Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis | |
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Corvallis, Oregon | |
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Motto: Enhancing Community Livability | |
![]() Location of Corvallis within Oregon. | |
Country | United States |
State | ![]() |
County | Benton |
Founded / Incorporated | 1845 / 1857 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Biff Traber |
Area | |
• City | 14.30 sq mi (37.04 km2) |
• Land | 14.13 sq mi (36.60 km2) |
• Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.44 km2) |
Elevation | 235 ft (68.28 m) |
Population | |
• City | 54,462 |
• Estimate (2013)[3] | 55,298 |
• Density | 3,854.4/sq mi (1,488.2/km2) |
• Urban | 62,433 (US: 436th) |
• Metro | 86,591 (US: 367th) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP codes | 97330-97331, 97333, 97339 |
Area code(s) | 541, 458 |
FIPS code | 41-15800[4] |
GNIS feature ID | 1140162[5] |
Website | City of Corvallis |
Corvallis /kɔːrˈvæl[invalid input: 'ɨ']s/ is a city in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County[6] and the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462.[7] Its population was estimated by the Portland Research Center to be 55,298 in 2013.[3] Corvallis is the location of Oregon State University and of a large Hewlett-Packard research campus.
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At a longitude of 123 degrees west and 17 minutes, the city is the westernmost city in the lower 48 states with a population larger than 50,000.
History
In 1845, Joseph C. Avery settled a land claim at the mouth of Marys River where it flows into the Willamette River.[8] In 1849, Avery opened a store at the site, platted the land, and surveyed a town site on his land claim, naming the community Marysville.[8] It is possible that the city was named after early settler Mary Lloyd, but now the name is thought to be derived from French fur trappers' naming of Marys Peak after the Virgin Mary.[9]
In 1853, the legislative assembly changed the city's name to Corvallis, from the Latin phrase cor vallis, meaning "heart of the valley." Corvallis was incorporated as a city on January 29, 1857.[10] The town served briefly as the capital of the Oregon Territory in 1855 before Salem was eventually selected as the permanent seat of state government.[8]
Geography
Corvallis is at an elevation of 235 feet (72 m) above sea level.[11] Situated midway in the Willamette Valley, Corvallis is about 46 miles (74 km) east of Newport and the Oregon Coast, 85 miles (137 km) south of Portland, 30 miles (48 km) south of the state capital, Salem, 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Albany, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Interstate 5 at its closest point, and 48 miles (77 km) north of Eugene/Springfield. Oregon Route 99W, a secondary north-south route, also runs through Corvallis. U.S. Route 20 (which leads to Newport) and Oregon Route 34 (which leads to Waldport about 56 miles (90 km) to the west) both secondary East-West routes run through Corvallis from the Oregon Coast. Corvallis is at river mile 131–32 of the Willamette River.[12]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.30 square miles (37.04 km2), of which 14.13 square miles (36.60 km2) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) is water.[1]
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Climate
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Like the rest of the Willamette Valley, Corvallis falls within the dry-summer subtropical climate zone, also referred to as cool-summer Mediterranean (Köppen Csb). Temperatures are mild year round, with warm, dry sunny summers and mild, wet winters with persistent overcast skies. Spring and fall are also moist seasons with varied cloudiness, and light rain falling for extended periods. Winter snow is rare, but occasionally does fall, and amounts can range between a dusting and a few inches that does not persist on the ground for more than a day. The northwest hills will often experience more snow. During the mid-winter months after extended periods of rain, thick persistent fogs can form, sometimes lasting the entire day. This can severely reduce visibility to as low as 20 feet (6.1 m). The fog will often persist until a new storm system enters the area. This fog could be seen as a type of tule fog.
Rainfall total within the town itself is surprisingly variable. This is due to Corvallis lying right on the eastern edge of the Oregon Coast Range, with a small portion of the town inside of the range. Rainfall amounts can range from an average of 66.40 inches (168.7 cm) per year [13] in the far northwest hills, compared to 43.66 inches (110.9 cm) per year at Oregon State University[citation needed] which is located in the center of Corvallis. Occasionally, rain can be seen falling in the northwest of the town, whereas it's just overcast, or even slightly sunny on the southeast portion of the town. This is due to the orographic lift of the prevailing cloud systems through the pacific northwest losing moisture and dissolving back into the air as it exits the coastal range.
