregon Board of Higher Education, 1969 School Directory and 1971-72
Oregon School-Community College Directory, School Finance and Statistical
Services.
Table 50.
Racial and Ethnic Distribution of Public School Enrollment
by School District, Lane County, 1972
Merican
District
White
Black
Indian
Spanish
Surname
Other'
Total
number of students
5
2
12
20
14
5
1
16
12
33
5
16
22
36
16
50
3,459
172
1,013
519
20,441
1,771
1,891
485
484
337
564
1,207
1,344
1,573
3,548
10,015
172
157
228
366
48,823
3,385
25
166
993
2
Pleasant Hill
Siuslaw
South Lane
Springfield
498
20,000
1,728
1,878
472
480
330
536
1,171
1,332
1,554
3,497
9,880
Total
47,900
Bethel
Blachly
Creswell
Cr ow-App leg ate
Eugene
Fern Ridge
Junction City
Lowell
Mapleton
Mar cola
McKenzie
Oakr idge
1/
33
4
13
13
7
9
-
5
2
-
7
120
1
62
18
1
74
14
185
10
-
3
3
7
1
3
7
2
2
2
7
3
Includes Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and others.
Compiled from Oregon Board of Education reports by Oregon State
University Extension Service.
SOURCE:
Table 51.
Years of School Completed by Population 25 Years and Over,
Lane 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
4 years
College:
1-3 years
4 years or more.
Median âchool years completed
SOURCE:
Males
Females
53,937
261
919
3,607
7,396
9,680
16,249
6,532
9,293
56,585
206
658
2,490
6,384
10,491
22,294
7,646
6,416
12.3
12.4
Total
Percent
110,522
467
1,577
6,097
13,780
20,171
38,543
14,178
15,709
100.0
.4
1.4
5.5
12.5
18.3
34.9
12.8
14.2
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 52. Rank Order of Percent of Persons 25 Years and Over with Less
than 8 Years of Education in Oregon, Lane and Bordering Counties, 1970
County
LANE
Lincoln
Douglas
110,522
15,975
39,029
31,001
58,175
26,945
17,358
22,618
Coos
L inn
Ri amath
Deschutes
Benton
SOURCE:
Total Number
of Persons
No. of Persons
With Less Than
8 Years Educ.
Percent With
Less Than 8
Years Educ.
8,141
1,588
4,034
3,576
3,486
2,246
1,256
1,133
7.4
9.9
10.3
11.5
6.0
8.3
7.2
5.0
21
8
6
4
26
18
23
29
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General Social
and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 53.
Institutions of Higher Education in Lane County, Fall 1971
Institution
Location
1971
Enrollment
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
15,249
434
8,755
University of Oregon
Northwest Christian College
Lane Community College
SOURCE:
Rank
Special
Emphasis
Liberal Arts
Sciences
Liberal Arts,
Technical
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, Post-Secondary Enrollment
in Oregon, 1972.
- 51 -
Table 54.
Lane County Residents Enrolled in Higher Education
Institutions, Fall 1971
Institution
Number Enrolled
Eastern Oregon College
Oregon College of Education
Oregon State University
Portland State University
Southern Oregon College
University of Oregon
Oregon Technical Institute
University of Oregon Dental School
University of Oregon Medical School
Total in private and independent
institutions
SOURCE:
30
140
779
48
164
3,435
61
22
64
306
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, Post-Secondary Enrollment
in Oregon, 1972.
Table 55.
Youth Organizations, Lane County
Membership
Organization
4-H 1/
Future Farmers
Boy Scouts 2/
Camp Fire Girls 3/
YMCA 4/
Girl Scouts 4/
Junior Achievement 5/
3,519
122
2,872
1,371
4,536
4,343
120
*
YWCA
Figure for 1971-72.
Figure for March, 1973 - includes Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Explorers.
Figure for September 1972 - May 1973 - includes Blue Birds, Camp Fire,
Horizon, and Discovery members.
Figures for 1972.
4/
5/
Figure for October 1972 - May 1973, Eugene-Springfield area only.
*
No chapter in the county.
SOURCES:
State Department of Education and State Extension Office, 4-H
Division, unpublished data, 1972.
Boy Scouts of America, Eugene, Oregon, telephone interview, May
1973; Camp Fire Girls, Eugene, Oregon, telephone interview, May
1973; YMCA, Eugene, Oregon, telephone interview, May 1973; Girl
Scouts of America, Eugene, Oregon, telephone interview, May 1973;
Junior Achievement, Eugene, Oregon, telephone interview, May 1973.
1/
2/
3/
- 52 -
Table 56.
Felonies and Juvenile Delinquency in Lane County, 1968
Subject
Number
Commitments to felony and correctional
institutions, 1967-68
Total commitments
Oregon State Penitentiary
Oregon State Correctional Institute
MacLaren (boys' training school)
Hillcrest (girls' training school)
80
43
37
Juvenile court cases, 1968
All cases
Delinquency
2,752
2,607
Traf fic
55
90
Other
SOURCE:
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
Although Lane County operates no correctional institutions of its own,
it is served by four state correctional institutions in Marion County. These
include training schools for socially maladjusted boys between 12 and 18 years
of age and girls between the ages of 12 and 21.
Health and Vital Statistics
The following tables indicate the number of health facilities and health
personnel available to Lane County residents.
Generally speaking, there are
fewer health personnel per capita in Lane County than for the state as a whole.
Table 57.
Number of Licensed Medical Personnel and Ratio of Population
Per Professional, Lane County, 1969
Profession
Medical doctors and doctors of osteophathy
Dentists
Registered nurses
Licensed practical nurses
Pharmacists
SOURCE:
Lane County
Number
Ratio
State
Ratio
876
1,496
324
1,210
1,405
770
1,470
239
140
647
173
149
276
1,002
1,375
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
Table 58.
Exist!ng Medical Facilities, Number of Existing Beds, and Number
of Facilities and Beds Needed, Lane County, 1971
Category
Community
General Hospitals
Cottage Grove.
Eugene
Florence
Springfield
Long-term Care Facilities
Eugene
Cottage Grove
Florence
Cottage Grove
Eugene
Florence
Junction City
Springfield
Diagnostic and Treatment Centers
Cottage Grove
Eugene
Flotence
Springfield
Rehabilitation Facilities
Eugene
SOURCE:
No. of Facilities
Existing I Needed
No. of Beds
Needed
Existing
1
1
37
37
3
3
410
419
1
1
1
26
78
26
1
1
1
0
1
1
30
29
23
0
9
9
1
1
1
30
28
23
0
718
41
62
150
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
3
1
2
3
790
64
62
150
78
1
Oregon State Board of Health, Oregon Plan for Construction and Modernization of Hospitals, Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities, 1971
Annual Revision, Health Facility Planning and Construction Section, 1971.
Table
59.
Existing Medical Facilities and Percent of Occupancy,
Lane County, 1969
Total
Name of Facilit
General Hospitals
Cottage Grove Hospital
Eugene Hospital and Clinic
Sacred Heart General Hosp
Valley Lane Hospital
Western Lane District Hosp
McKenzie-Willajnette Memorial
Hospital
Long-term Care Facilities
Eugene Good Samaritan
Cottage Grove Hospital
Western Lane District Hosp
Rocking Chair Nursing Home
Asla's Mill St. Nursing Home
Emerald Convalescent and
Nursing Home
Garber's University Nursing
Green Valley Care
Ivorena Nursing Home
}{ortensen's Nursing Home
Park Manor Medical
Pleasant Valley Nursing
Home
Twilight Acres Nursing Home
Siuslaw Manor Nursing Home
Grandview Manor
McKenzie Manor Nursing Home
Location
Caacit
Percent of
Occu 'anc
37
47
395
15
24
45
117
82
48
49
Springfield
78
48
Eugene
Cottage Grove
Florence
Cottage Grove
Eugene
49
30
23
27
16
111
102
138
113
104
94
50
37
24
80
96
64
92
65
56
40
92
87
Cottage Grove
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Florence
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Florence
Junction City
Springfield
68
110
86
96
84
42
15
103 1/
71
Licensed capacity exceeds evaluation capacity, resulting in a high percentage of occupancy.
Oregon State Board of Health, Oregon Plan for Construction and ModerniSOURCE:
zation of Hospitals, Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities, 1971
Annual Revision, Health Facility Planning and Construction Section, 1971.
1/
Table 60.
Diagnostic or Treatment Center Facilities and Rehabilitation
Facilities, Lane County, 1971
Name of Facilit
Diagnostic Facilities
Cottage Grove Hospital
Eugene Hospital and Clinic
Sacred Heart General Hospital
Valley Lane Hospital
Western Lane District Hospital
McKenzie-Willamette Memorial
Hospital
Rehabilitation Facilities
Eugene Center for Hearing and
Speech
Sacred Heart Hospital
1/
2/
Location
No. of Outpatient
Visits Durin Year
Cottage Grove
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Florence
4,786
186,436
17,361
968
2,686
Springfield
9,959
Eugene
Eugene
3,200 11
66
11 2/
Number of individuals served, actual number of outpatient visits not
available.
I?Nonrehabilitation! patients utilizing rehabilitation services are not
included.
SOURCE: Oregon State Board of Health, Oregon Plan for Construction and Moderni-
zation of Hospitals, Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities, 1971
Annual Revision, Health Facility Planning and Construction Section, 1971.
