# Prospect, Oregon

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{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Prospect, Oregon
| settlement_type          = [Census-designated place](/source/Census-designated_place)
| image_skyline            = Prospect Hotel Oregon.jpg
| image_caption            = Prospect Hotel
| pushpin_map              = Oregon#USA
| pushpin_label            = Prospect
<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [State](/source/U.S._state)
| subdivision_name1        = [Oregon](/source/Oregon)
| subdivision_type2        = [County](/source/List_of_counties_in_Oregon)
| subdivision_name2        = [Jackson](/source/Jackson_County%2C_Oregon)
<!-- Government -->
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| government_type          = 
| established_title        = 
| established_date         = 
<!-- Area -->
| 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_total_sq_mi         = 3.50
| area_land_sq_mi          = 3.50
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
| area_total_km2           = 9.07
| area_land_km2            = 9.07
| area_water_km2           = 0.01
<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of         = [2020](/source/2020_United_States_Census)
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
| population_total         = 449
| population_density_km2   = 49.52
| population_density_sq_mi = 128.25
<!-- General information -->
| timezone                 = [Pacific (PST)](/source/Pacific_Time_Zone)
| utc_offset               = -8
| timezone_DST             = PDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -7
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 2605
| coordinates              = {{coord|42|45|12|N|122|29|16|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
<!-- Area/postal codes and others -->
| postal_code_type         = [ZIP code](/source/ZIP_code)
| postal_code              = 97536
| blank_name               = [FIPS code](/source/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard)
| blank_info               = 41-60100
| blank1_name              = [GNIS](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System) feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2611775<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2611775}}</ref>
| footnotes                = 
}}

'''Prospect''' is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) and [census-designated place](/source/census-designated_place) (CDP) in [Jackson County](/source/Jackson_County%2C_Oregon), in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Oregon](/source/Oregon). It lies along [Oregon Route 62](/source/Oregon_Route_62) on the [Rogue River](/source/Rogue_River_(Oregon)), in the [Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest](/source/Rogue_River_%E2%80%93_Siskiyou_National_Forest).<ref name="topo map">{{cite web|title=United States Topographic Map|publisher=United States Geological Survey|via=Acme Mapper|url=http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=42.751111,-122.487778&z=12&t=T&marker0=42.751111,-122.487778,Prospect%2C%20Oregon|access-date=February 18, 2016}}</ref> As of the [2020 census](/source/2020_United_States_Census) it had a population of 449.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4160100| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Prospect CDP, Oregon| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=October 26, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213110531/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4160100| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

== History ==
{{US Census population
|1930= 125
|1940= 125
|1950= 500
|1960= 500
|1970= 200
|1980= 1200
|1990= 1200
|2010= 455
|2020= 449
|footnote=Sources:<ref>{{cite book|last=Moffatt|first=Riley Moore|title=Population History of Western U.S. Cities and Towns, 1850–1990|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=1996|page=214|isbn=978-0-8108-3033-2}}</ref><ref name="Census 2010"/><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N%2CNAME&for=place%3A%2A&in=state%3A41|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}
Prospect began as a [logging](/source/logging) town; its first [sawmill](/source/sawmill) began operating in 1870.<ref name=URP>{{cite web|title=Prospect|url=http://www.upperrogue.org/prospect.htm|publisher=Shady Cove &ndash; Upper Rogue Chamber|access-date=August 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509091344/http://www.upperrogue.org/prospect.htm|archive-date=May 9, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prospect had a post office established in 1882 that was first named "Deskins" after the first postmaster.<ref name="OGN">{{cite book | last = McArthur | first = Lewis A. | author-link = Lewis A. McArthur |author2=Lewis L. McArthur |author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur | title = [Oregon Geographic Names](/source/Oregon_Geographic_Names) | orig-year = 1928 | edition = 7th| year = 2003 | publisher = [Oregon Historical Society](/source/Oregon_Historical_Society) Press | location = [Portland](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon) | isbn = 0-87595-277-1 | pages =786&ndash;87}}</ref> In 1888, there was a mill named Deskins Sawmill. The name of the community was changed to "Prospect" in 1889 because of plans made to run a [railroad](/source/rail_transport) up the Rogue River, which would ostensibly improve the community's prospects.<ref name="OGN"/>

The [Prospect Hotel](/source/Prospect_Hotel), which opened in 1892, was listed in the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1980.<ref name=URP/><ref name=ORNRHP>{{cite web|title=Oregon National Register List|url= http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department|date=June 6, 2011|access-date=August 31, 2007}}</ref>

== Local events and sites of interest==
On the Saturday of [Memorial Day](/source/Memorial_Day) weekend, Prospect holds the Mill Creek Memorial festival. It honors veterans with a parade, a flag retirement ceremony, live music and games for children. All the proceeds go to a fund to help veterans.

In July Prospect hosts an airplane "fly-in" that helps support the Jackson County Search and Rescue, and in August a jamboree and timber carnival (a festival that includes [lumberjack](/source/lumberjack) contests such as [log rolling](/source/log_rolling)) are held.<ref name=URP/>

On the last weekend in September, Prospect hosts Music in the Mountains, a two-day festival of [bluegrass](/source/bluegrass_music), [country](/source/country_music), [folk](/source/folk_music) and [Americana](/source/Americana_(music)) music on the grounds of the Prospect Hotel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prospect Hotel Music Festival|url=http://www.prospecthotel.com/bluegrass.html|publisher=Prospect Hotel|access-date=August 30, 2013}}</ref>

