Columbia County, Oregon

96 topographic sheets cover 47 settlements here, and 11 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

11 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Oregon within the United States

Columbia County within Oregon

What the record shows

756 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
11 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 9 buildings, 1 district and 1 site.
2 of the 11 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 47 populated places in this county; 47 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Dr. Charles G. and Lucinda McBride Caples Farmstead	building	2005	05001060
Clatskanie IOOF Hall	building	2012	12000078
Cox-Williams House	building	1982	82001501
Thomas J. Flippin House	building	1979	79002048
John and Carolena Heimuller Farmstead	building	2011	11000049
George F. Moeck House	building	1978	78002283
Oregon-American Lumber Company Mill Office	building	2002	02001485
St. Helens Downtown Historic District	district	1984	84000137
United States Post Office (Scappoose)	building	2017	100000618
James Grant Watts House	building	1980	80003308
Woodbine Cemetery-Green Mountain Cemetery	site	2001	01000829

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

445 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 445 of them, burning about 478 acres. 22 started naturally and 13 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	141
Equipment and vehicle use	69
Smoking	53
Recreation and ceremony	51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	35
Misuse of fire by a minor	23
Natural	22
Other causes	15
Arson/incendiarism	13
Power generation/transmission/distribution	12
Fireworks	10
Firearms and explosives use	1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
13 June 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	67 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	SUNSET GRADE#1
3 June 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	42 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	CHAPMAN GRANGE#1
10 June 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	37 acres	Columbia City Unit	EMERALD FOREST
24 April 1999	Debris and open burning	31 acres	Columbia City Unit	WOLDEN ROAD FIRE #1
27 May 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	31 acres	Columbia City Unit	KERRY ROAD
16 July 2017	Arson/incendiarism	30 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	HWY 47 MP 5
19 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	23 acres	Columbia City Unit	FLORA RD. #1
24 April 1999	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Columbia City Unit	LOST CREEK ROAD #1