Table 61.
Number of Admissions to State Psychiatric Hospitals and Mental
Health Clinics and Ratio per 100,000 Population, 1969
Facilit
7
Psychiatric Hospitals
Mental Health Clinics
SOURCE:
Lane County
Number
Ratio
I
137
941
65
449
State
Ratio
134
460
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
Lane County's birth rate rose 3 percent between 1968 and 1971. The
death rate rose 10.6 percent during the same time period. The illegitimate
births remained at about the same rate.
Table 62.
Births and Deaths by Major Category, Lane County, 1971
Category
All births
All deaths
Illegitimate births
Premature births
Inf ant deaths
p
.................
Number
Rate
3,455
1,550
261
158
15.5
7.0
75.5 ./
45.7
/
13.6
50.3
1/
1'
47
112
Accidental deaths
Type births per 1,000 live
2/
Rate per 1,000 population.
births.
Rate per 100,000 population.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, OregonState Health
SOURCE:
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section,
1/
3/
1971.
Table 63.
Health Statistics, Lane County, 1971
Lane County
Rate
Number
Item
I
State
Rate
1'
Morbidity
12.7
8.5
324.8
241.4
45.1
21.9
21
Tuber cubs is
9
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Influenza
Hepatitis
Measles
1,061
4,547
Deaths from all causes
Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
Diabetus mellitus
Heart diseases
Cerebrovascular diseases
Arteriosclerosis
Other cardiovascular diseases
Influenza and pneumonia
Bronchitis, emphysema, asthma
Peptic ulcer
Cirrhosis of the liver
Congenital anomalies
Certain infant mortality causes..
11
12
26
133.7
9.9
240.1
92.0
13.5
12.1
24.2
28.3
4.0
4.9
5.4
11.7
167.0
14.9
342.3
116.1
22.0
15.2
26.5
24.9
4.6
13.8
7.1
14.2
102
112
31
45.8
50.3
13.9
6
2.7
78.5
64.4
14.5
4.4
298
22
535
205
30
27
54
63
9
All other diseases
Accidents
Suicide
Homicides
Rates are as follows: Live births, deaths per 1,000 population.
Selected causes of death and morbidity per 100,000 population
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health
SOURCE:
Division, Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section, 1971
1/
- 57 -
Public Welfare
Table 64.
Public Welfare Payments for Assistance, Lane County,
October 1970 and August 19721/
Cases
Category
Cases receiving non-medical payments
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Blind
Aid to the Disabled
Aid to Dependent Children 2/
General Assistance
Foster Care
Physicians services 2!
OAA
AB
AD
ADC
GA
Hospital payments 2/
OAA
AB
AD
ABC
GA
FC
FC
I
651
59
517
10,035
136
161
1972
588
59
561
9,573
188
NA*
145
12
212
176
1,125
2,009
138
127
125
28
FC
Dru
OAA
AB
AD
ABC
GA
1970
14
235
Average Payments
1970
1972
I
$ 62.73
100.53
86.68
46.25
77.08
83.37
$ 66.76
102.03
97.37
49.75
68.41
NA
$ 18.06
14.90
30.53
28.64
42.58
24.09
$ 16.00
24.25
27.80
20.52
43.94
22.97
$144.59
289.33
403.93
331.23
612.97
239.79
26
-17
15
101
170
19
26
4
7
$ 94.14
--669.97
349.20
552.63
408.74
586
680
$16.58
$19.78
22
297
29
359
921
98
1,546
130
13.25
21.12
8.23
12.24
19.07
27.11
7.45
19.89
8
65
7.64
6.57
2
28
payments 2/
*NA - not available
1/ Note differing months for comparison.
Persons, not cases.
2/
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Public Welfare in Oregon, October 1970 and August 1972
editions.
Table 65.
Average Welfare Payments by Type of Service, Lane County,
Fiscal Years 1968-69 and 1971-72
Type of Service
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Blind
Aid to the Disabled
General Assistance
Aid to Dependent Children 1/
UN 2/
Basic 2/
Average Payment Per Case
1968-69
1971-62
$58.21
93.40
80.98
65.42
$ 65.57
111.18
91.97
68.94
38.02
42.92
51.78
49.21
Payments per person, not case.
UN figure represents payments to families where male parent is in the
home but unemployed. The Basic figure represents all others.
SOURCE: unpublished data received from Sondra Lipman, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Research and Statistics Section, May 1973.
1/
2/
The State of Oregon operates three special schools for the handicapped,
The School for the Blind provides
all located at Salem in Marion County.
special education for approximately 100 children with acute vision problems
in a boarding school situation. The School for the Deaf provides parallel
training for severely handicapped children from four years of age through
OregonFairview Home provides in- and out-patient training for
high school.
mentally deficient minors and adults.
Housing
Table 66.
Housing Occupancy and Facilities, Lane County, 1970
Subject
Occupancy
All housing units
Seasonal or migratory
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year-round
Population in housing units
per unit
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Lane County
Number Units
Percent
I
71,239
181
43,739
24,518
2,801
State
Percent
100.00
2.50
61.40
34.42
3.93
100.0
1.3
61.3
31.5
5.9
3.2
2.7
Persons per room
All occupied units
1.00 or less
1.01 to 1.50
1.51 or more
68,257
64,489
3,002
766
100.00
94.48
4.40
1.15
100.0
94.7
4.2
1.1
Facilities
Lacking some or all plumbing
facilities
Telephone available
Air conditioning
1,284
62,144
4,426
18.80
91.04
6.48
3.6
89.5
10.3
Median number of rooms
Median value
Median gross rent
SOURCE:
5.0
$16,400
$113
5.0
$11,300
$107
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.
Table 67.
Housing
Occupancy and Facilities for Places with Over 2,500
Inhabitants, Lane County, 1970
Subj ect
Occupancy
All year-round housing units.
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year-round
Facilities
Telephone available
Air conditioning
Median gross rent of renter
occupied
Subj ect
Occupancy
All year-round housing units.
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year-round
Facilities
Telephone available
Air conditioning
Median gross rent of renter
occupied
Eu ene
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
26,769
13,411
12,364
617
100.00
50.10
46.19
2.30
9,264
5,430
3,517
210
100.00
58.61
37.96
2.27
NA*
2,785
--10.40
405
4.37
$118
---
I
Cottage Grove
Number
Percent
2,074
1,315
703
Spr inf ield
$112
Oakridge
Percent
I
Nuxpber
1,178
705
426
66
100.00
63.40
33.90
3.18
1,773
137
85.49
6.61
916
---
$90
$100
47
69
100.00
59.85
36.16
3.99
77.16
5.86
*NA - not available.
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.
THE COUNTY'S ECONOMY
In recent years, Lane County's economy had been largely based on diversified agriculture, manufacturing of wood and metal products, heavy industry,
food processing, and logging.
Agriculture
Agriculture in Lane County is very diversified. The fertile soils of
the rural areas and temperate climatic conditions are favorable for the
production of many agricultural products.
Table 68.
Farm Size and Value, Lane County, 1964 and 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
SOURCE:
1969
1964
Subj ect
2,919,650
14.2
2,893
416,195
143.9
2,913,280
$51,768
$361.86
$80,824
$549.60
9.3
1,840
270,587
147
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 69.
Number and Percent of Farms by Size, Lane County, 1964 and 1969
1969
1964
Size
Number
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
SOURCE:
227
277
197
170
104
64
191
86
36
14
12.75
40.03
7.85
9.57
6.81
5.88
3.59
2.21
6.60
2.97
1.24
4.80
2,893
100.00
369
1,158
Total farms
Percent
Number
Percent
71
31
14.51
33.21
8.21
8.91
7.99
6.25
3.59
2.34
8.91
3.86
1.68
10
.54
1,840
100.00
267
611
151
164
147
115
66
43
164
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.
-
62 -
Table 70.
Value of Farm Products Sold, Lane County, 1966-1970
Product
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
thousand dollars ------All crops, livestock, and
livestock products
All crops
All grain, hay and seeds
All seed crops
All grai; and hay
All hay
All grains
Wheat
Barley
Vegetables, fresh and for
processing
All berries
All tree fruits and nuts
Specialty field crops
Specialty horticultural
crops
All livestock and livestock
products
Dairy products
Poultry products
Chickens
Turkeys
Cattle and calves
Sheep and lambs
Hogs
SOURCE:
19,958
20,308
19,998
20,817
20,718
10,554
2,357
1,463
894
326
568
11,729
2,386
1,305
1,081
11,077
2,418
1,607
811
304
11,416
2,685
1,876
809
301
508
11,225
2,786
2,053
733
282
451
355
387
694
553
40
507
381
50
2,762
415
2,528
773
3,339
368
2,072
1,109
3,669
501
1,104
1,002
2,937
507
1,346
1,157
3,023
430
1,151
1,079
1,304
1,801
1,933
1,900
2,000
9,404
2,594
8,459
2,711
8,921
2,622
9,401
2,881
9,493
2,992
1,586
167
2,948
1,253
102
2,727
349
156
1,346
117
3,080
302
109
1,560
90
2,968
1,471
327
100
376
183
394
39
299
102
25
63
3,299
280
96
U.S.D.A. and Oregon State University Extension Service cooperating,
"Oregon Commodity Data Sheets", Oregon State University, 1971-72.
