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data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Fossil" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Fossil" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil,_Oregon" title="Fossil, Oregon – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Fossil, Oregon" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_(Oreg%C3%B3n)" title="Fossil (Oregón) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Fossil (Oregón)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_(Oregon)" title="Fossil (Oregon) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Fossil (Oregon)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF%D9%86" title="فسیل، اورگن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فسیل، اورگن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_(Oregon)" title="Fossil (Oregon) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Fossil (Oregon)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil,_Oregon" title="Fossil, Oregon – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Fossil, Oregon" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_(Oregon)" title="Fossil (Oregon) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Fossil (Oregon)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB_(%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Фоссил (Орегон) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Фоссил (Орегон)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil,_Oregon" title="Fossil, Oregon – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Fossil, Oregon" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB_(%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Фоссил (Орегон) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Фоссил (Орегон)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_(Oregon)" title="Fossil (Oregon) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Fossil (Oregon)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_(telep%C3%BCl%C3%A9s)" title="Fossil (település) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Fossil (település)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil,_Oregon" title="Fossil, Oregon – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Fossil, Oregon" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_(Oregon)" title="Fossil (Oregon) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Fossil (Oregon)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB_(%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3%E5%B7%9E)" title="フォッシル (オレゴン州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フォッシル (オレゴン州)" 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Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Fossil (Oregon)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_(Oregon)" title="Fossil (Oregon) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Fossil (Oregon)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil,_Oregon" title="Fossil, Oregon – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Fossil, Oregon" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Fossil,_Oregon&params=44_59_53_N_120_12_58_W_type:city(469)_region:US-OR_source:gnis-1120903"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">44°59′53″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°12′58″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">44.99806°N 120.21611°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.99806; -120.21611</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Oregon" title="List of counties in Oregon">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wheeler_County,_Oregon" title="Wheeler County, Oregon">Wheeler</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1891</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Carol E. MacInnes</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.78 sq mi (2.03 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">0.78 sq mi (2.03 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.00 sq mi (0.00 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,654 ft (809 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">447</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">570.15/sq mi (220.23/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%928" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−8">UTC−8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Standard_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Standard Time Zone">Pacific</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%927" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−7">UTC−7</a> (Pacific)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">97830</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_541_and_458" title="Area codes 541 and 458">541, 458</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">41-26650<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">1120903<sup id="cite_ref-GR3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cityoffossil.org">www.cityoffossil.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Fossil</b> is a city in and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wheeler_County,_Oregon" title="Wheeler County, Oregon">Wheeler County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was chosen by the first postmaster, Thomas B. Hoover, who had found some <a href="/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil">fossil</a> remains on his ranch. The population was 473 at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PSUCensus2010_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSUCensus2010-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fossil,_Oregon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Fossil post office was established on February 28, 1876, on Thomas Benton Hoover's ranch along Hoover Creek. He named the place <i>Fossil</i> after finding fossils in a clay-like rock formation on his ranch. In 1881, Hoover and Thomas Watson opened a store near the confluence of Butte and Cottonwood creeks and moved the post office to the store. When the city was incorporated in 1891, Hoover became the first mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-Glimpses_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glimpses-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After creating Wheeler County in 1899, the <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Legislative_Assembly" title="Oregon Legislative Assembly">Oregon Legislature</a> chose Fossil as the temporary county seat. A county-wide election held in 1900 to determine the permanent county seat yielded 436 votes for Fossil, 267 for <a href="/wiki/Twickenham,_Oregon" title="Twickenham, Oregon">Twickenham</a>, and 82 for <a href="/wiki/Spray,_Oregon" title="Spray, Oregon">Spray</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Winlock_W._Steiwer" title="Winlock W. Steiwer">Winlock W. Steiwer</a> and George S. Carpenter founded Steiwer & Carpenter Bank, the first bank in the city and the county.<sup id="cite_ref-Oregon_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oregon-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the early 20th century in addition to the bank, Fossil had a flour mill, a blacksmith shop, a drug store, a jewelry and optical store, a <a href="/wiki/Livery_stable" class="mw-redirect" title="Livery stable">livery stable</a>, and three stores with general merchandise. In the 1920s, <a href="/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan" title="William Jennings Bryan">William Jennings Bryan</a> was one of the guest speakers at a <a href="/wiki/Chautauqua" title="Chautauqua">Chautauqua</a> meeting in Fossil. Later in the decade the John Day Valley Coal & Oil Company drilled an exploratory oil well within the city limits, but it was not successful.<sup id="cite_ref-Glimpses_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glimpses-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_climate">Geography and climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fossil,_Oregon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography and climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fossil is the county seat of Wheeler County.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 0.79 square miles (2.05 km<sup>2</sup>), all of it land.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_files_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_files-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fossil is located in north-central Oregon at the intersection of <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Route_19" class="mw-redirect" title="Oregon Route 19">Oregon Route 19</a> with <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Route_218" title="Oregon Route 218">Oregon Route 218</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rand_McNally_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rand_McNally-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Butte Creek, a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/John_Day_River" title="John Day River">John Day River</a>, flows through the city.