Editing Harbor, Oregon

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Harbor, Oregon
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
|image_skyline            = Harbor, Oregon, beach.jpg
|imagesize                = 250px
|image_caption            = The beach at Harbor
|image_map = Curry_County_Oregon_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Harbor_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Harbor, Oregon
|image_map1               = 
|mapsize1                 = 
|map_caption1             = 
|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Oregon]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Oregon|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Curry County, Oregon|Curry]]
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         = 1894
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='41'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 5.98
|area_land_km2            = 4.97
|area_water_km2           = 1.01
|area_total_sq_mi         = 2.31
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.92
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.39
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
|population_total         = 2551
|population_density_km2   = 512.86
|population_density_sq_mi = 1327.95
|timezone                 = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific (PST)]]
|utc_offset               = &minus;8
|timezone_DST             = PDT
|utc_offset_DST           = &minus;7
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 115
|coordinates              = {{coord|42|02|17|N|124|15|10|W|type:city_region:US-OR|display=it}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 97415
|area_code                = [[Area codes 541 and 458|458 and 541]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 41-32100<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2408351<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2408351}}</ref>
|footnotes                = 
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}}
'''Harbor''' ([[Tolowa language|Tolowa]]: chit <ref>{{Cite web
| title = Siletz Talking Dictionary
| accessdate = 2012-06-04
| url = http://siletz.swarthmore.edu/?entry=3493
}}</ref>) is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Curry County, Oregon|Curry County]], [[Oregon]], United States. It is located across the [[Chetco River]] from the city of [[Brookings, Oregon|Brookings]]. For statistical purposes, the [[United States Census Bureau]] has defined Harbor 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. The population of the CDP was 2,391 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4132100| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Harbor CDP, Oregon| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=March 10, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20150310161341/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4132100| archive-date=March 10, 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
The original name of the post office in the area was "Chetco", after the [[Chetco River]].<ref name=OGN>{{Cite OGN|7th|page=443}}</ref> It was established in 1863 and moved several times until it closed in 1910.<ref name=OGN/> Meanwhile, a new post office named Harbor was established at the mouth of the Chetco River in 1894.<ref name=OGN/> The name of the office may have originated from the Chetco Harbor Land and Townsite Company.<ref name=OGN/>

==Geography==
Harbor is located in southwestern Curry County along [[U.S. Route 101]], {{convert|1|mi}} east of the center of Brookings and {{convert|5|mi|0}} north of the [[California]] state line. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|6.0|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|5.0|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.0|km2|disp=flip}}, or 16.88%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Climate==
Harbor, like the Brookings area, has a cool-summer [[Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Csb'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=725973&cityname=Harbor%2C+Oregon%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Harbor Oregon Climate Summary|publisher=Weatherbase|accessdate=17 December 2016}}</ref> According to the [[Trewartha climate classification]], it has a [[Subtropics|subtropical climate]] (despite being a little farther north than Chicago in latitude) and is one of the northernmost North American locations to have one.

It has cool winters during which intense rainfall is broken by weeks of cool, sunny weather. Mild, dry summers with average rainfall in July and August of less than {{convert|1|in|mm}} per month are usual. There are an average of only two afternoons annually with high temperatures of {{convert|90|F|C|1}} or higher and an average of 1.5 mornings with low temperatures of {{convert|32|F|C}} or lower. The record high temperature was {{convert|108.2|F|C}} on July 9, 2008. The record low temperature was {{convert|18|F|C|1}} on December 8, 1972.

The wettest “rain year” in Harbor was from July 1937 to June 1938 with {{convert|107.62|in|mm|1}} and the driest from July 1976 to June 1977 with {{convert|40.30|in|mm|1}}, although as much as {{convert|123.90|in|mm|1}} fell during calendar year 1996. The most rainfall in one month was {{convert|36.90|in|mm|1}} in December 1996. The most rainfall in 24 hours was {{convert|17.00|in|mm|1}} on October 14, 2016. Snow is rarer, but not unusual in Harbor, averaging only {{convert|0.7|in|m|3|disp=or}} per year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?or1055|title=BROOKINGS 2 SE, OREGON - Climate Summary|work=Western Regional Climate Center|publisher=Desert Research Institute|accessdate=June 19, 2013}}</ref>

Because of its location, Harbor is subject to winter (and less frequently summer) temperatures considered unusually warm for the [[Oregon Coast]] or for that matter, the [[North Coast (California)|North Coast]] of [[California]]. Temperatures can reach {{convert|70|to|100|F|C|1}} throughout the year. This is due mostly to its situation at the foot of the [[Klamath Mountains]], from which winds compress and warm the air flowing onto Harbor. This is called the [[Brookings effect]] or Chetco effect, similar to the warm dry [[Santa Ana winds]] of coastal Southern California. Daffodils and other bulbs generally bloom in February. In the lowlands, heavy fog is common in the summer while the coastal hills are generally sunny and cool.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