Agriculture provides income not only to the farmers, but also to the
workers employed for harvesting and processing the agricultural products.
Income from the sale of crops and livestock in the county in 1970 was estimated at about $21 million.
During 1970, income from sale of crops accounted for 54.2 percent of the
agricultural income, while livestock accounted for about 45.8 percent.
Table 71.
Types of Farms with Sales Over $2,500, Lane County, 1964 & 1969
1964
Product
Field corn
Sorghums
Alfalfa
Clover
Hay, grass, and silage
Red clover and alfalfa seed
Strawberries
Wheat
Oats, barley, rye
Vegetables
Orchards and vineyards
Forest products
Nursery products
Livestock
Cattle and calves
Hogs and pigs
Sheep and lambs
Goats
Other
Farms
40
NA*
67
269
114
3
31
148
190
139
354
44
25
I
19,69
Acres
1,607
NA
1,624
14,185
8,295
72
204
6,263
6,302
5,235
5,035
--64
Farms
Acres
35
1,334
6
72
58
250
151
2,614
11,318
6,143
2
111
104
196
46
689
1,974
5,506
8,558
4,818
60
22
96
36
57
Farms
Number
Farms
Number
483
62
130
27,919
1,623
21,972
NA
433
24,411
875
21,413
NA
NA
NA
44
111
19
198
269
*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.
Classification of farms by economic class considers only those classifled: 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 nonfarm sources was
less than the value of all farm products sold.
Table 72.
Farms by Economic Class, Lane County, 1964 and 1969
Number
Economic Class
Commercial farms
Class I (Sales of $40,000 or
more)
Class LI (Sales of $20,000 to
$39 ,999)
1964
I
Percent
1964
1969
I
1969
105
146
3.63
7.93
113
96
3.91
5.22
155
141
5.36
7.66
178
152
6.15
8.26
229
235
7.92
12.77
274
128
9.47
6.96
1,426
413
743
198
49.29
14.28
40.38
10.76
2,893
1,840
100.00
100.00
Class III (Sales of $10,000 to
$19,999)
Class IV (Sales of $5,000 to
$9 ,999)
Class V (Sales of $2,500 to
$4,999)
Class VI (Sales of $50 to
$2,499)
Other farms
Part-time
Part-retirement
Abnormal
Total farms
SOURCE:
1
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 73.
Farm Operators by Tenure, Lane County, 1964 and 1969
Tenure
1964
1969
Full owners
Part owners
Managers
Tenants
2,319
418
1,383
356
151
101
Total operators
2,893
1,840
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.
Farm Operators by Age and
Subject
By age:
Average in years
65 years old and over
By years of school completed:
Elementary:
0 to 4 years
5 to 7 years
8 years
High School: 1 to 3 years
4years
College:
1 to 3 years
4 years or more
Years of School Completed, 1964 & 1969
1964
1969
51.9
539
52.2
325
30
199
616
517
976
320
235
NA*
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
*NA - not available.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 75.
Acres of Crops Harvested, Lane County, 1969 and 1970
Crops Harvested
Corn for grain
Small grains
Wheat
Oats
Barley
Hay crops
Field seed crops
Rye grass
Fescue
Bluegrass
Bentgrass
Mint oil
Vegetables
Sweet corn
Snap beans
Beets
Berries
Strawberries
Blackberries
Raspberries
Tree fruits, nuts, and grapes
1969
1970p
300
200
8,000
5,000
1,100
43,800
6,000
4,000
900
42,600
12,500
2,200
14,000
2,100
540
3,100
450
3,200
2,200
2,500
1,060
2,000
3,000
1,000
350
350
90
65
2,950
90
78
5,450
p - preliminary
SOURCE:
U.S.D.A. and Oregon State University Extension Service cooperating,
"Oregon Commodity Data Sheets", Oregon State University, 1971-72.
The estimated numbers of livestock and poultry in Lane County are
shown in the table that follows.
The number of milk cows in the county has decreased significantly
since 1950, consistent with the national trend.
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.
Other livestock have also decreased in number over the years except for
cattle, which have increased.
Table 76.
Livestock and Poultry Numbers, 1950, 1960, 1969 and 1970
Category
1950
1960
1969
f
All cattle
Dairy cattle
Sheep and lambs
31,000
11,900
23,000
6,500
NA*
NA
Hogs
Chickens
Turkeys raised
36,000
9,100
39,000
7,700
NA
NA
42,000
6,300
30,000
1,800
42,000
6,000
25,000
1,500
212
212
20,000
15,000
* NA - not available.
p - preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S.D.A. and Oregon State University Extension Service cooperating,
"Oregon Commodity Data Sheetst', Oregon State University, 1971-72.
Table 77.
Food and Kindred Products Manufacturing, Lane County, 1965 & 1970
Maor Grou.
Meat packing plants
Sausages and other prepared meats
Poultry and small game dressing & packing
Dairy products
Creamery butter
Ice cream and frozen desserts
Fluid milk
Canned fruits, vegetables, jams and jellies
Dried and dehydrated fruits and vegetables
Pickled fruits and vegetables; vegetable
sauces & seasonings; salad dressings
Frozen fruits, juices, vegetables and
specialties
Prepared feeds for animals and fowls
Bread and other baker products
Bottled and canned soft drinks
Flavoring extracts and flavoring syrups
not elsewhere classified
Manufactured ice
Total
No. of Firms
1965
1970
5
2
1
8
2
1
Employment
1970
1965
27*
24
50
54
16
60
50
110
10
265
4
1
1
1
4
1
10
294
708
1
2
6
7
--
1
--
468
2
2
4
3
93
19
205
83
-1
4
1
5
5
4
3
82
48
230
80
1
1
1
2
3
34
37
1,561
1,446
2
* One firm did not report employment.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1965 and 1970.
Logging and Wood Products
Logging and sawmilling began in Lane County at the time of settlement
and continues to be one of the biggest industries of the county. Manufacturing industries that utilize wood residue have been expanding. Lumber
and wood products industries employ a large number of people.
Table 78.
Lumber and Wood Products Manufacturing Excluding Furniture,
Lane County, 1970
Product Group
Number of Firms
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills, general
Special product sawmills
Veneer and plywood plants
Miliwork plants
Wood products not elsewhere classified
82
39
11
28
13
959
2,025
182
5,199
333
747
180
9,445
7
Total
SOURCE:
Employment
Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Table 79.
Timber Harvest by Ownership, Lane County, 1970 1/
Ownership
Production*
Total timber harvest
Private 2/
Bureau of Land Management 3/
National forest 4/
State
Other federal 2/
Other public
Percent of Total
6,196,890
3,212,384
1,013,675
1,814,053
147,252
1,300
8,226
100.00
51.80
16.36
29.27
2.38
.03
.13
* Scribner Log Rule - thousand board feet.
1/
Includes volume removed as logs but no t volume removed for poles, pilings,
andwoodcutting operations.
2/
Compiled by State Forestor.
3/
Compiled by Bureau of Land Management.
4/ Compiled by U.S. Forest Service.
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.
Table 80.
Installed 8-Hour Capacity of Wood-Using Industries, 1968
Indus try
Capacity
Sawmil 1-lumber
3,913,000
3,578,000
1,729
Veneer and plywood
Pulp and board mills
J
/
Scribner Log Rule, board feet.
2/
Square feet, 3/8 inch basis.
24 hour capacity in tons.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Oregon Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics, 1968.
1/
3/
- 68 -
Table 81.
Log Consumption in Thousand Board Feet by Species and Industry,
Lane County, 1968 1/
Type of Wood-Using Indus tr y
Veneer and
Plywood
Shake and
Shingle
944,893
752,330
102,967
23,009
1,440
881,730
851,150
18,614
1,522
240
849
20,415
33,743
9,900
600
2,508
14,607
NA*
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Species
Sawmills
All species
Douglas fir
Hemlock
True firs
Spruce
Ponderosa and Jeffery pine
White and sugar pine
Redwood
Other softwoods
Hardwoods
7,336
Scribner log rule.
1/
*NA - not available.
Oregon
State
Department
of
Forestry
jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
SOURCE:
Oregon Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics, 1968.
Manufacturing
Table 82.
Value Added by Major Manufacturing Industries,
Lane County, 1967
Value Added
Item
$208,200,000
20,000,000
151,000,000
63,100,000
All manufacturing
Food and kindred products
Lumber and wood products
Sawmills and planing mills
Millwork, plywood, and
related products
Miscellaneous wood products
SOURCE:
Percent of Total
100.00
9.60
72.53
64,400,000
4,400,000
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.