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1955 to 2022

31 of 31 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 31 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 2 injuries and about $39,410,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Flood	12
Heavy Rain	9
Tornado	5
Hail	3
Funnel Cloud	2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
December 2015	Flood	Vernonia	1 killed, 1 hurt, $2,305,000	The Nehalem River near Vernonia flooded Vernonia resulting in evacuation of residents and damage to many buildings and vehicles. A bridge washed out on TImber Road and isolated the Glenwood Community. There was also significant flooding in St Helens, where 17 homes were evacuated, and many roads were damaged and closed. Highway 30 and the business district in Rainier also flooded. An elderly couple drove around a barrier of a closed road, and was swept away by high water. The man escaped through the sunroof of the vehicle, but the woman ended up drowning. Flooding and landslides cut off Western Columbia County.
April 2000	Tornado (F0)	St Helens	1 hurt, $35,000	An F0 tornado touched down near Old Portland Road and Kastor Road in St. Helens. A tree was blown over across a fence adjacent to Old Portland Road and in front of the McCormick Park apartment building. Another tree was broken off and fell across the apartment building. Limbs broken off and picked up by the winds resulted in one broken window and one minor injury. One apartment occupant, who was on her balcony at the time, was hit in the shoulder by an airborne limb. There was about $35,000 damage to the building and fence. There were no fatalities.
December 2007	Flood	Vernonia	$36,000,000	The Upper Nehalem River flooded near Vernonia, and did devastating damage to the city. Numerous homes were completely flooded, and many families were evacuated. Quite a few lost everything they had. NOTE: Damage estimates are for the entire Columbia county, with almost a third of the damage in the town of Vernonia.
December 2015	Flood	Vernonia	$824,000	Flooding from the Nehalem River and Rock Creek in Vernonia resulted in evacuation of homes and the implementation of the Vernonia Emergency Command Center. Heavy rain resulted in a land slide that closed OR47 at mile marker 8.
December 2015	Flood	Vernonia	$124,000	Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the Nehalem River near Vernonia, and several small streams in the area. The Timber Road Bridge over Gales Creek washed out north of Highway 6.
November 2020	Tornado (EF0)	St Helens	$40,000	A tornado touched down around 12:20 PM in Northwest St. Helens, OR near the intersection of Pittsburgh and Robnette Road. The tornado moved southeastward, ending near just east of McBride Elementary School. The most damage was done near Barr Ave and Pittsburgh Road, with damage to trees, a camper, fences and snapped power lines.
February 2019	Flood	Rainier	$30,000	Several structures impacted from flooding along Fox Creek in the city of Rainier, Oregon. Eventual cause may have been a blocked culvert. U.S. Highway 30 was closed at times.
January 2022	Flood	Mist	$25,000	Oregon highway 47 near the Mist junction was closed due to a culvert failing, washing out the road.
August 1978	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
November 1965	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
January 2021	Flood	Vernonia	-	The Nehalem River near Vernonia (VENO3) rose above flood stage at 0215PST, crested at 12.17 feet, the fell below flood stage at 0345PST on the 13th. Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
October 2018	Funnel Cloud	Scappoose	-	A viewer sent in a photo to a local news station of a funnel cloud over the Multnomah Channel, observed around 11 AM.
May 2017	Hail	Vernonia Arpt	-	Received picture via Twitter of hail around 1 inch in diameter from Timber road SW of Vernonia.
February 2017	Flood	Braun	-	Heavy rain caused the Upper Nehalem River near Vernonia to flood. The river crested at 12.77 feet, which is 0.77 feet above flood stage.
November 2016	Flood	Braun	-	Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the Nehalem River near Vernonia. The Nehalem River reached flood stage at 915 PM on November 24th, and crested at 12.5 feet at 1246 AM on November 25th. The river dropped below flood stage at 418 AM on November 25.
November 2012	Flood	Vernonia	-	Heavy rain caused the Nehalem River near Vernonia to overflow its banks and flood low lying areas. The Nehalem River crested at 13.4 feet, 1.4 feet above flood stage, on November 19th at 5 pm PST.
July 2011	Funnel Cloud	Clatskanie	-	A concerned citizen sent photos to the local National Weather Service office Sunday evening of a funnel cloud that formed over Clatskanie, Oregon.
January 2009	Flood	Mist	-	Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff caused high water on highway 47 near Mist.
January 2009	Flood	Clatskanie	-	Heavy caused small streams and creeks to overflow their banks that resulted in water covering highway 30 near Clatskanie.
December 2007	Heavy Rain	Vernonia	-	Storm total precipitation was 11.00 inches.
December 2007	Heavy Rain	Scappoose	-	Storm total precipitation was 5.97 inches.
December 2007	Heavy Rain	Mist	-	Storm total precipitation was 8.65 inches at the Miller RAWS.
June 2004	Tornado (F0)	Rainier	-	Cowlitz county, Washington dispatch received several reports of a tornado that touched down on the Oregon side of the Columbia River, about 3 miles southeast of Rainier, crossed the river to the mouth of the Kalama River as a waterspout, and moved onshore on the Washington side as a tornado.
January 2004	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
December 2003	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
January 2003	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
March 2003	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
March 2003	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
August 2001	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
July 1991	Hail	not stated	-	no account filed
July 1955	Hail	not stated	-	no account filed

