Official Name: | Days Creek, Oregon |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Oregon#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Days Creek |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Douglas |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 6.10 |
Area Land Km2: | 6.10 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.36 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.36 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 271 |
Population Density Km2: | 44.41 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 115.03 |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 770 |
Coordinates: | 42.9722°N -123.1728°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 97429 |
Area Code: | 541 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1119724 |
Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Info: | 41-18150 |
Days Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. At the 2010 census it had a population of 272.[2]
The community was named after the local creek, which in turn was named for Patrick and George Day, who settled near its mouth in 1851. The post office was established in 1878 as "Day's Creek", but the name was changed to "Days Creek" c. 1890.
The Days Creek Charter School holds classes for K-12.
The community of Days Creek is located on Oregon Route 227, at the confluence of Days Creek and the South Umpqua River. It is in southern Douglas County, 7miles east (upriver) of Canyonville.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Days Creek CDP has an area of 6.1sqkm, all of it land.[2]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above . According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Days Creek has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[3]