- 69 -
Table 83. Manufacturing, Other than Lumber and Wood Products; Food and
Kindred Products and Mineral, Metal, and Related Products
Manufacturing, Lane County, 1970
Major Group and Subgroups
Number of Firms
Textile mill products
Apparel and other finished products
from fabrics and similar materials
Curtains and draperies
Canvas products
Fabricated textile products
Automotive trimmings
Furniture and fixtures
Wood household furniture
Matresses and bedsprings
Venetian blinds and shades
Paper and allied products
Paperboard mills
Sanitary food containers
Printing, publishing, and allied
Employment
2
12
1
2
1
1
3
3
5
30
1
2
1
1
1
1,935
8
1
1
693
4
154
9
5
1
55
57
2
indus tries
Newspapers, publishing & printing
Periodicals, publishing & printing
Book printing
Miscellaneous
Commercial printing
Lithographic
Manifold business forms
Chemicals and allied products
Industrial organic chemicals
Plastics, synthetics
Paints, varnishes, enamels
Fertilizers
Adhesives and gelatin
Ruber and miscellaneous products
Tires and inner tubes
Fabricated rubber
Miscellaneous plastics
Leather and leather products
Machinery, except electrical
Farm machinery
Construction machinery equipment
Conveyors and conveying equipment
Hoists, industrial cranes
Machine tools
Special dies and tools
Metal working machinery
Food products machinery
Woodworking machinery
Paper industries machinery
- 70 -
1
2
1
5
3
63
13
1
1
2
1
4
2
3
1
1
5
10
21
36
88
6
2
6
2
17
13
1
2
9
1
297
Table 83, cont. Manufacturing, Other than Lumber and Wood Products; Food
and Kindred Products and Mineral, Metal, and Related Products
Manufacturing, Lane County, 1970
Major Group and Subgroups
Machinery, except electrical, cont.
Mechanical power transmission equip
Industrial processing furnishings
and ovens
General industrial equipment
Office machines
Air conditioning
Miscellaneous machinery
Electrical machinery
Industrial controls
Electrical industrial apparatus
Storage batteries
Internal combustion engines
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicle parts
Truck trailers
Aircraft parts
Shipbuilding and repair
Railroad and street cars
Trailer coaches
Professional, scientific, and controlling instruments
Engineering equipment
Opthalmic goods
Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
Jewelry
Games and toys
Sporting and athletic goods
Signs and advertising displays
Total
SOURCE:
Number of Firms
1
1
1
1
10
Employment
---117
4
1
2
1
2
1
1
6
14
32
20
25
60
44
1
7
2
25
1
140
2
2
20
123
4,076
4
18
Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Mining - Mineral and Metal industries
Most of the income from mineral production is derived from sand and
gravel and stone and varies considerably from year to year depending on
current construction activities within the county. Minor amounts of other
minerals have been taken from the county.
Table 84.
Mineral, Metal and Related Manufacturing, Lane County, 1970
Major Group and Subgroups
Petroleum refining and related indus
Stone, clay, and glass products
Pottery products
Concrete block and brick
Other concrete products
Ready-mixed concrete
Cut stone and stone products
Asbestos products
Minerals and earths, ground or
otherwise treated
Primary metals
Gray iron foundries
Primary smelting and refining of
non-ferrous metals
Aluminum castings
Brass, bronze, copper and copper base
alloy castings
Fabricated metals products
Metal cans
Hand and edge tools, except machine
tools and hand saws
Hand saws and saw blades
Hardware not elsewhere classified
Fabricated structurai steel
Metal doors, sash, frames, molding
and trim
Fabricated plate work
Sheet metal work
Architectural and ornamental metal
work
Miscellaneous metal work
Electroplating, plating, polishing,
and anodizing
Coating and engraving
Valves and pipe fittings
Fabricated metal not elsewhere
classified
SOURCE:
Number of Firms
Employment
121
3
2
6
31
86
3
1
125
1
10
3
312
1
33
1
1
40
25
20
1
2
1
1
1
30
6
35
1
2
3
125
7
70
2
3
1
20
3
6
10
34
303
1
2
1
Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Table 85.
Value of Mineral Production, Lane County, 1963, 1965, and 1970
Year
1963
1965
1970
SOURCE:
Value
Minerals Produced in Order of Value
$ 7,310,000
10,046,000
3,046,000
Stone, sand and gravel, mercury
Stone, sand and gravel, mercury
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Outdoor Recreation
Recreation in Lane County has an important economic significance in
terms of the tourist industry, which is important to the income of many
communities, as well as providing many intangible benefits commonly associated with recreational opportunities.
Outdoor recreation has become an important part in the lives of Lane
County residents and undoubtedly will continue to grow in the future. The
geology, topography, and climate have combined to endow the county with a
high recreation potential offering a wide range of opportunity. The principal recreational resources are beaches, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, mountains,
and forests.
Popular activities include sight-seeing, hiking, picnicking, swimming,
fishing, boating, hunting, water and snow skiing, skin and scuba diving,
clam digging, and agate hunting.
The rapid growth of recreation is influenced by the efficiency of transportation, higher family incomes, and increased leisure time, which has
enabled people to spend more time and money and to travel farther for recreation.
The developed public recreation facilities of Lane County consist of
national forest, Bureau of Land Management, Corps of Engineers, state parks,
state fish and game agency, county park agency, and other agencies within
the county.
- 73 -
Table 86.
Lane County Park and Recreation Facilities, 1972
Ownership and Name
Acres
State Parks
Armitage
Ben and Kay Dorris Park
Carl G. Washburne
Darlingtonia Wayside
Devil's Elbow Park
Fern Ridge Park
Perkins Peninsula
Richardson Point
Hendricks Bridge Wayside
Jessie M. Honeyman Park
Muriel 0. Ponsler Memorial
Alderwood State Wayside
Blachly Mt. Forest Wayside
Dexter Dam
Howard J. Morton Memorial
Jennie B. Harris Wayside
Joaquin Miller Forest
Mt. Pisgah Regional Park
Neptune State Park
Stonefield Beach
Squaw Creek Wayside
Washburne Wayside
Willamette Corridor
Federal Parks
Black Canyon
Blue Pool
Paradise
57
79
1,209
18
117
54
BF,S,P,PT,R
B ,F,V,PT,R
Be,P,R,PT,V
PT,V
V,Be,PT
S,F,B,PT
F,B,PT
17
522
2
B ,PT
Be,B,F,P,S,T,PT,R
PT,S ,F
56.94
80.00
606.51
24.40
4.00
111.75
872.00
295.72
19.30
2.15
30.60
75.44
B ,F,PT,R
F,T,PT,R
F,T,PT,R
Be,F,S,T,V,PT,R
Be,B,F,G,T,V,PT
Silt coos
Sutton Lake
Local Parks
Baker Bay
Lowell - North Shore
Siuslaw Harbor Vista
Water Board
Facilities and Activities:
B - boating
P
Be - beach
S
F - fishing
T
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department
"Oregon State Parks and
Facilities & Activities 1/
B , F, S , V ,PT , R
Be,F,B,S,V,PT,R
Be,F,T,V,PT,R
B,F,S,T,PT,R
1/
- plants
V - views
- swimming
PT - picnic tables
- trails
R - restrooms
of Transportation, State Highway Division,
Waysides", State Parks and Recreation Section,
1972.
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Table 87.
Attendance at State Parks in Lane County, 1968-72
Park and Use
Armitage
Day attendance
Overnight camping
Ben and Kay Dorris Park
Day attendance
Carl C. Washburne
Day attendance
Overnight camping
Devil's Elbow Park
Day attendance
Fern Ridge Park
Perkins Peninsula
Day attendance
Richardson Point
Day attendance
Hendricks Bridge Wayside
Day attendance
Jennie 8. Harris Wayside
Day attendance
Muriel 0. Ponsler Memorial
Day attendance
Neptune State Park
Day attendance
Overnight camping
Washburne Wayside
Day attendance
SOURCE:
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
244,176
20,189
332,468
22,465
356,934
23,401
408,660
26,349
43,232
79,344
58,154
83,531
187,256
15,350
147,204
16,844
119,436
16,598
134,340
17,372
151,868
161,510
154,906
153,932
125,760
197,256
156,712
177,690
112,124
160,778
131,092
136,859
98,800
112,946
126,410
147,452
15,016
21,557
20,028
20,224
50,512
56,312
57,448
65,204
78,896
4,185
102,173
4,857
114,966
4,499
130,826
4,552
54,372
94,804
92,460
102,196
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
"Day Visitor Attendance". and "Overnight Camping by the Public",
State Parks and Recreation Section, 1972.
Each year a large number of both Lane County residents and non-residents
hunt a variety of game animals in the county. Sport fishery is also an important recreational attraction. Many streams, lakes, and ponds of the county
are stocked by the Oregon State Game Commission, Fish Commission of Oregon,
and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
- 75 -
Table 88.
Game
Pheasants
Quail
Blue & ruffed grouse.
Silver gray squirrel.
Band-tailed pigeon
Mourning dove
Ducks
Geese
Deer 1/
Elk 1/
Lane County Game Harvest
Hunters
Percent of
Number State Total
Number
State Total
4,999
1,659
886
443
2,088
1,990
4,010
880
13,730
1,880
6,597
7,120
2,276
1,658
21,937
24,796
33,450
2,070
4,740
141
2.71
4.49
13.53
7.61
18.12
12.60
5.88
6.93
6.34
11.47
9.66
16.83
12.15
7.19
1.58
4.92
2.52
Kill
I Percent of
.36
5.40
1.38
Days
Hunted
19,179
6,986
2,275
1,252
8,756
10,840
32,050
8,260
NA*
8,630
*NA - not available.
Figures are for McKenzie game management unit rather than for Lane County.
