Concrete curbing in 97364 mostly serves the Devils Lake-adjacent residential community north of Lincoln City, the US-101 frontage commercial properties between Neotsu and the Lincoln City limits, and the vacation-rental driveways that line the lake's east side. Neotsu is a small unincorporated community in Lincoln County, and most curb work here is short-run decorative landscape edging on residential properties, drainage curb on hillside driveways that funnel runoff toward the lake, and the occasional commercial driveway curb for vacation-rental property management or small US-101 retail.
What 97364 Curbing Jobs Look Like
The two dominant job types in 97364 are decorative landscape edging and functional drainage curb. Landscape edging is the extruded-concrete strip-curb you see in front-yard flower beds, driveway borders, and around mailbox or fence-post clusters in residential and vacation-rental properties. It is poured in place with a curb-machine extruder, runs $7 to $16 a foot installed in this zip, and comes in 4-inch and 6-inch heights with rounded or square profiles. Most 97364 jobs are simple natural-gray finish, with the occasional stained or stamped section on a higher-end vacation-rental property.
Drainage curb is the other typical scope. Functional structural curb -- 6-inch mountable or vertical-face Type B, formed with metal or wood forms, poured with 4,000-psi concrete, and tied into existing pavement with rebar dowels. Devils Lake's east-side hillside parcels have driveways that drop 10 to 30 feet of elevation over a 100-foot run; without proper drainage curb, winter storm runoff cuts under the asphalt edges, undermines the gravel shoulders, and eventually carries sediment into the lake. The lake is a designated water-quality protection priority for Lincoln County, so drainage curb on lakeside properties is more than aesthetic.
Devils Lake and Lincoln County Water Quality
Devils Lake (the smaller one in Lincoln County, not the Klamath County body of the same name) is on the Oregon DEQ list of nutrient-impaired water bodies. That status drives stormwater management requirements for new construction and significant remodels on lakeside parcels -- and "lakeside" extends roughly 500 feet from the high-water mark depending on county zoning code. Practically that means any 97364 curbing project that changes drainage patterns on a property within the protection zone may need a stormwater review with Lincoln County Public Works.
Properly designed drainage curb is a positive for water quality because it channels runoff toward designed infiltration or detention features instead of letting it sheet erode across the property and carry sediment into the lake. We design 97364 drainage-curb scope with that water-quality context in mind, and we will tell you upfront if your project triggers a county stormwater review.
Industry Cost Picture for a 97364 Curbing Job
Cost in 97364 swings on linear footage, curb type, and concrete delivery distance. The closest ready-mix plants serving Neotsu are in Lincoln City and Newport area -- short hauls (15 to 35 minutes) that keep concrete cost reasonable. Small jobs (under 50 linear feet) carry a minimum mobilization charge because curb-machine setup and crew time are largely fixed regardless of footage.
Industry Baseline Range
| Project Type | Cost Per Linear Foot | Typical Total |
|---|---|---|
| Decorative extruded landscape edging | $7 to $16 | $300 to $2,000 |
| Stamped or colored decorative edging | $11 to $24 | $700 to $4,000 |
| Functional 6-inch mountable curb | $15 to $30 | $1,500 to $8,000 |
| Vertical-face Type B drainage curb | $20 to $42 | $2,800 to $16,000 |
| Curb + gutter with stormwater tie-in | $27 to $58 | $5,500 to $28,000+ |
Current Market Reality
Ready-mix concrete pricing has risen roughly 35 percent since 2022, and coastal-route mobilization fees have tracked diesel costs upward. A decorative landscape edging run that the baseline lists at $9 a foot more realistically lands at $13 to $17 in 97364 today. Functional drainage curb with rebar tie-in and a stormwater inlet connection has hit $40 to $48 a foot on recent Lincoln County lakeside jobs. Our concrete patio cost in Oregon guide covers related concrete pricing context.
Climate, Salt-Air Concrete Spec, and the Coast Window
Neotsu sits at 50 feet of elevation, 2 miles from the open ocean. Climate is wet -- 65 to 80 rain inches a year, mostly October through May. Salt air is a constant -- the marine layer and storm-spray events deposit chloride on every exposed concrete surface. That changes the mix design. Our standard 97364 pour spec is 4,000-psi concrete, air-entrained at 5 to 7 percent for freeze-thaw resistance, with corrosion-resistant rebar (epoxy-coated or stainless when budget allows) for any structural curb that will see direct salt-air or salt-spray exposure. The extra spec costs 8 to 15 percent more upfront but doubles the service life.
Freeze-thaw is mild at this elevation (10 to 25 freeze nights per year), so the freeze-thaw failure mode is less aggressive than inland Oregon, but salt-air corrosion of standard rebar is the dominant failure mode coastal-side. We do not use standard mild-steel rebar in 97364 drainage curb.
Permits, US-101 Frontage, and Lincoln County Specifics
Most 97364 curb work on private property does not trigger permits. The exceptions are: anything touching US-101 ODOT Region 2 right-of-way, anything inside the Devils Lake water-quality protection zone (roughly 500 feet from high-water mark), and any curb work that creates more than the local impervious-area threshold of new paved surface. We handle the permit work when it applies.
Approach work matters too. If you are adding curb at a driveway approach that affects the Lincoln County right-of-way, Lincoln County Public Works requires an approach permit. We pull it and coordinate the inspection.
For Lincoln County context, our asphalt paving in Lincoln City and parking lot striping in Lincoln County pages cover related scope. Our full concrete capability is described on our concrete services page.
Ready to get a 97364 curbing job priced? Schedule a Neotsu site visit and we will walk the property, mark the curb line, and give you a written quote that fits both your drainage goals and the lakeside water-quality context.