Desdemona Sands Light (OR)
Historical Light List Characteristics
| Year | Characteristic | Reference Number |
| Missing light lists prior to 1906 | ||
| 1906 | F W. W12. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 97 |
| Missing light lists for 1907-1910 | ||
| 1911 | F W. W12. | USLHS Light List (16th-18th): NA |
| Missing light lists for 1912-1913 | ||
| 1914 | F W. W12. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 177 |
| Missing light lists for 1915-1929 | ||
| 1930-1933 | F W. W12. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 402 |
| Missing light lists for 1934-1944 | ||
| 1945 | Fl(3) W 10s. W11. (fl 1, ec 1) x 2, fl 1, ec 5. | USCG Light List (Pacific): 913 |
| Missing light lists for 1946-1949 | ||
| 1950-1951 | Fl(3) W 10s. W11. (fl 1, ec 1) x 2, fl 1, ec 5. | USCG Light List (Pacific): 915 |
| 1952-1955 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 1009 | |
| 1956-1960 | Fl W 10s. W7. fl 1. | |
| 1961-1963 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 1009 | |
| 1964-1965 | Fl W 10s. fl 1. | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 1399 |
| 1966-1972 | Fl W 4s. | |
| 1973-1974 | Fl W 4s. W5. | |
| 1975-1984 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 1384 | |
| 1985 | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 1384 | |
| 1986 | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 9995 | |
| 1988 | ||
| 1990 | ||
| Missing light lists for 1991-2003 | ||
| 2004 | Fl W 4s. W6. | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 9995 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
| Year | Optic | Tower Height | Focal Plane | Description | Reference Number |
| Missing light lists prior to 1906 | |||||
| 1906 | 4th | NA | 46 | White, octagonal, one-and-one-half story dwelling, with gray-green trimmings, rising from a rectangular platform on piles, and having a bronze-color, pyramidal roof, surmounted by a gray-gree, cylindrical lantern with bronze-colored roof. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 97 |
| Missing light lists for 1907-1910 | |||||
| 1911 | 4th | NA | NA | White; gray latnern. Cylindrical lantern on octagonal house on piles. | USLHS Light List (16th-18th): NA |
| Missing light lists for 1912-1913 | |||||
| 1914 | NA | NA | 46 | White; octagonal house on piles; gray lantern. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 177 |
| Missing light lists for 1915-1929 | |||||
| 1930-1933 | 4 iov | NA | 48 | White octagonal house on piles. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 402 |
| Missing light lists for 1934-1944 | |||||
| 1945 | 300 mm e | 18 | 36 | White pyramidal tower with black band at top on white piles. | USCG Light List (Pacific): 913 |
| Missing light lists for 1946-1949 | |||||
| 1950 | 300 mm e | NA | 38 | White pyramidal tower with black band at top on white piles. | USCG Light List (Pacific): 915 |
| 1951 | White pyramidal tower pile structure. | ||||
| 1952-1955 | NA | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 1009 | |||
| 1956-1958 | 17 | Small white house on pile structure. | |||
| 1959-1960 | White platform on pile structure. | ||||
| 1961-1963 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 1009 | ||||
| 1964-1965 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 1399 | ||||
| 1966 | NA | Red and white checkered square daymark on dolphin. | |||
| 1967-1971 | 23 | ||||
| 1972-1974 | NR on dolphin. | ||||
| 1975-1984 | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 1384 | ||||
| 1985 | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 1384 | ||||
| 1986 | NB on pile structure. | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 9995 | |||
| 1988 | |||||
| 1990 | |||||
| Missing light lists for 1991-2003 | |||||
| 2004 | NA | NA | 23 | NB on pile structure. | USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 9995 |
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1902-Present (Approximate location: Rebuilt 1935 lighthouse was built on pilings of original 1902 lighthouse, and modern light is very close.) |