SOURCES:
Oregon State Game Commission, "1966 Upland Game Questionnaire", 1967,
and "Waterfowl Estimates, 1969-70 Season", 1970, and Oregon State
Game Commission Bulletin, May, 1972.
1/
A 1969 study by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service found high potential
forthe development of outdoor recreation enterprises in Lane County. The
study considered such factors as climate, scenery, natural and historic areas,
soils, water, fish and wildlife, and proximity and access. The following
table lists the study's ratings for various kinds of developments.
Table 89.
Lane County Recreational Development Potentials
Rating for
Potential Development
Kind of Development
Vacation cabins, cottages, homesites, and
youth camps
Camping grounds
Picnic and field sports areas
Fishing areas (warm, cold, and marine water)
Hunting areas (small game, big game, and
waterfowl)
Natural and scenic areas
Historic areas
High
High
High
High
High
High
Low
Golf. courses
Stndard and par 3
Driving ranges and miniature golf
Riding stables
Vacation farms
Water sports areas
Winter sports areas
SOURCE:
High
Medium
Medium
Medium
High
Low
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, An
Appraisal of Potential Outdoor Recreational Development, Lane
County, Oregon, February, 1969.
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Business
Table 90.
Retail Trade, Lane County, 1967
Establish-
Kind of Business
Retail trade, total
Building materials, hardware, and
farm equipment dealers
Total
Building material and supply
Hardware stores
Farm equipment dealers
General merchandise group stores
Total
Department stores
Variety stores
Misc. general merchandise
Food stores
Total
Grocery stores
Meat and fish stores
Fruit and vegetable stores
Candy, nut and confectionery.
Retail bakeries
Other food stores
Automotive dealers
Total
Motor vehicle dealers
New and used cars
Used cars only
Tire, battery, and accessories
Misc. automotive dealers
Gasoline service stations
Total
Apparel and accessory stores
Total
Women's ready-to-wear stores
Women's accessory and specialty
stores
Furriers and fur shops
Other apparel and accessory
Men's and boys' clothing and
furnishings stores
Family clothing stores
Shoe stores
Aparel and accessory stores,
N. E . C
ments
Paid 1/
Employees
Proprietors
Sales
number
number
number
1,726
9,241
1,807
$316,281
80
48
319
181
81
45
33
14,923
8,908
2,708
3,307
26
6
D*
D
3
1,411
1,046
D
D
46
251
188
23
1,281
1,169
252
185
16
27
5
5
8
11
D
D
D
D
126
66
1,092
850
**
**
793
55
8
18
29
13
33
$1,000
41,469
30,486
3,101
7,882
70,802
66,724
1,791
18
147
194
816
9
1,1.30
70,924
58,068
57
107
57
**
**
31
29
114
128
30
20
4,079
8,795
262
718
285
26,069
84
24
419
D
79
24
11,297
4,275
5
D
4
520
55
215
51
6,502
**
84
**
D
**
**
**
**
7
17
**
89
**
**
**
D
**
- 77 -
**
**
Table 90, cont.
Kind of Business
Furniture, home furnishings, and
equipment stores
Total
Furniture stores
Home furnishing stores
Household appliance stores
Radio, television, and music
stores
Eating and drinking places
Total
Eating places
Drinking places (alcoholic
beverages)
Drug stores and proprietary
stores
Total
Drug stores
Proprietary stores
Miscellaneous retail stores
Total
Liquor stores
Antique & secondhand stores
Sporting goods and bicycles
Jewelry stores
Fuel and ice dealers
Florists
Cigar stores and stands
Miscellaneous retail stores
Nonstore retailers
Total
Mail order houses
Merchandising machine operators
Direct selling establishments
Retail Trade, Lane County, 1967
Establishments
Paid /
Employees
proprietors
number
number
number
99
31
412
187
27
20
Sales
$1,000
72
98
119
43
31
20
$14,580
7,596
1,996
2,749
21
55
25
2,239
317
239
2,326
1,998
377
280
22,705
18,363
78
328
97
4,342
53
**
**
477
40
**
**
13,997
268
11
751
D
280
27,216
D
D
37
25
24
15
18
31
56
75
57
36
26
28
13
28
821
1,660
2,593
5,315
862
6
D
288
D
D
132
137
10,810
131
35
3
8
D
141
D
2,281
D
841
D
120
D
D
D
20
D
10
D
**
**
*D - withheld to avoid disclosure.
** - Data not provided because establishments with no payroll are classified
only at the next broader kind-of-business level.
1/
Paid employees for week including March 12.
2/ Not ej.sewhere classified.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Retail Trade:
Oregon, BC 67 - WA 39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1969.
Table 91.
Wholesale Trade, Lane County, 1967
Kind of Business
Establishments
number
Wholesale trade, total
Motor vehicles and automotive
equipment
Automobiles and other motor
vehicles
Tires and tubes
Automotive equipment
Drugs, chemicals, and allied
products
Drugs, proprietaries, and
sundries
Paints and varnishes
Chemicals and allied
products, N.E.0 2/
Piece goods, notions, and
apparel
Piece goods, notions, and
other dry goods
Apparel
Footwear
Groceries and related products
Groceries, general line
Frozen foods
Dairy products
Poultry and poultry products
Confectionery
Fish and seafoods
Meats and meat products
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Groceries and related
products, N.E C
Farm products, raw materials
Electrical goods
Electrical apparatus, equip,
and supplies
Electrical appliances, TV,
and radio sets
Electronic parts and equip
Hardware, plumbing, and
heating equip. & supplies
Hardware
Plumbing and heating equip.
and supplies
Air conditioning, ref rig.
equipment and supplies
Paid /
Employees
number
Proprietors
Sales
number
$1,000
323
3,081
125
$281,677
44
512
20
25,883
7
168
1
6
4
31
56
291
15
14,225
1,914
9,744
12
106
1
8,502
D
5
D
D
D
D
5
24
1
1,506
5
21
5
1,213
3
D
D
D
D
D
D
278
D
D
13
15
33,029
D
D
D
D
1
1,579
D
D
D
66
D
7
3
5,679
D
8
58
2,811
20
146
13,329
16
128
12,281
18
958
2
2
25
3
3
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Table 91, cont.
Wholesale Trade, Lane County, 1967
Kind of Business
Establishments
number
Machinery equipment and supplies
Commercial machines and
equipment
Construction, mining machinery
and equipment
Farm machinery and equipment
Industrial machinery and
equipment
Professional equipment and
supplies
Industrial supplies
Service establishment equip.
and supplies
Transportation equip., exc.
motor vehicles
Metals and minerals, N.E C
PetrolEum and petroleum products
Scrap and waste materials
Tobacco and its products
Beer, wine, and distilled
alcoholic beverages
Paper and its products
Furniture and home furnishings
Lumber and construction
materials
Other kinds of wholesale
business
Paid
Employees
number
Proprietors
number
Sales
$1,000
73
803
27
$44,673
19
164
8
4,479
19
384
D
7
21,634
D
D
89
3
5,277
1,409
8,487
9
7
35
1
13
119
3
5
D
D
1
D
D
D
10
40
210
251
4
10
3
2
39
D
D
12,384
34,382
1,544
D
7
3
4
46
86
72
2
4,160
4,363
3,150
51
381
20
84,121
14
63
10
1
2
3,249
- withheld to avoid disclosure.
Paid employees for week includ ing March 12.
Not elsewhere classified.
2/
SOURCE:
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.
1/
Table 92.
Selected Services, Lane County, 1967
Kind of Business
Selected services, total
Hotels, motels, tourist courts, camps
Total
Hotels, motels, tourist courts
Hotels
Year-round, 25 or more rooms
Year-round, 25 or less rooms
Seasonal
Motels, motor hotels, and tourist
courts
Motels and tourist courts
Motor hotels
Trailer courts and parks
Sporting and recreational camps
Personal services
Total
Laundry, cleaning, and garment
services
Coin-operated laundries and dry
cleaning
Other laundry, cleaning, garment
services
Power laundries, family and
commercial
Industrial launderers
Linen supply
Diaper service
Laundries, except power and
coin-operated
Dry cleaning plants except
rug cleaning
Rug cleaning and repair
Garment pressing, alteration,
and repair
Beauty shops
Barber shops
Photographic studios
Shoe repair, shoe shine, and hat
cleaning shops
Funeral services and crematories
Miscellaneous personal services...
Miscellaneous business services
Total
Advertising
Advertising agencies
Outdoor advertising services
Establishments
Receipts
number
$1,000
number
1,185
$37,722
2,870
132
83
6,005
5,443
1,278
17
**
**
**
**
**
**
Paid
Employees
564
557
173
D*
D
9
66
**
**
4,165
40
9
450
112
410
8,636
766
96
3,256
329
21
348
27
75
2,908
302
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
42
D
D
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
115
115
21
2,143
1,021
16
12
35
196
1,042
203
D
25
219
7,487
973
621
15
**
**
**
**
**
**
775
384
D
D
D
D
154
D
302
54
38
D
38
D
D
Table 92, cont.
Selected Services, Lane County, 1967
Establish-
Kind of Business
ments
number
Advertising, cont.
Radio, TV, publishers' represent
Miscellaneous advertising
Services to dwellings and other
buildings
Window cleaning
Disinfecting and exterminating..
Misc, services
Business and consulting services..
