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Barnes Heights, Oregon

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Portland West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97229. The Survey maps it on the Linnton quadrangle.

Barnes Heights within Multnomah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Barnes Heights: 27 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Limestone QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Portland TunnelMercuryOccurrence
Portland TunnelMercuryProspect
Pacific Stoneware CoClayPast Producer
Pacific Stoneware CoClayPast Producer
Sylvan Brick CoClayPast Producer
Sylvan Brick CompanyClayPast Producer
City of PortlandStonePast Producer
City of PortlandStonePast Producer
Grabhorn QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Multnomah County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bonny Slope1.8 miles24
Sylvan1.9 miles33
Willamette Heights1.9 miles33
Green Hills2.3 miles33
Kings Heights2.5 miles33
Portland Heights3.3 miles33
University Park3.3 miles33
Bridlemile3.6 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122541163The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1638840. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.