Mines and quarries

259 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 259 workings inside this county. 69 still produce and 190 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Stone	101
Stone, Crushed/Broken	100
Sand and Gravel, Construction	35
Iron	15
Aluminum	11
Titanium, Iron	2
Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal	1
Titanium, Metal, Aluminum, Iron	1
Aluminum, Iron	1
Titanium, Metal	1
Iron, Mineral Pigments	1
Iron, Titanium, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free	1
Clay	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bauxite Columbia County	Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal	Occurrence	Gibbsite, Limonite
Bauxite Kalama-Rainer	Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal	Occurrence
Bauxite Scapoose - St Helens	Titanium, Metal, Aluminum, Iron	Occurrence	Limonite
Columbia County Bauxite Deposits	Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free	Prospect	1944
Scappoose Iron	Iron, Mineral Pigments	Producer	Limonite
Sig Fransen Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Columbia County Bauxite	Aluminum, Titanium, Iron	Occurrence
Scapoose-St. Helens Bauxite	Aluminum, Titanium, Iron	Occurrence
Dowd School	Aluminum, Iron	Occurrence
Happy Hollow	Aluminum, Iron	Occurrence
Kalama-Ranier Bauxite Occurrence	Aluminum	Occurrence
Marshall Farm	Aluminum, Iron	Occurrence
Oester	Aluminum, Iron	Occurrence
Spitzenberg	Aluminum, Iron	Occurrence
Trenholm	Aluminum, Iron	Occurrence
Yankton and Alder Creek	Iron, Aluminum	Occurrence
Bunker Hill Iron Deposit	Iron	Occurrence
Colport Charcoal Iron	Iron	Occurrence
Ironcrest Iron	Iron	Occurrence
Ladysmith	Iron	Occurrence
Maple Hill Iron	Iron	Occurrence
Scappoose Coal Prospect	Iron	Unknown
Scappoose Iron	Iron	Occurrence	Limonite
Scappoose Iron	Iron	Occurrence
A. Bergman	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
A. Bergman	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Columbia West Materials & Constr	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Columbia West Materials & Constr.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Deer Island	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Deer Island Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Deer Island Sand & Gravel Pit & Pl	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Oregon State Highway Division	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Oregon State Highway Division	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Pacific Building Materials Santosh	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Paul Zimmerly Road Construction	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Paul Zimmerly Road Construction	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Peter-Billy-Glenn Tree Farm	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Santosh Pit & Pl	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Santosh Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Scappoose Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Scappoose Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
St. Helens Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
St. Helens Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
T. Johnson	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
T. Johnson	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Trojan Lakes	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Trojan Lakes	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Warren Sand & Gravel Co.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Warren Sand & Gravel Co.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Archibald Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Babler Bros.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Bernards Excavating	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Boise Cascade	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
C. Aniker	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
C. H. May	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
C. Zimmermann	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Columbia County	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Columbia County	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Columbia West Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Corth	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Crown Zellerbach Mansfield Lookout	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach New Mansfield	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Crown Zellerbach Oak Ranch Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
D. F. Salzman	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Deal Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Deane S. Chappell Rock & Const.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Dwight Irby	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
E. Johnson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