Business, management, and
consulting services
Statistical and computer service
Public relations services
Interior decorators
Other misc. business services
Credit bureaus, collection
agencies
Duplicating, mailing, stenographic services
Direct mail advertising
Blue printing and photocopying
Stenographic and duplicating
services, N.E.0 2/ ..........
News syndicates
Private employment agencies
Commercial research development
laboratories
Commercial testing labs
Detective agencies and protective
services
Equipment rental and leasing
Photofinishing laboratories
Trading stamp services (sales
offices)
Temporary help supply service
Sign painting shops
Telephone answering service
Other business services
Automobile repair, automobile
services, garages
Total
Auto repair shops
General auto repair
Top and body repair
Other auto repair shops
Tire retreading and repair
Paint shops
Receipts
$1,000
Paid 1/
Employees
number
**
**
**
**
43
**
**
**
808
**
**
**
123
D
D
D
22
313
22
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
D
D
D
139
5,393
438
**
**
58
**
**
21
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
20
**
**
**
**
D
**
**
**
**
**
**
10
49
D
D
D
**
**
**
**
**
**
16
**
**
**
**
D
139
158
129
64
8,630
6,775
3,565
641
469
349
201
2569
115
**
**
57
22
43
**
**
D
33
D
Table 92, cont.
Selected Services, Lane County, 1967
Kind of Business
Other auto repair shops, cont.
Battery and ignition repair.
Radiator repair
Glass replacement and repair
Brake repair
Wheel, axle, and spring repair
Exhaust system service (muffler
shops)
Automatic transmission repair
Other auto repair shops, N.E.C
Automobile parking
Parking lots
Parking structures
Car, truck rental, leasing
Car, truck rental, leasing
without drivers
Auto services except repair
Auto laundries
Other automobile services
Miscellaneous repair services
Total
Electrical repair shops
Radio and TV repair shops
Other electrical repair,
refrigeration
Refrigerator service & repair
Electrical repair shops, N.E.C
Reupholstery and furniture repair
Other repair shops and related
services
Watch, clock and jewelry repair..
Misc. repair and related services
Welding
Armature rewinding
Farm machinery, equipment
repair
Lawrimower, saw, knife, tool
sharpening and repair
Sewer and septic tank cleaning
Other repair shops, related
services, N.E.0
Motion pictures
Total
Motion picture production, distribution services
md.
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Establishments
Receipts
number
$1,000
Paid J
Employees
number
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
2
**
**
**
D
**
**
**
**
27
D
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
161
155
52
33
3,472
1,309
714
19
**
**
595
**
**
33
18
356
D
21
91
**
**
**
**
1,807
60
**
60
D
16
**
**
D
**
**
**
**
13
D
**
**
10
14
964
**
**
**
**
**
11
D
D
D
D
15
D
D
D
85
67
18
74
41
D
**
**
**
Table 92, cont.
Selected Services, Lane County, 1967
Kind of Business
Motion pictures, cont.
Motion picture theaters
Motion picture theaters exc.
drive-in
Drive-in motion picture theaters
Amusement and recreation services,
except motion pictures
Total
Producers, orchestras, entertainers
Bands, orchestras, actors, other
entertainers
Dance bands, orchestras, ex.
symphony
Symphony orchestras, other
classical groups
Entertainers (radio, TV), exc.
classical
Theatrical producers & services
Bowling alleys, billiards, pool
establishments
Billiard and pool
Bowling alleys
Other amusement and recreation
Dance halls, studios and schools
Commercial sports
Baseball, football clubs, etc.,
promoters
Racetrack operation,
racing stables
...
Public golf courses
Skating rinks
Amusement parks
Coin-operated amusement devices
Concession operators of amusement devices, rides
Carnivals, circuses and fairs
Other commercial recreation and
amusements
md.
Establishments
Recei'ts
Em.lo ees
number
$1,000
number
Paid .:/
12
D
D
**
**
D
**
D
18
91
26
2,528
178
**
**
23
**
**
13
**
**
**
**
**
**
10
D
11
**
**
830
D
**
**
D
54
**
**
1,520
84
**
**
6
**
**
8
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
D
D
**
**
42
**
8
16
6
D
D
-- represents zero.
*D - withheld to avoid disclosure.
** - Data not provided because establishments with no payroll are classified
only at next broader kind-of-business level.
Not elsewhere classified.
1/ Paid employees for week including March 12.
2/
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
Lane County is adequately served by a well-developed network of federal,
state, and county highways. Interstate five divides the county north and
south, and brings a large market area closer to the county. Highway 126
divides it east and west, giving easy access to the mountain region on the
east and the coast on the west. Other major highways, 101 and 99, link the
county to adjacent areas. An extensive system of logging roads enable access
to timber and recreation areas.
Southern Pacific Railway furnishes freight and passenger service. They
Motor freight
also furnish branch lines that serve principal communities.
services are also available in Lane County. Major bus lines serve the county
on major highways such as U.S. 99, state highways 231, 126, and 58. A charter
service is also in operation. The major airline service is located in Eugene,
with several unpaved airports in outlying communities.
Table 93.
Land Area in Highways, Streets, and Roads, Lane County
Ownership
SOURCE:
Acres
Percent
State highways
County roads
City streets
10,555
1,580
38.23
53.73
8.04
Total
19,645
100.00
7 ,510
Oregon State Department of Revenue and Oregon State Highway Division,
unpublished data.
Table 94.
Motor Vehicle Registration, Lane County, 1970
Vehicle
Number of Vehicles
Passenger vehicles
Buses
Trucks
All trailers
Motorcycles
Recreational
128,497
126
6,459
9,380
6,516
10,416
Total vehicles
161,394
SOURCE:
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Table 95.
Number of Aircraft and Boats, Lane County, 1968
Subj ect
Number
Aircraft
Boats
SOURCE:
254
9,058
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
Communication
Lane County is served by fifteen radio stations within the county.
Telephone is served by Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company and Western
Union provides telegraph service.
There are two locally owned television
stations, and several television stations from Portland are received via
cable and individual antennae.
Lane County has eleven newspapers published regularly. The Eugene
Register-Guard--the county's only daily newspaper--marked its 100th year
of publication in 1968. The Springfield News is published twice weekly;
the Oregon Daily Emerald, daily when the University of Oregon is in session;
The Farm Free Press, monthly. All other newspapers are weekly.
In addition, several magazines are published in Lane County including
Oregon Holidays, the Lane Historical Society publication, and Old Oregon.
Table 96.
Residential Communication Facilities, Lane County, 1960 and 1970
Number of Housing Units
1960
1970
I
Facilities
Battery radio sets
Yes
No
25,868
2,009
51,720
16,652
40,199
8,663
62,144
6,113
39,856
2,488
6,518
50,092
13,955
4,325
Telephone available
Yes
No
Television sets
One
Two or more
None
UHF equipped
Yes
No
NA*
23,167
NA
40,880
*NA - not available.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1960 and 1970 Detailed
Housing Characteristics, Final Report HC (1) - B39, Oregon, U.S.
Govermnent Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962 and 1972.
- 86 -
Table 97.
Communication Facilities, Lane County
Type Service
Location
Radio Stations
KASH
KATR
KBMC-FM
KEED
KERG
KFNY-FM
KORE
KPNW
KPNW-FM
KUGN
KZEL-FM
KNND
Network
Affiliation
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
Cottage Grove
ABC
KRVM-FM
AX-FN
Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
NER
NER
NPR
Telephone
Pacific Northwest Bell
Eugene
Television
KEZI-TV
KVAL-TV
Eugene
Eugene
CBS
ABC
NBS
ABC
NBC
Educational Radio
KIC C-FM
Newspapers
Sentinel
Chronicle
Oregon Daily Emerald
Regis ter-Guard
Sius law News
Times
Cottage Grove
Creswell
Eugene
Eugene
Florence
Junction City
Telegram
Oakr idge
News
Springfield
Veneta
Eugene
Eugene
West Lane News
The Reminder
Farm Free Press
SOURCES:
ABC
NBC
Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Directory.
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Directory of Radio and Television Stations for the State of Oregon, 1972.
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Library Facilities
Public support for libraries located in Lane County is provided by
local funds of the cities. In 1970, total funds provided were $385,564
while expenditures totaled $379,711. The seven libraries in the county
contain over 226,500 volumes. The county's circulation per capita of 4.0
and expenditures per capita of $1.81 compares with state figures of 6.3
and $3.48.
Table 98.
Lane County Libraries by City of Location, 1970
Volumes
Circulation
Circ./
City
Eugene
Springfield
Cottage Grove
Florence
Junction City
Veneta
127,514
40,210
27,518
7,083
9,107
8,525
6,473
446,438
148,814
31,661
12,471
28,512
15,119
8,785
5.7
5.6
5.5
3.6
14.3
6.5
6.5
County totals
226,434
691,800
4.0
Oakr idge
SOURCE:
cap it a
Hrs. Open
Per Week
69
53
28
19
28
20
19
Operating
Expend. /
Expend.
Capita
$288,561
58,429
14,704
3,571
8,360
4,576
1,510
$3.70
2.20
2.50
1.00
4.40
1.90
1.10
$379,711
$1.81
Oregon State Library, Directory of Oregon Libraries, annual statistics
for the year ending June 30, 1970.
