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Alsea, Oregon
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Alsea, Oregon is located in Oregon
Alsea, Oregon
Alsea, Oregon
Location in Oregon
Alsea, Oregon is located in the United States
Alsea, Oregon
Alsea, Oregon
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Oregon
County Benton
Named for Alsea River
Area
 • Total 0.16 sq mi (0.40 km2)
 • Land 0.16 sq mi (0.40 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
295 ft (90 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 165
 • Density 1,057.69/sq mi (407.95/km2)
Time zone UTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
97324
Area code(s) 541
FIPS code 41-01800
GNIS feature ID 1137169

Alsea (/ˈælsi/ AL-see) is an unincorporated community in Benton County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is on Oregon Route 34 and the Alsea River. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Alsea as a census-designated place (CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 165.

History

George E Chamberlain 2
George Chamberlain, the 11th Governor of Oregon

Alsea was named for the Alsea River, whose name was a corruption of "Alsi" (also spelled "Ulseah" and "Alsiias") the name of a Native American tribe, now known as the Alsea, that lived at the mouth of the river. The Alsea area was settled by Europeans early as 1855, when the name "Alseya Settlement" appeared on the Surveyor general's map. Alsea post office was established in 1871.

In the early 1850s settlers moved from the Willamette Valley into the Alsea area to take up donation land claims. While logging was once the primary industry in Alsea, it is now known as a place for fishing on the Alsea River, particularly for steelhead, and a favorite stopping point on a well-traveled cycling loop.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Alsea has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

Climate data for Alsea Fish Hatchery
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 55
(13)
61
(16)
65
(18)
82
(28)
94
(34)
92
(33)
95
(35)
90
(32)
83
(28)
68
(20)
62
(17)
55
(13)
95
(35)
Average high °F (°C) 46.2
(7.9)
48.2
(9.0)
50.2
(10.1)
55
(13)
61.7
(16.5)
66.1
(18.9)
74.5
(23.6)
73.9
(23.3)
69.2
(20.7)
57.3
(14.1)
49.2
(9.6)
42.2
(5.7)
57.8
(14.3)
Average low °F (°C) 36.3
(2.4)
35.8
(2.1)
36.5
(2.5)
38.2
(3.4)
42.4
(5.8)
47.4
(8.6)
49.8
(9.9)
50.5
(10.3)
47.9
(8.8)
43.2
(6.2)
39.6
(4.2)
33.1
(0.6)
41.7
(5.4)
Record low °F (°C) 25
(−4)
17
(−8)
26
(−3)
27
(−3)
30
(−1)
38
(3)
40
(4)
39
(4)
39
(4)
30
(−1)
28
(−2)
11
(−12)
11
(−12)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 14.85
(377)
11.17
(284)
11.15
(283)
6.9
(180)
4.05
(103)
2.38
(60)
0.65
(17)
1.12
(28)
2.85
(72)
6.52
(166)
13.94
(354)
16.3
(410)
91.89
(2,334)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 1.7
(4.3)
1.4
(3.6)
0.5
(1.3)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0.1
(0.25)
1.2
(3.0)
4.9
(12)
Average precipitation days 20 17 20 17 12 9 4 5 8 13 19 20 164

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
2010 164
2020 165 0.6%
U.S. Decennial Census

School

Alsea High School, home of the Alsea Wolverines, is a charter school that serves k-12 and has a population of 460 students.

Hayden (Alsea) Bridge interior
Interior of the Hayden Bridge over the Alsea River. View is to the south along Hayden Road west of Alsea, Oregon.

Covered bridge

Near Alsea is Hayden Bridge, a historic covered bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The bridge carries Hayden Road over the river from an intersection with Route 34 about 2 miles (3 km) west of Alsea.

Notable people

  • Thomas Benton Slate (December 2, 1880 – November 26, 1980) was raised in Alsea. He invented the first commercially viable method of producing dry ice, and later financed construction of an all-aluminum hulled airship, The City of Glendale, completed in 1929 but never flown.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Alsea (Oregón) para niños

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