E. Musgrove	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Evanson, Et Al	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Evanson, Et Al	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
F. Sutter	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Goble Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Graham Pit and Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Grahm Pit & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
I Jones	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Just-A-Mere Farm Inc	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Just-A-Mere Farm, Inc.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
L. Estund	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Longview Fiber Rocky Point	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mayger Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mcatee	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Neuman	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Oak Ranch Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Oak Ranch Pit No. 2	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Oregon State Highway Division	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Oregon State Highway Division	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Oregon State Highway Division	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Pete Matiaco	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Peterson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Publishers Paper	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
R. Olson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Rainier Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Rainier Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Ruth Realty Co.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
St. Helens Quarry and Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Stimson Timber Co.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Tide Creek Rock	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Tide Creek Rock, Inc	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
W. Evenson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
W. Evenson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
W. Evenson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
W. Evenson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
W. Evenson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Watters Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Archibald	Stone	Past Producer
B & B Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Babler Bros.	Stone	Past Producer
Bernards Excavating	Stone	Past Producer
Boise Cascade	Stone	Past Producer
Bonneville Power Administration	Stone	Past Producer
C Aniker	Stone	Past Producer
C H May	Stone	Past Producer
C Zimmermann	Stone	Past Producer
Chapple Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Columbia County	Stone	Past Producer
Columbia County	Stone	Past Producer
Columbia County	Stone	Past Producer
Columbia West	Stone	Past Producer
Columbia West Materials & Const	Stone	Past Producer
Corth	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach Mansfield Lookout	Stone	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach New Mansfield	Stone	Past Producer
D F Salzman	Stone	Past Producer
Dwight Irby	Stone	Past Producer
E Johnson	Stone	Past Producer
E. Musgrove	Stone	Past Producer
Evanson Et Al	Stone	Past Producer
Evanson Et Al	Stone	Past Producer
F. Sutter	Stone	Past Producer
Goble Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Graham Pit and Plant	Stone	Past Producer
Grahm Pit & Plant	Stone	Past Producer
I Jones	Stone	Past Producer
Just-A-Mere Farm Inc	Stone	Past Producer
Just-A-Mere Farm Inc	Stone	Past Producer
L Estund	Stone	Past Producer
Les Brady	Stone	Past Producer
Les Brady	Stone	Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber	Stone	Past Producer
Longview Fiber Rocky Point	Stone	Past Producer
Mayger Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Mcatee	Stone	Past Producer
Neuman	Stone	Past Producer
Oak Ranch Pit 1 & 2	Stone	Past Producer
Oak Ranch Quarry #1	Stone	Past Producer
Oak Ranch Quarry #2	Stone	Past Producer
Oregon State Highway Division	Stone	Past Producer
Oregon State Highway Division	Stone	Past Producer
Oregon State Highway Division	Stone	Past Producer
Pete Matiaco	Stone	Past Producer
Peter-Billy-Glenn Tree Farm	Stone	Past Producer
Peterson	Stone	Past Producer
Publishers Paper	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
R. Olson	Stone	Past Producer
Ruth Realty Co.	Stone	Past Producer
Stimson Timber Co.	Stone	Past Producer
Tide Creek Pit	Stone	Past Producer
Tide Creek Rock	Stone	Past Producer
Unknown	Stone	Past Producer
W Evenson	Stone	Past Producer
W. Evenson	Stone	Past Producer
W. Evenson	Stone	Past Producer
W. Evenson	Stone	Past Producer
W. Evenson	Stone	Past Producer
Waters Concrete Products Inc.	Stone	Past Producer
Watters Quarry	Stone	Past Producer