Because of its close proximity to the coastal range, Corvallis can experience slightly cooler temperatures, particularly in the hills, than the rest of the Willamette Valley. The average annual low temperature is 4 degrees less than that of Portland just 85 miles (137 km) to the north. Despite this, temperatures dropping below freezing is still a rare event.
Climate data for Corvallis, Oregon (Oregon State University) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 66 (19) |
68 (20) |
76 (24) |
85 (29) |
96 (36) |
102 (39) |
105 (41) |
108 (42) |
103 (39) |
92 (33) |
72 (22) |
66 (19) |
108 (42) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 47.0 (8.3) |
51.0 (10.6) |
56.1 (13.4) |
60.7 (15.9) |
67.1 (19.5) |
73.4 (23.0) |
81.2 (27.3) |
82.4 (28.0) |
77.1 (25.1) |
65.4 (18.6) |
52.9 (11.6) |
46.4 (8.0) |
63.4 (17.4) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 33.6 (0.9) |
35.4 (1.9) |
37.6 (3.1) |
39.9 (4.4) |
44.0 (6.7) |
48.5 (9.2) |
51.8 (11.0) |
51.5 (10.8) |
48.2 (9.0) |
41.8 (5.4) |
38.0 (3.3) |
33.8 (1.0) |
42.0 (5.6) |
Record low °F (°C) | −1 (−18) |
1 (−17) |
12 (−11) |
24 (−4) |
28 (−2) |
33 (1) |
38 (3) |
37 (3) |
27 (−3) |
22 (−6) |
14 (−10) |
−7 (−22) |
−7 (−22) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 6.46 (164) |
5.71 (145) |
4.59 (117) |
2.98 (76) |
2.30 (58) |
1.46 (37) |
.57 (14) |
.73 (19) |
1.47 (37) |
3.02 (77) |
6.94 (176) |
7.43 (189) |
43.66 (1,109) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 1.2 (3.0) |
2.2 (5.6) |
.1 (0.25) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
.2 (0.51) |
1.4 (3.6) |
5.1 (13) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 19.7 | 18.0 | 18.8 | 16.3 | 12.7 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 12.4 | 20.1 | 20.8 | 161.2 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | .9 | 1.1 | .2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .1 | .8 | 3.1 |
Source 1: NOAA (normals, 1971–2000),[14] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Weather.com (extremes) [15] |
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1880 | 1,128 | — | |
1890 | 1,527 | 35.4% | |
1900 | 1,819 | 19.1% | |
1910 | 4,552 | 150.2% | |
1920 | 5,752 | 26.4% | |
1930 | 7,585 | 31.9% | |
1940 | 8,392 | 10.6% | |
1950 | 16,207 | 93.1% | |
1960 | 20,669 | 27.5% | |
1970 | 35,056 | 69.6% | |
1980 | 40,960 | 16.8% | |
1990 | 44,757 | 9.3% | |
2000 | 49,322 | 10.2% | |
2010 | 54,462 | 10.4% | |
2013 (est.) | 55,298 | 1.5% | |
Sources:[3][4][16][17] |
Corvallis is the largest principal city of the Albany-Corvallis-Lebanon CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Corvallis metropolitan area (Benton County) and the Albany-Lebanon micropolitan area (Linn County),[18][19][20] which had a combined population of 202,251 at the 2010 U.S. Census.[4]
As of the 2000 U.S. Census the median income for a household in the city was $35,437, and the median income for a family was $53,208. Males had a median income of $40,770 versus $29,390 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,317. About 9.7% of families and 20.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.
2010 census
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, there were 54,462 people, 22,283 households, and 10,240 families residing in the city. The population density was 4004.5 people per square mile (1,547.2/km²). There were 23,423 housing units at an average density of 1,722.3 per square mile (665.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 83.8% White, 7.3% Asian, 1.1% Black or African American, 0.69% Native American, 0.33% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 2.8% from other races, and 4.0% from two or more races. 7.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.[21]
There were 22,283 households of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.3% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 54.0% were non-families. 33.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.82.