Utilities
Slightly over three-fourths of the housing units in Lane County were
served by public systems or water companies in 1970, while 20.21 percent
received their water from individual wells. This compares with nearly 80
percent of housing units receiving water from public systems or water companies at the state level. The majority of the population use chlorination
as the main water treatment.
About 56 percent of Lane County housing units are on public sewer systems
compared to 61 percent for all state housing units.
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Table 99.
Types of Fuels and Fuel Usage, Lane County, 1960 and 1970
Types of Fuels
Utility gas
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc
Coal or coke
Wood
Electricity
Bottled, tank or LP gas
Other fuel
None
All housing units
SOURCE:
Home Heating
Fuel
1960 I 1970
540
23,330
Water Heating
Fuel
1960
1970
10,634
14,521
705
23
970
122
36
4,218
37,111
850
899
116
43,107
1,304
1,516
1,144
48,862
71,058
48,862
257
--
11,743
810
12,146
-
4,262
531
159
61,914
Cooking
Fuel
1960 I 1970
1,202
495
2,662
21
--
81
--
349
787
183
536
40,976
3,855
2,028
225
62,293
2,839
120
71,058
48,862
71,058
88
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing: 1960 and 1970
Detailed Housing Characteristics, Final Report HC (1) - B39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962, 1972
Table 100. Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal, 1970
Lane County
Number
Percent
Subj ect
Water source
Public system or private company
Individual well
Other or none
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other or none
SOURCE:
54,506
14,295
2,239
76.71
20.12
40,120
30,232
56.46
42.55
88
.99
3.17
State
Percent
79.8
16.9
3.3
61.0
37.5
1.5
1970 Detailed Housing
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing:
Characteristics, Final Report HC(1) - B39, Oregon, U S Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
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Table 101.
Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal, for Places
with Over 2,500 Inhabitants, Lane County, 1970
Subject
Water source
Public system or private
company
Individual well
Other
Eugene
Percent
Number
Springfield
Number
Percent
45,690
1,283
97.26
2.73
8
.01
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other or none
34,584
12,297
100
73.62
26.17
8,195
1,050
88.46
11.33
.21
7
.07
All housing units
46,975
100.00
9,264
100.00
Subj ect
Water source
Public system or private
ôompany
Individual well
Other
Cottage Grove
Number
Percent
8,963
289
96.75
3.11
Oakridge
Number
Percent
1,845
229
88.95
11.04
--
1,132
27
13
96.09
2.29
1.10
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other or none
1,780
294
85.82
14.17
1,033
139
87.69
11.79
All housing units
2,074
100.00
1,178
100.00
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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PUBLIC FINANCE
Table 102.
Selected Items of Local Government Finances, Lane County, 1966-67
Lane County
Per Capita
Total
Amount
Amount
Item
State
Per Capita
Amount
$61,879,000
21,996,000
15,562,000
39,883,000
30,458,000
29,907,000
551,000
9,425,000
$308.32
109.60
77.54
198.72
151.76
149.01
2.74
46.96
$308
67,249,000
18,197,000
49,052,000
37,030,000
31,088,000
7,388,000
4,104,000
48,000
314,000
296,000
464,000
2,050,000
1,735,000
3,398,000
658,000
629,000
2,025,000
248,000
1,986,000
273,000
318,000
913,000
2,220,000
409,000
2,174,000
3,627,000
335.07
90.67
244.40
184.50
154.90
36.81
20.45
316
62
254
180
152
30
20
.24
2
1.57
1.48
2.31
10.21
6
Water supply revenue
Water supply expenditure
2,065,000
2,768,000
10.29
13.79
12
13
General debt outstanding
Long-term
Local schools
Other
64,639,000
59,289,000
32,579,000
26,709,000
322.07
295.41
162.33
133.08
214
203
101
101
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
Corrections
Libraries
Financial administration
General control
General public buildings
Interest on general debt
Other and unallocable
SOURCE:
8.65
16.93
3.28
3.13
10.09
1.24
9.90
1.36
1.58
4.55
11.06
2.04
10.83
18.07
97
83
210
156
151
5
54
4
12
9
8
3
2
10
4
4
2
3
5
8
3
6
21
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol. 4,
No. 5: Compendium of Government Finances, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C., 1969.
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Table 103.
Summary of Assessment Rolls for 1971-72 Fiscal Year Real Property,
Personal Property and Utilities, Lane County
Assessed
Value
Item
Percent of
Total
Class
Real Property
Lands inside corporate limits
Lands outside corporate limits ..............
Improvements inside corporate limits
Improvements outside corporate limits
Timber (excludes land)
Less veterans exemptions
Less senior citizens residence exemptions
Taxable real property
Personal Property
Merchandise and stock in trade
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Farm machinery and equipment
Other machinery and equipment
Livestock
Miscellaneous
Less veterans exemptions
Less senior citizens residence exemptions
Taxable personal property
Total taxable real and personal property
Utilities
Airline companies
Electric companies
Express companies
Gas companies
Heating companies
Pipeline companies
Railroad companies
Tank and private car companies
Telegraph companies
Telephone companies
Water companies
Water transportation companies
Taxable utility property
SOURCE:
218,316,550
200,748,870
681,450,870
390,287,030
88,970,150
(-15,859,620)
(- 9,064,030)
1,554,849,820
111,816,056
43,392,300
7,989,090
32,359,000
4,228,593
2,646,320
(-283,944)
(-223,600)
201,923,815
1,756,773,635
....
....
Total taxable real, personal and utility
property
$
11.60
10.63
36.08
20.66
4.71
(- .84)
C- .48)
82.32
5.92
2.30
.42
1.71
.22
.14
(- .02)
(- .01)
10.69
93.01
1,968,900
21,848,393
400
15,813,108
--2,346,197
35,906,825
2,669,136
168,900
48,625,179
2,731,700
21,600
132,100,338
-6.99
$1,888,873,973
100.00
.10
1.16
-.84
-.12
1.90
.14
.01
2.57
.14
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 104.
Summary of 1971-72 Property Tax Levies and Assessments, Lane County
I tern
Mount 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 Ad Valorem Levies
Special Assessments
Fire Patrol
Forest Fee
Diking and Drainage
Irrigation
Lighting
Other
Total Special Assessments
Total Gross Levies and Assessments
Less Property Relief Money
Senior Citizens
Game Commission
Total Net Ad Valorem Levies
Net Ad Valorem Taxes by Class
Real Property
Personal Property
Utility Property
SOURCE:
$ 2,635,827
8,381,563
2,838,681
18,191,065
24,969
23,158,601
29,461
41,404,096
464,775
65,866
328,661
33,720
293,294
27,581
1,213,897
56,474,064
59,084
15,794
7 ,54l
476
721
83,580
56,557,644
(- 281,492)
18,274)
(56,174,298
46,352,543
6,052,435
3,769,319
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 105.
Per Capita City Taxes and Valuation Percentage Distribution of
Consolidated Rates and Dollars Per Thousand Rates on True Cash Value
in Lane County
Item
Eugene
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
$729,306,574
8,894
$233,807,917
8,372
$33,724,699
5,431
78
301
47
277
180
4.1
25.8
70.1
4.2
16.9
76.5
2.4
4.1
29.4
66.5
1.39
1.39
9.75
22.04
Item
Oakridge
True Cash Value (T.C.V.)
Per Capita True Cash Value
Per Capita Tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of Total Levy
County
City
School
Other
Average Rate/$TCV Basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
Springfield
.0
1.39
8.75
23.73
5.57
25.28
Cottage Grove
53
.0
.00
.79
.00
33.87
33.03
33.15
$13,171,799
3,780
Junction City
Florence
$18,558,101
7,621
$14,884,659
6,267
45
203
33
35
116
200
4.5
28.7
66.8
5.3
17.2
77.5
.0
.0
1.39
1.35
12.33
1.39
4.53
20.36
.14
.00
16.61
26.28
4.3
22.4
69.4
3.9
1.39
7.24
22.43
1.27
32.33
Table 105, cont. Per Capita City Taxes and Valuation Percentage Distribution
of Consolidated Rates and Dollars Per Thousand 1ates on True Cash Value
in Lane County
Item
Veneta
Dunes
Creswell
j
True Cash Value (T.C.V.)
Per Capita True Cash Value
Per Capita Tax
City
consolidated
Percentage of Total Levy
County
City
School
Other
Average Rate/$TCV Basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
$5,535,212
3,715
$8,292,096
7,823
$5,605,607
4,329
11
92
--205
12
117
Item
Coburg
Lowell
True Cash Value (T.C.V.)
Per Capita True Cash Value
Per Capita Tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of Total Levy
County
City
School
Other
Average Rate/$TCV Basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
$2,846,735
3,868
$2,020,490
28
125
11
SOURCE:
56
53
52
12.3
79.3
.0
85.5
10.2
83.2
28
92
14
1 39
3.03
19.58
1 39
1 39
2.75
22.42
.69
24.64
.00
22.43
2.42
26.24
3,514
96
5.1
4.3
22.3
73.4
11.1
83.8
.0
.0
1.39
1.39
720
305
23.70
22.99
00
27 43
00
32 29
.38
26.94
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 106.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in Lane County
Item
Eugene Code Areas
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$1,000 by levying
unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
*
*
*
4-00
$577,248,624
100.00%
4-99
$45,819,525
100.00%
52-12
$103,146,667
100.00%
1.39
8.68
23.70
1.39
8.68
23.70
1.39
8.68
24.38
.00
.00
.00
33.77
$5,010,518
$19,493,686
33.77
$397,713
34.45
$895,313
$3,553,403
Item
Eugene Code Areas
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$1,000 by levying
*
52-99
$973,185
100.00%
unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Cofisolidated Tax
School...........