{{Weather box
| single line = Y
| collapsed = Y
| location     = Harbor at Brookings, OR (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1913–present)
| Jan record high F  = 80
| Feb record high F  = 83
| Mar record high F  = 88
| Apr record high F  = 92
| May record high F  = 99
| Jun record high F  = 100
| Jul record high F  = 102
| Aug record high F  = 101
| Sep record high F  = 101
| Oct record high F  = 101
| Nov record high F  = 88
| Dec record high F  = 79
| year record high F = 102
| Jan avg record high F  = 66.1
| Feb avg record high F  = 70.0
| Mar avg record high F  = 71.0
| Apr avg record high F  = 74.3
| May avg record high F  = 79.4
| Jun avg record high F  = 83.2
| Jul avg record high F  = 83.4
| Aug avg record high F  = 82.7
| Sep avg record high F  = 89.0
| Oct avg record high F  = 83.2
| Nov avg record high F  = 69.0
| Dec avg record high F  = 64.9
| year avg record high F = 92.4
| Jan high F  = 55.4
| Feb high F  = 56.8
| Mar high F  = 57.9
| Apr high F  = 59.9
| May high F  = 64.0
| Jun high F  = 67.1
| Jul high F  = 68.7
| Aug high F  = 68.2
| Sep high F  = 68.6
| Oct high F  = 65.0
| Nov high F  = 58.1
| Dec high F  = 54.8
| year high F = 62.1
| Jan mean F  = 48.8
| Feb mean F  = 49.4
| Mar mean F  = 50.0
| Apr mean F  = 51.6
| May mean F  = 55.3
| Jun mean F  = 58.3
| Jul mean F  = 60.2
| Aug mean F  = 60.2
| Sep mean F  = 59.7
| Oct mean F  = 56.2
| Nov mean F  = 51.1
| Dec mean F  = 48.1
| year mean F = 54.2
| Jan low F  = 42.1
| Feb low F  = 42.1
| Mar low F  = 42.1
| Apr low F  = 43.3
| May low F  = 46.6
| Jun low F  = 49.5
| Jul low F  = 51.7
| Aug low F  = 52.3
| Sep low F  = 50.7
| Oct low F  = 47.6
| Nov low F  = 44.1
| Dec low F  = 41.3
| year low F = 46.2
| Jan avg record low F  = 33.8
| Feb avg record low F  = 34.0
| Mar avg record low F  = 34.3
| Apr avg record low F  = 35.7
| May avg record low F  = 39.3
| Jun avg record low F  = 43.8
| Jul avg record low F  = 46.8
| Aug avg record low F  = 46.7
| Sep avg record low F  = 44.2
| Oct avg record low F  = 40.3
| Nov avg record low F  = 34.8
| Dec avg record low F  = 32.7
| year avg record low F = 30.0
| Jan record low F  = 21
| Feb record low F  = 24
| Mar record low F  = 29
| Apr record low F  = 28
| May record low F  = 32
| Jun record low F  = 34
| Jul record low F  = 39
| Aug record low F  = 37
| Sep record low F  = 34
| Oct record low F  = 24
| Nov record low F  = 25
| Dec record low F  = 18
| year record low F = 18

|Jan sun = 150
|Feb sun = 139
|Mar sun = 199
|Apr sun = 258
|May sun = 320
|Jun sun = 331
|Jul sun = 370
|Aug sun = 367
|Sep sun = 301
|Oct sun = 195
|Nov sun = 164
|Dec sun = 154
|year sun = 
| precipitation colour    = green
| Jan precipitation inch  = 12.07
| Feb precipitation inch  = 10.14
| Mar precipitation inch  = 9.47
| Apr precipitation inch  = 6.51
| May precipitation inch  = 4.04
| Jun precipitation inch  = 1.99
| Jul precipitation inch  = 0.52
| Aug precipitation inch  = 1.01
| Sep precipitation inch  = 1.63
| Oct precipitation inch  = 5.40
| Nov precipitation inch  = 11.77
| Dec precipitation inch  = 14.19
| year precipitation inch = 78.89
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in.
| Jan precipitation days  = 17.3
| Feb precipitation days  = 15.0
| Mar precipitation days  = 17.2
| Apr precipitation days  = 13.9
| May precipitation days  = 8.9
| Jun precipitation days  = 5.4
| Jul precipitation days  = 2.7
| Aug precipitation days  = 3.2
| Sep precipitation days  = 4.3
| Oct precipitation days  = 9.2
| Nov precipitation days  = 17.4
| Dec precipitation days  = 18.2
| year precipitation days = 142.5
| source = <ref name="NOAA">{{cite web |url=https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=mfr |title=NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher=NOAA |access-date=July 17, 2020 }}</ref>
|source 2 = Worldweatheronline (sun) <ref name="WWO">{{cite web
| url=https://www.worldweatheronline.com/lang/en-us/brookings-weather-averages/oregon/us.aspx |title=BROOKINGS 2 SE, OREGON|accessdate=17 July 2020 |date=July 2020}}</ref>}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 2551
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,622 people, 1,333 households, and 798 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|1,399.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,691 housing units at an average density of {{convert|902.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.20% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.34% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.17% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.19% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.08% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.92% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.10% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.05% of the population.

There were 1,333 households, out of which 11.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.1% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.93 and the average family size was 2.41.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 11.5% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 15.0% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 40.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 60 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $22,829, and the median income for a family was $30,171. Males had a median income of $23,295 versus $21,692 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $16,318. About 11.1% of families and 14.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.9% of those under age 18 and 14.3% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Curry County, Oregon}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Oregon]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Curry County, Oregon]]
[[Category:1863 establishments in Oregon]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1863]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Curry County, Oregon]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Oregon]]