In the city the population was spread out with 14.9% under the age of 18, 32.4% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26.4 years. For every 100 males there were 98.7 females.
Religion
Corvallis lies in the middle of the Unchurched Belt. A 2003 study, released once every 10 years, listed Benton County (of which Corvallis makes up the majority of the population) as the least religious county per capita in the United States. Only 1 in 4 people indicated that they were affiliated with one of the 149 religious groups the study identified. The study indicated that some of the disparity, however, may be attributed to the popularity of less common religions (ones not included as an option in the study) in the Pacific Northwest.[22]
Economy
The campus of Oregon State University, which is the major local employer, is located near the edge of the main downtown area. Other major employers include Samaritan Health Services,[23] AVI BioPharma,[24] CH2M HILL,[25] SIGA Technologies,[26] Evanite Fiber,[27] ONAMI,[28] and Hewlett-Packard, whose printer cartridge manufacturing and prototyping facility is located in the northeast area of town. Because of this relative concentration of employment and the need for diversity, the city launched a website to attract creative industry to the region by branding it with the slogan "Business is Good Here".[29]
The National Clonal Germplasm Repository at Corvallis is a gene bank of the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. The gene bank preserves temperate fruit, nut, and agronomic crops from around the world.[30]
Corvallis, Oregon was ranked #48[31] on the 100 best places in the USA to live and launch a business by Fortune Small Business 2008.[32] This places Corvallis as the second best place in Oregon to launch a business, after Portland (#6). Bend (#87) and Eugene (#96) were other Oregon localities ranked in the top 100.
Politics
Helen Berg served as mayor of Corvallis for three terms from 1994 until 2006. She holds the distinction of being the first female mayor of Corvallis, as well as the longest-serving mayor of the city to date.[33] Two members of the Corvallis city council are members of the Green Party.[34] The current mayor is Julie Manning.
Arts and culture
Annual cultural events
- Da Vinci Days festival and the annual kinetic sculpture race.[35]
- Corvallis Fall Festival Annual Arts Party in Central Park. Founded in 1972, with the 39th occurrence in 2011.[36]
Museums and other points of interest
- Benton County Courthouse[37]
- Hesthavn Nature Center of the Audubon Society of Corvallis[38]
- McDonald Research Forest[39]
- Peavy Arboretum
- Corvallis-Benton County Public Library[40]
- Corvallis Farmers' Market part of Corvallis-Albany Farmers' Markets[41]
Art galleries
Sports
As the home of Oregon State University, Corvallis is the home for 17 NCAA Division I OSU teams (7 men's, 10 women's) in the Pac-12. Corvallis is also the home of the Corvallis Knights baseball team, who play in summer at OSU's Goss Stadium. The Knights play in the West Coast League, an independent summer baseball league with teams from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.
Parks and recreation
Corvallis is recognized as a Tree City USA. The city has at least 47 public parks within and adjacent to the city limits.[44]
Education
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Corvallis has a higher education rate per capita than any other city in the State of Oregon.[45]
Public schools in the city are administered by the Corvallis School District. Corvallis is also the home of Oregon State University, and the Benton Center campus for Linn-Benton Community College.
Media
- Corvallis Gazette-Times, daily newspaper
- The Corvallis Advocate, a free alternative newsweekly focusing on science and art.[46]
- The Daily Barometer, the Oregon State University campus newspaper
Corvallis is part of the Eugene, Oregon, radio and television market.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Bus
Long-distance bus service is provided by Greyhound. It stops at the Greyhound station in downtown Corvallis (station ID: CVI.)
Local bus service is provided by Corvallis Transit System (CTS). In 2011, voters approved an additional fee on monthly water bills allowing all bus service to become fareless. The system runs a total of eight daytime routes Monday through Saturday, covering most of the city and converging at a Downtown Transit Center. Additional commuter routes also run in the early morning and late afternoon on weekdays, and mid-morning and mid-afternoon on Saturdays. When Oregon State University is in session CTS also runs the "Beaver Bus," a set of late-night routes running Thursday through Saturday.