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Clarno Unit of the <a href="/wiki/John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument" title="John Day Fossil Beds National Monument">John Day Fossil Beds National Monument</a> is 18 miles (29 km) west of the city along Route 218.<sup id="cite_ref-NPS_Clarno_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPS_Clarno-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Spray and about 20 miles (32 km) south of <a href="/wiki/Condon,_Oregon" title="Condon, Oregon">Condon</a> along Route 19.<sup id="cite_ref-Rand_McNally_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rand_McNally-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By highway, <a href="/wiki/Bend,_Oregon" title="Bend, Oregon">Bend</a>, to the southwest, is about a two-hour drive from Fossil, and <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a>, to the west, is about a three-hour drive.<sup id="cite_ref-About_Fossil_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_Fossil-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The average temperature in Fossil in January is 34.0 °F or 1.1 °C, and in August it is 64.5 °F or 18.1 °C. The highest recorded temperature for Fossil was 111 °F (43.9 °C) on July 29, 2003, while the lowest recorded temperature was −26 °F (−32.2 °C) on January 26, 1957. According to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> system, Fossil has a <a href="/wiki/Warm-summer_Mediterranean_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Warm-summer Mediterranean climate">warm-summer Mediterranean climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a> <i>Csb</i>). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Fossil, Oregon, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1945–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">108<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">111<br />(44) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">111<br />(44) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.7<br />(15.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.8<br />(16.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.8<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.4<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.3<br />(29.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.1<br />(32.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98.1<br />(36.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.6<br />(35.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.7<br />(32.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.8<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.9<br />(18.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.9<br />(13.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF1A00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">99.6<br />(37.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.2<br />(5.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.1<br />(7.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.2<br />(11.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.9<br />(14.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.3<br />(19.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.0<br />(22.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.5<br />(29.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.2<br />(29.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.3<br />(23.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.8<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.1<br />(8.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.6<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">61.0<br />(16.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(1.1) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.8<br />(2.1) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.0<br />(4.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.6<br />(7.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.8<br />(11.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.5<br />(14.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.0<br />(18.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.5<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.1<br />(13.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.1<br />(8.9) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.3<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(0.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">47.4<br />(8.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(−3.4) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(−3.6) </td> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(−2.3) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(−0.4) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.3<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.9<br />(5.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.5<br />(7.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.7<br />(7.1) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.9<br />(4.4) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.4<br />(0.8) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(−2.0) </td> <td style="background: #CFCFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(−4.3) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">33.8<br />(1.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(−11.7) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9<br />(−11.2) </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(−6.8) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(−4.9) </td> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(−2.2) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.4<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.4<br />(3.6) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.3<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(0.1) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(−5.9) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(−8.7) </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(−11.8) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1.2<br />(−17.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #3A3AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−26<br />(−32) </td> <td style="background: #4444FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−22<br />(−30) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2<br />(−17) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(−11) </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15<br />(−9) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3<br />(−16) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−16<br />(−27) </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−24<br />(−31) </td> <td style="background: #3A3AFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−26<br />(−32) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.40<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.17<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #C6FFC6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.51<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #CAFFCA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.35<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #CAFFCA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.32<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.44<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #E8FFE8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.58<br />(15) </td> <td style="background: #E9FFE9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.55<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #C7FFC7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.47<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.38<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #BBFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.76<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #CEFFCE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.05<br />(383) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(3.6) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(2.8) </td> <td style="background: #BABAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8<br />(4.6) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.1<br />(18.06) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7 </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #BABAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2 </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4 </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8 </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6 </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9 </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">51.