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
*
*
UR
$107,952
100.00%
UR 2/
$2,010,621
100.00%
1.39
8.68
24.38
.00
.00
33.77
34.45
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
34.45
$8,447
$33,526
33.77
$67,899
$67,899
34.45
$3,719
$3,719
Item
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$l,000 by levying
unit
County
City
$1,547,325
Eugene Code Areas
...
*
*
*
*
4-57
---
19-11
19-21
100.00%
19-08
--100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
1.39
8.68
23.70
1.43
35.20
-----
1.39
8.68
25.28
1.43
36.78
-----
1.39
8.68
25.28
3.34
38.69
-----
1.39
8.68
25.28
- 96 -
.00
35.35
Table 106, cont.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in Lane County
Springfield Code Areas
Item
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$1,000 by levying
unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
Item
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$l,000 by levying
unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
Item
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$l,000 by levying
unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
*
*
*
*
4-78
$148,780
100.00%
19-00
$128,692,678
100.00%
19-13
$104,962,455
100.00%
19-18
$4,004
100.00%
1.39
5.57
23 70
1.43
32.09
$829
$4,774
1.39
5.57
25 28
1.43
33.67
$716,818
$4,333,082
1.39
5.57
25 28
1.39
5.57
25 28
3.34
35.58
$22
$142
.00
32.24
$584,641
$3,383,990
Cottage Grove Code Areas
*
*
*
UR 2/
$518,258
100.00%
45-00
$29,998,153
100.00%
45-99
$3,208,288
100.00%
1.39
9.38
22.38
1.39
9.38
22.38
.00
.00
.00
.00
33.15
$281,383
$994,439
33.15
$30,094
$106,355
33.15
$17,180
$17,180
.00
33.15
Junction City
Florence Code Areas
*
*
97-00
$14,884,659
97-12
---
2,435
69-00
$18,588,101
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
1 39
1 39
1 39
724
724
453
22 43
1.27
32 33
$107,765
$481,221
22 43
5.32
36 38
-----
20 36
- 97 -
.00
26 28
$84,068
$487,707
Table 106, cont.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in Lane County
Item
Population
Code Area 1/
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$1,000 by levying
unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consblidated Tax
-
Item
Population
Code Area /
Assessed Value
Assigned Ratio
Rate/$l,000 by levying
unit
County
City
School
Other
Total
City Tax
Consolidated Tax
Veneta Code Areas
..
Dunes Code Areas
*
*
*
*
28-06
$196,573
100.00%
28-07
$5,338,639
100.00%
97-07
$7,488,376
100.00%
97-08
$803,720
100.00%
1.39
3.03
19.58
1.39
3.03
19.58
1.39
1.39
.00
.72
24.00
$596
$4,718
24.72
.00
.00
22.43
2.54
26.36
22.43
1.27
25.09
$197,394
$20,165
$16, 176
$131,971
Creswell
Coburg
Lowell
1,295
40-00
$5,605,607
100.00%
736
4-59
$2,846,735
100.00%
575
71-03
$2,020,490
100.00%
1.39
2.75
22.42
1.39
7.20
23.70
1.39
3.05
22.99
.38
.00
.00
26.94
$15,415
$151,015
32.29
$20,496
$91,921
27.43
$6,162
$55,422
Population is for the city as a whole. all code areas rnmhined
Eugene - 81,996
Springfield - 27,927
Cottage Grove - 6,210
Florence - 2,375
Veneta - 1,490
Dunes - 1,060
1/
Code areas are assessors' divisions which cover all or part of a city.
2/
UR code areas show a tax rate for city purposes and represent the additional
valuation resulting from urban renewal
The proceeds from the consolidated
tax rate is earmarked for payment of city urban renewal bonds.
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 107.
Amount and Percent of Unpaid Property Tax, Lane County, 1971
Item
Property Taxable
Real
Personal
Public utilities
Western Oregon additional
timber tax
Yield tax
Total
SOURCE:
Total
Amount
Amount
Unpaid
Percent
of Unpaid
$43,199,877
6,176,969
3,404,655
$4,323,050
694,194
123,288
10.0
11.2
3.6
370,162
1,327
$53,152,990
43,061
11.6
$5,183,593
9.8
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, 1972.
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Selected List of Agencies
The following list gives names and addresses of agencies that have
served as data sources for this publication and may provide further or more
current data on subjects of interest.
In addition, a number of local and county offices are available to offer
local information and assistance, including:
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation
Assessor
City Library
Corrections and Parole
County Engineer
County Extension
County Surveyor
Employment Division
Game Commission
Health Department
Public Welfare
Soil Conservation Service
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Oregon, Eugene,
Oregon 97403
Center for Population Research and Census, Portland State University,
724 S.W. Harrison, Portland, Oregon 97201
Children Services Division, Oregon State Department of Human Resources,
Public Services Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Department of Environmental Quality, 1234 S.W. Morrison, Portland, Oregon
97204
Economic Research Service, U.S.D.A. Extension Hall, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Extension Service, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Fish Conunission of Oregon, 1400 S.W. 5th St., Portland, Oregon 97201
4-H Youth Office, Extension Hail, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
Oregon 97331
Forest Service, U.S.D.A., 319 S.W. Pine St., Portland, Oregon 97204
Governor's Office, Economic Development Special Projects, State Capitol
Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
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Local Government Relations Division, Oregon Executive Department,
240 Cottage S.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Allen Hall, University of Oregon,
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Oregon Board of Higher Education, School Finance and Statistical
Services, 942 Lancaster Dr. N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, 1400 S.W. 5th St.,
Portland, Oregon 97201
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, 4263 Commercial S.E., Salem,
Oregon 97310
Oregon State Department of Revenue, State Office Building, Salem, Oregon
97310
Oregon State Employment Division, Community Manpower, Research and
Statistics, or Rural Manpower sections, Lab. and Ind. Building, Salem,
Oregon 97310
Oregon State Game Commission, 1634 Alder, Portland, Oregon 97214
Oregon State Health Division, Department of Human Resources, 1400 S.W.
5th St., Portland, Oregon 97201
Oregon State Highway Division, State Parks and Recreation Section, 8009
E. Burnside, Portland, Oregon 97215
Oregon State Lands Division, 502 Winter N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
22
Oregon State Library, State Library Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon State Public Welfare Division, Department of Human Resources,
Public Services Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Forest Service,
809 N.E. 6th St., Portland, Oregon 97232
Secretary of State's Office, State Capitol Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Soil Conservation Service, U.S.D.A. 1218 S.W. Washington, Portland, Oregon
97205
State Water Resources Board, 1158 Chemeketa N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
U.S. Department of Commerce, 921 S.W. Washington, Portland, Oregon 97204
(for copies of U.S. Census publications)
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Selected Bibliography
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Carolan, W.B. Jr., Federal Land Oregon, Oregon State University, 1963.
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of Counties
and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University, July 1972.
Office of the Governor, Planning Division, Health Facts, 1969.
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Directory of Radio and Television
Stations for the State of Oregon, 1972.
Oregon Board of Higher Education,, 1969 School Directory and 1971-72 Oregon
School-Community College Directory, School Finance and Statistical Services.
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation
Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1971.
Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources for Development,
1964.
Oregon Educational Coordinating
Oregon, 1972.
Council, Past Secondary Enrollment in
Oregon State Board of Census, Components of Population Growth, Population
Bulletin P-3, 1961.
Oregon State Board of Health, Oregon Plan for Construction and Modernization of Hospitals, Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities, 1971
Annual Revision, Health Facility Planning and Construction Section, 1971.
Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
Oregon State Department of Employment, 1965 Oregon Farm Labor Report, 1966.
Oregon State Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Control
In Oregon, Oregon Sanitary Authority, 1970.
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Oregon Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
1968.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Children Services Division,
Adolescent Population and Commitment Data by County, by Calendar Year
1967-1970.
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Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, Labor
Force and Employment in Oregon by County 1968 through 1971 publications,
Research and Statistics Section.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, 1971
Annual Rural Manpower Report, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, Oregon
Covered Employment and Payrolls, 1970 and 1971, Summary Data, Research
and Statistics Section, 1971, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon Public Welfare Division,
Public Welfare in Oregon, October l9'O, December 1970, May 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 Annual 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: Oregon1
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 - RA 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(l) - B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Manufacturers, 1967, Area Services:
Oregon, MC 67(3) - 38, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1970.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population, General Demographic
Trends for Metropolitan Areas, 1960 to 1970, Final Report 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, Oregon, 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
51
U S Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of U S
Climate, Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No 86-31, 1965
52
U S Forest Service, Forest statistics publications for various Oregon
regions, Resource Bulletin PNW-10, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station
53
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.
54.
U.S. Soil Conservation Service, Soil Survey Reports.
55
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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cooperative program of Oregon State University the U S. Depurimnid ci Agricilter., and Oregon ociudiss.