Two other short-distance inter-city buses, the Linn-Benton Loop (to Albany) and the Philomath Connection, also stop at the Downtown Transit Center.
From 2010 to 2011, CTS has seen a 37.87% increase in ridership, partially as a result of going fareless and "the rising cost of fuel for individual vehicles and the desire for residents to choose more sustainable options for commuting to work, school and other activities"[47] According to Tim Bates the Corvallis Transit System and Philomath Connection, had 3,621,387 passenger miles traveled and 85,647 gallons of fuel consumed in Fiscal Year 2011, a period that covers July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011.[citation needed] This means that riders in Fiscal Year 2011 got 42.28 passenger miles per gallon.
Bicycle
The League of American Bicyclists gave Corvallis a gold rating as a Bicycle-Friendly Community in 2011.[48] Also in 2011, the United States Census Bureau released data from the 2009 American Community Survey showing that, at 9.3%, Corvallis had the highest percentage of bicycle commuters of any city in the United States.[49]
Air
Corvallis Municipal Airport serves private and corporate aircraft. The closest commercial air service is available at Eugene Airport, 35 miles (56 km), or Portland International Airport, 95 miles (153 km).
Bridges
Utilities
Water
The city's water system contains two water treatment plants, nine processed water reservoirs, one raw water reservoir, and some 210 miles (340 km) of pipe. The system can process up to about 19 million US gallons (72,000 m3) of water per day.[50]
The Rock Creek treatment plant processes water from sources in the 10,000-acre (40 km2) Rock Creek Municipal Watershed near Marys Peak. The three sources are surface streams which are all tributaries of the Marys River. Rock Creek has a processing capacity of 7 million US gallons (26,000 m3) of water per day (gpd), though operational characteristics of the 9-mile (14 km), 20-inch (51 cm) pipeline to the city limits capacity to half that.[51] The Rock Creek Plant output remains steady year round at about 3 million gpd.[50]
The H.D. Taylor treatment plant obtains water from the Willamette River, and has been expanded at least four times since it was first constructed in 1949. Its output varies seasonally according to demand, producing from 2 to 16 million US gallons (61,000 m3) per day,[50] though it has a capacity of 21 million gpd.[51]
The total reservoir capacity is 21 million US gallons (79,000 m3),[52] though measures to voluntarily reduce water usage begin when reservoir levels fall below 90% of capacity, and become mandatory at 80% or below.[53] As part of its ongoing water conservation program, the water department jointly publishes a guide to water-efficient garden plants.[54]
Green power
According to the federal Environmental Protection Agency report on its “green power communities,” Corvallis is among the top cities in the nation in terms of buying electricity produced from renewable resources. Corvallis purchases more than 126 million kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which amounts to 21 percent of the city’s total purchased electricity.[55][56]
Fire Department
As of 2012 the Corvallis Fire Department is headed by Chief Roy Emery and currently has 6 fire stations.[57]
Notable people
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- This list excludes persons whose only connection to Corvallis is attendance or employment at Oregon State University.