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA (snow/snow days 1981–2010)<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: National Weather Service<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fossil,_Oregon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid 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.us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>100</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>153</td><td></td><td>53.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>288</td><td></td><td>88.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>421</td><td></td><td>46.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>519</td><td></td><td>23.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>538</td><td></td><td>3.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>532</td><td></td><td>−1.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>645</td><td></td><td>21.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>672</td><td></td><td>4.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>511</td><td></td><td>−24.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>535</td><td></td><td>4.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>399</td><td></td><td>−25.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>469</td><td></td><td>17.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>473</td><td></td><td>0.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>447</td><td></td><td>−5.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">source:<sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of 2010, there were 473 people, 224 households, and 124 families residing in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 598.7 inhabitants per square mile (231.2/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 265 housing units at an average density of 335.4 per square mile (129.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 92.4% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 2.7% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.8% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.8% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">other races</a>, and 3.2% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 2.3% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were 224 households, of which 18.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.6% were non-families. 40.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.04 and the average family size was 2.75.<sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The median age in the city was 56.1 years. 18.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 14.2% were from 25 to 44; 30.5% were from 45 to 64; and 32.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.0% male and 51.0% female.<sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the 2000 census, the median income for a household in the city was $30,250, and the median income for a family was $37,125. Males had a median income of $29,688 versus $20,893 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $16,236. About 12.0% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 9.2% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fossil,_Oregon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fossil_City_Hall_in_Fossil,_Oregon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Fossil_City_Hall_in_Fossil%2C_Oregon.jpg/220px-Fossil_City_Hall_in_Fossil%2C_Oregon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Fossil_City_Hall_in_Fossil%2C_Oregon.jpg/330px-Fossil_City_Hall_in_Fossil%2C_Oregon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Fossil_City_Hall_in_Fossil%2C_Oregon.jpg/440px-Fossil_City_Hall_in_Fossil%2C_Oregon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>City Hall and library</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Annual_events">Annual events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fossil,_Oregon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Annual events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the second weekend in August, Fossil hosts the Wheeler County Fair and Rodeo; on the first weekend of July the Wheeler County Bluegrass Festival is held on the courthouse lawn.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For more than 30 years, the American Bikers Aimed Toward Education (ABATE) of Oregon has held motorcycle rallies in the area in late May.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Golf tournaments are held each year at a six-hole golf course at <a href="/wiki/Kinzua,_Oregon" title="Kinzua, Oregon">Kinzua</a>, near Fossil.<sup id="cite_ref-About_Fossil_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_Fossil-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums_and_other_points_of_interest">Museums and other points of interest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fossil,_Oregon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Museums and other points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fossil,_OR_%E2%80%94_IOOF_Hall,_Fossil_Museum_(PNG).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Fossil%2C_OR_%E2%80%94_IOOF_Hall%2C_Fossil_Museum_%28PNG%29.png/220px-Fossil%2C_OR_%E2%80%94_IOOF_Hall%2C_Fossil_Museum_%28PNG%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Fossil%2C_OR_%E2%80%94_IOOF_Hall%2C_Fossil_Museum_%28PNG%29.png/330px-Fossil%2C_OR_%E2%80%94_IOOF_Hall%2C_Fossil_Museum_%28PNG%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Fossil%2C_OR_%E2%80%94_IOOF_Hall%2C_Fossil_Museum_%28PNG%29.png/440px-Fossil%2C_OR_%E2%80%94_IOOF_Hall%2C_Fossil_Museum_%28PNG%29.png 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>Fossil Museum</figcaption></figure> <p>Fossil is the site of the only public fossil field in Oregon.<sup id="cite_ref-lockwood_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lockwood-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The field is located behind <a href="/wiki/Wheeler_High_School_(Fossil,_Oregon)" title="Wheeler High School (Fossil, Oregon)">Wheeler High School</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-nprbanse_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprbanse-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where fossils of animals and plants such as the Metasequoia can be found. After the initial discovery of the fossil field in 1949 or 1950, access was free and unrestricted until 2005, when a small interpretive center was constructed, and a collection limit of three fossils was established in exchange for a $3 entry fee.<sup id="cite_ref-oregonian_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oregonian-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The basic entry fee per person in 2011 is $5.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Oregon Paleolands Institute (OPLI) headquarters and exhibition hall are in Fossil, near the courthouse. OPLI is an educational, community-based non-profit that offers tours, hikes, and workshops related to the region's geology and <a href="/wiki/Paleontology" title="Paleontology">paleontology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fossil,_Oregon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fossil_School_District_21J&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fossil School District 21J (page does not exist)">Fossil School District 21J</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wheeler High School and Fossil Elementary School are in Fossil. In the 2011−12 school year, about 50 students were enrolled in grades 7 through 12 and about 35 in <a href="/wiki/Kindergarten" title="Kindergarten">kindergarten</a> through grade 6.<sup id="cite_ref-welcomeFCS_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcomeFCS-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county is not a part of a <a href="/wiki/Community_college" title="Community college">community college</a> district.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fossil,_Oregon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bowerman" title="Bill Bowerman">Bill Bowerman</a>, coach and founder of <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike, Inc.</a> resided in Fossil during his boyhood, and prior to his death in 1999. He was a direct descendant of Thomas Benton Hoover, who established the Fossil post office.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fossil,_Oregon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Benton_Hoover_House" title="Thomas Benton Hoover House">Thomas Benton Hoover House</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fossil,_Oregon&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="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">"ArcGIS REST Services Directory"</a>. 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