Prospect is the site of Prospect State Airport {{Airport codes|||64S}}, which has one asphalt runway. It is used for [general aviation](/source/general_aviation) operations, totaling about 1200 annual movements.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prospect State Airport |url=https://www.oregon.gov/aviation/Airports/Pages/AIRPORTS/64S.aspx |website=Oregon Airports : State of Oregon |publisher=Oregon Department of Aviation |access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref> The [Prospect State Scenic Viewpoint](/source/Prospect_State_Scenic_Viewpoint) is nearby.<ref name="DeLorme">{{cite book|title=Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer|publisher=DeLorme|location=Yarmouth, Maine|page=62|edition=7th|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89933-347-2}}</ref>

==Climate==
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above {{convert|71.6|F|C}}. According to the [Köppen Climate Classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification) system, Prospect has a [warm-summer Mediterranean climate](/source/Mediterranean_climate), abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prospect, Oregon|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=709653&cityname=Prospect%2C+Oregon%2C+United+States+of+America&units= |work=Weatherbase|publisher=Canty Media|access-date=August 31, 2015}}</ref>

{{Weather box
 | width       = auto
 | collapsed   = yes
 | single line = yes
 | location    = Prospect, Oregon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1905–present)
 | Jan record high F  = 73
 | Feb record high F  = 76
 | Mar record high F  = 88
 | Apr record high F  = 95
 | May record high F  = 102
 | Jun record high F  = 109
 | Jul record high F  = 107
 | Aug record high F  = 110
 | Sep record high F  = 106
 | Oct record high F  = 98
 | Nov record high F  = 82
 | Dec record high F  = 71
 | year record high F = 
 | Jan high F = 50.0
 | Feb high F = 53.6
 | Mar high F = 57.9
 | Apr high F = 62.4
 | May high F = 71.0
 | Jun high F = 77.9
 | Jul high F = 88.7
 | Aug high F = 89.3
 | Sep high F = 83.5
 | Oct high F = 70.4
 | Nov high F = 54.7
 | Dec high F = 47.6
 | year high F = 67.2
 | Jan mean F = 40.1
 | Feb mean F = 42.2
 | Mar mean F = 45.2
 | Apr mean F = 48.7
 | May mean F = 55.9
 | Jun mean F = 61.5
 | Jul mean F = 69.5
 | Aug mean F = 69.3
 | Sep mean F = 63.6
 | Oct mean F = 54.0
 | Nov mean F = 44.1
 | Dec mean F = 38.8
 | year mean F = 52.7
 | Jan low F = 30.2
 | Feb low F = 30.8
 | Mar low F = 32.6
 | Apr low F = 35.0
 | May low F = 40.7
 | Jun low F = 45.1
 | Jul low F = 50.3
 | Aug low F = 49.2
 | Sep low F = 43.7
 | Oct low F = 37.5
 | Nov low F = 33.5
 | Dec low F = 29.9
 | year low F = 38.2
 | Jan record low F  = -12
 | Feb record low F  = -2
 | Mar record low F  = 5
 | Apr record low F  = 17
 | May record low F  = 20
 | Jun record low F  = 27
 | Jul record low F  = 30
 | Aug record low F  = 27
 | Sep record low F  = 20
 | Oct record low F  = 12
 | Nov record low F  = 2
 | Dec record low F  = -8
 | year record low F = 
 | precipitation colour   = green
 | Jan precipitation inch = 5.97
 | Feb precipitation inch = 4.42
 | Mar precipitation inch = 4.38
 | Apr precipitation inch = 3.71
 | May precipitation inch = 2.59
 | Jun precipitation inch = 1.27
 | Jul precipitation inch = 0.57
 | Aug precipitation inch = 0.47
 | Sep precipitation inch = 1.16
 | Oct precipitation inch = 3.25
 | Nov precipitation inch = 6.31
 | Dec precipitation inch = 7.20
 | year precipitation inch = 41.30
 | unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
 | Jan precipitation days  = 16.4
 | Feb precipitation days  = 14.4
 | Mar precipitation days  = 16.0
 | Apr precipitation days  = 14.9
 | May precipitation days  = 10.8
 | Jun precipitation days  = 5.1
 | Jul precipitation days  = 2.4
 | Aug precipitation days  = 2.0
 | Sep precipitation days  = 3.8
 | Oct precipitation days  = 9.0
 | Nov precipitation days  = 17.3
 | Dec precipitation days  = 17.3
 | year precipitation days = 129.4
 | Jan snow inch = 7.6
 | Feb snow inch = 3.1
 | Mar snow inch = 2.3
 | Apr snow inch = 1.0
 | May snow inch = 0.0
 | Jun snow inch = 0.0
 | Jul snow inch = 0.0
 | Aug snow inch = 0.0
 | Sep snow inch = 0.0
 | Oct snow inch = 0.0
 | Nov snow inch = 2.9
 | Dec snow inch = 4.0
 | year snow inch = 20.9
 | unit snow days = 0.1 in
 | Jan snow days  = 2.9
 | Feb snow days  = 1.6
 | Mar snow days  = 0.9
 | Apr snow days  = 0.5
 | May snow days  = 0.0
 | Jun snow days  = 0.0
 | Jul snow days  = 0.0
 | Aug snow days  = 0.0
 | Sep snow days  = 0.0
 | Oct snow days  = 0.0
 | Nov snow days  = 0.9
 | Dec snow days  = 2.2
 | year snow days = 9.0
 | source = [NOAA](/source/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration)<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=mfr
|title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = December 10, 2023}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00356907&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = December 10, 2023}}</ref>
}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.prospecthotel.com/history.html History of the Prospect Hotel]
*[Early resident of Prospect mentions "Deskins Sawmill"](/source/s%3ADiary_of_Miss_Kitty_May_Ellis%2F6.16.1958)

{{Jackson County, Oregon}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Oregon
Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1870
Category:Census-designated places in Oregon
Category:Census-designated places in Jackson County, Oregon
Category:1870 establishments in Oregon
Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon
Category:Logging communities in the United States

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