- Debra Arlyn, singer-songwriter
- Brad Badger, NFL player
- Brad Bird, animator, writer, and director (The Incredibles, The Iron Giant, Ratatouille)
- Chris Botti, jazz trumpet musician
- Kevin Boss, tight end of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs
- Meredith Brooks, singer, songwriter, and producer[58]
- James Cassidy, member of the band Information Society
- Robert Cheeke, bodybuilder and vegan activist
- Jesse Coombs, professional kayaker, named Adventurer of the Year in 2007 by National Geographic Adventure Magazine[59]
- Randy Couture, mixed martial artist and UFC Hall of Fame member
- Edmund Creffield, founder of the 'Bride of Christ Church' also known as the 'Holy Rollers'
- Christopher L. Eisgruber, Rhodes Scholar and 20th president of Princeton University
- Dick Fosbury, 1968 Summer Olympics gold medalist and innovator of the modern back-first method of high jumping
- Bob Gilder, American professional golfer and currently a member of the Champions Tour
- Gordon Gilkey, artist and educator
- Kevin Gregg, MLB player
- Les Gutches, Olympic Wrestler, World Champion
- Nick Hundley, MLB Player
- Eyvind Kang, violinist and composer
- Paul Kocher, cryptographer
- Jon Krakauer, author (Into Thin Air, Under the Banner of Heaven, etc.) and mountaineer
- Wayne Krantz, guitarist
- Jane Lubchenco, marine biologist, named in 2009 to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Bernard Malamud, author, the setting for whose book A New Life was based on Corvallis
- Ben Masters, Actor, notable for his role in the soap opera Passions, and various stage and film works.[58]
- Ralph Miller, basketball coach, enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Barbara Minty, (also known as Barbara Minty McQueen) Vogue model and wife of the late actor Steve McQueen[58]
- Linus Pauling, 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and 1962 Nobel Peace Prize recipient (Graduated from Oregon Agricultural College, now Oregon State University)
- Mario Pastega (1916–2012), businessman and philanthropist
- Jason Reed, actor, musician
- Harold Reynolds, former MLB player and former ESPN broadcaster
- Mike Riley, former NFL head coach (San Diego Chargers), currently the Nebraska Cornhuskers head football coach
- Craig Robinson, former Oregon State Beavers head basketball coach and brother-in-law of U.S. President Barack Obama
- Jordan Smotherman, NHL prospect for the Atlanta Thrashers
- Jami Tobey, contemporary painter
- Robb Thomas, former NFL player
- Ernest H. Wiegand, professor of horticulture and developer of the modern method of manufacture of the maraschino cherry.
- Carl Wieman, 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics recipient for creation of the Bose-Einstein Condensate
- Dan Williams, former MLB player & current assistant MLB coach with the Cleveland Indians
- The W's, 1990s swing revival band
- Mike Zandofsky, former NFL player
Notable works of fiction
- Corvallis plays a major role in The Postman, in which it is depicted as the center of rebuilding civilization in post-apocalyptic Oregon, due to the university, logistics, and favorable wind patterns, which render it capable of surviving nuclear war.
- Corvallis plays a major role in S. M. Stirling's "Emberverse" series. It's one of the few cities to come through the Change with many survivors, and with some sort of governing infrastructure remaining from the old world. The town's name is used in the title of the third book, A Meeting at Corvallis
- Corvallis was the inspiration for "Cascadia" in the Bernard Malamud novel, A New Life
Sister cities
Corvallis has three sister cities,[60] as designated by Sister Cities International:
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Further reading
- Benton County Citizens' League, Benton County, Oregon, illustrated: Published under Direction of the Benton County Citizens' League. n.c.: n.p., 1904.
- Benton County Historical Society and Museum, A Pictorial History of Benton County. Corvallis, OR: Corvallis Gazette-Times, 2000.
- Tim Chandler, Street Politics and Bobby Packwood: A Participant's Memoir of the Corvallis, Oregon, Anti-Packwood Demonstration of January 27, 1993. Corvallis, OR: 1000 Flowers Publishing, 2003.
- Downtown Corvallis Association, "Downtown Corvallis Association Membership Application (1979)," Corvallis, OR: Downtown Corvallis Association, 1979. —Includes short history of origins and purposes.
- Oregon State College, Outline History of Oregon State College. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College, 1950.
- David A Pinyerd, Bernadette Niederer, and Tony Vandermeer, A History of Corvallis High School. Corvallis, OR: Corvallis School District 509J, 2005.
- M. Boyd Wilcox, Two to Four O'clock at The Beanery : A Journal of Observations, Analyses, Interviews, and Commentary Regarding a First-Rate "Third Place" in Downtown Corvallis, Oregon. Corvallis, OR: n.p., 2012.
External links
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- Entry for Corvallis in the Oregon Blue Book
- Corvallis Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Corvallis Wiki: Community Wiki for Corvallis
- Ill-formatted IPAc-en transclusions
- Corvallis, Oregon
- Cities in Benton County, Oregon
- Cities in Oregon
- County seats in Oregon
- Willamette Valley
- Former colonial and territorial capitals in the United States
- University towns in the United States
- Populated places established in 1845
- 1845 establishments in Oregon
- Populated places on the Willamette River