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Alston

Rainier census division · 97048 · On South Fork Beaver Creek · Delena quadrangle

15 sheets, 1919 to 1985
Apiary

Rainier census division · 97048 · On Buck Creek · Delena quadrangle

15 sheets, 1919 to 1985
Bachelor Flat

St. Helens census division · 97053 · On Cox Creek · Saint Helens quadrangle

18 sheets, 1922 to 1990

No longer a settlement
Beaver Homes

Goble census division · 97048 · On Welter Creek · Rainier quadrangle

12 sheets, 1921 to 1990
Beaver Springs

Goble census division · 97048 · On East Branch Fox Creek · Rainier quadrangle

12 sheets, 1921 to 1990
Birkenfeld

Vernonia census division · 97016 · On Fishhawk Creek · Birkenfeld quadrangle

16 sheets, 1941 to 1979
Canaan

St. Helens census division · 97051 · Trenholm quadrangle

17 sheets, 1922 to 1990
Chapman

St. Helens census division · 97056 · On Lizzie Creek · Chapman quadrangle

17 sheets, 1922 to 1990
Chapman Landing

Scappoose census division · 97056 · Sauvie Island quadrangle

23 sheets, 1915 to 1990
Clatskanie

Clatskanie census division · 97016 · On Conyers Creek · Clatskanie quadrangle

15 sheets, 1919 to 1985
Clatskanie Heights

Clatskanie census division · 97016 · By The Billboard · Clatskanie quadrangle

15 sheets, 1919 to 1985
Clear Creek

Vernonia census division · 97064 · On Clear Creek · Clear Creek quadrangle

16 sheets, 1941 to 1979
Columbia City

St. Helens census division · 97018 · On Harrie Creek · Deer Island quadrangle

18 sheets, 1922 to 1990
Columbia Heights

St. Helens census division · 97051 · On Perry Creek · Saint Helens quadrangle

18 sheets, 1922 to 1990
Corey Hill

Vernonia census division · 97064 · On Bear Creek · Vernonia quadrangle

17 sheets, 1940 to 1979
Deer Island

St. Helens census division · 97054 · Near Maple Hill · Deer Island quadrangle

18 sheets, 1922 to 1990
Delena

Clatskanie census division · 97048 · On Lost Creek · Delena quadrangle

15 sheets, 1919 to 1985
Fishhawk

Vernonia census division · 97016 · On Beaver Creek · Marshland quadrangle

15 sheets, 1941 to 1985

No longer a settlement
Goble

Goble census division · 97048 · On Goble Creek · Kalama quadrangle

12 sheets, 1921 to 1990
Hudson

Clatskanie census division · 97048 · On Elk Creek · Delena quadrangle

15 sheets, 1919 to 1985

No longer a settlement
Inglis

Clatskanie census division · 97016 · On Stewart Creek · Oak Point quadrangle

15 sheets, 1919 to 1985
Johnson Crossing

Scappoose census division · 97056 · On Joy Creek · Sauvie Island quadrangle

23 sheets, 1915 to 1990
Keasey

Vernonia census division · 97064 · On Fall Creek · Clear Creek quadrangle

16 sheets, 1941 to 1979
Kerry

Clatskanie census division · 97016 · On Ross Creek · Marshland quadrangle

15 sheets, 1941 to 1985
Kyser

Clatskanie census division · 97016 · On North Fork Clatskanie River · Delena quadrangle

15 sheets, 1919 to 1985

No longer a settlement
Lindbergh

Rainier census division · 97048 · On Piedmont Creek · Rainier quadrangle

12 sheets, 1921 to 1990
Marshland

Clatskanie census division · 97016 · On Tandy Creek · Marshland quadrangle

15 sheets, 1941 to 1985
Mayger

Clatskanie census division · 97016 · On Flume Creek · Coal Creek quadrangle

15 sheets, 1919 to 1985
McNulty

St. Helens census division · 97051 · On North Fork McNulty Creek · Saint Helens quadrangle

18 sheets, 1922 to 1990
Mist

Clatskanie census division · 97016 · On Lundgren Creek (historical) · Birkenfeld quadrangle

16 sheets, 1941 to 1979
Neverstill

Vernonia census division · 97016 · On Deep Creek · Birkenfeld quadrangle

16 sheets, 1941 to 1979
Pittsburg

Vernonia census division · 97064 · On East Fork Nehalem River · Pittsburg quadrangle

16 sheets, 1940 to 1979
Prescott

Rainier census division · 97048 · On Jack Falls · Rainier quadrangle

12 sheets, 1921 to 1990
Quincy

Clatskanie census division · 97016 · On Tank Creek · Oak Point quadrangle

15 sheets, 1919 to 1985
Rainier

Rainier census division · 97048 · On Fox Creek · Rainier quadrangle

12 sheets, 1921 to 1990
Reuben

Goble census division · 97048 · Near Sandy Island · Rainier quadrangle

12 sheets, 1921 to 1990
Saint Helens

St. Helens census division · 97051 · Near Nob Hill · Saint Helens quadrangle

18 sheets, 1922 to 1990
Scappoose

Scappoose census division · 97056 · On Coal Creek · Chapman quadrangle

17 sheets, 1922 to 1990
South Scappoose

Scappoose census division · 97056 · On Coal Creek · Dixie Mountain quadrangle

23 sheets, 1915 to 1990
Spitzenberg

St. Helens census division · 97056 · On Alder Creek · Chapman quadrangle

17 sheets, 1922 to 1990
Treharne

Vernonia census division · 97064 · On Beaver Creek · Vernonia quadrangle

17 sheets, 1940 to 1979
Trenholm

St. Helens census division · 97051 · Near Serafin Point · Trenholm quadrangle

17 sheets, 1922 to 1990
Vernonia

Vernonia census division · 97064 · On Bear Creek · Vernonia quadrangle

17 sheets, 1940 to 1979
Warren

St. Helens census division · 97053 · On Warren Creek · Saint Helens quadrangle

18 sheets, 1922 to 1990
West Saint Helens

St. Helens census division · 97051 · On Perry Creek · Saint Helens quadrangle

18 sheets, 1922 to 1990
Woodson

Clatskanie census division · 97016 · On Eilertsen Creek · Marshland quadrangle

15 sheets, 1941 to 1985
Yankton

St. Helens census division · 97051 · On Salmon Creek · Chapman quadrangle

17 sheets, 1922 to 1990

The vanished settlements of Columbia County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.