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Beaverton, Oregon

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Beaverton-Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97005. It stands on Hall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beaverton quadrangle. 97,494 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 189 feet above sea level.

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Beaverton within Washington County

On record in Beaverton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 5 records

Population over time

3 figures

Beaverton grew from 76,129 to 97,494 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
200076,129
201089,803+13,674 (+18%)
202097,494+7,691 (+9%)

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 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Beaverton: 10 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury. 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
Portland TunnelMercuryOccurrence
Portland TunnelMercuryProspect
Sylvan Brick CoClayPast Producer
Sylvan Brick CompanyClayPast Producer
Topsil PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grabhorn QuarryStonePast Producer
Murray Road QuarryStonePast Producer
Murray Road QuarryStonePast Producer
Progress QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaverton in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 4 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Heavy RainBeaverton$140,000Heavy rain from convective showers resulted in significant flooding near Beaverton. Flooding was reported of four homes, four apartments, several garages, the Winterhawks Skating Center, and a community pool. The city Public Works Director reported 2.3 inches of rain per hour, a personal weather station reported 2.29 inches of rain over 2 hours, and the National Weather Service Doppler radar estimated 1.7 inches per hour. A car stalled in a flooded high water in an underpass near the US 26-US 217 interchange. The cost damage is an estimate based on reports from the General Manager of the Skating Center and previous history of similar residential damage.
October 2015Heavy RainBeaverton$50,000Heavy rain combined with clogged drains resulted in small stream and urban flooding. There were 16 instances where water or agricultural debris needed to be cleared from roadways. At least two residential basements were flooded in Beaverton. A large basement of an office building was flooded in Hillsboro.
July 2007HailBeaverton$1,000Hail was reported in Beaverton near Cooper Mountain.
January 2021FloodBeaverton-Road closure at SW 149th Ave. and SW Division St. near South Johnson Creek in Beaverton.
June 2011Heavy RainBeaverton-Thunderstorms produced very heavy rain in Beaverton in a short period of time. A spotter reported over one-half inch of rain in 30 minutes. The Washington County Sheriff Office reported Urban Flooding on several streets as well as Highway 217, which was shut down for a short time.
June 2010Heavy RainBeaverton-An observer reported 1.68 inches of precipitation over the area during a 12 hour period.
April 2003Funnel CloudBeaverton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Cedar Hills1.3 miles24
Whitford1.9 miles24
Marlene Village2.2 miles24
West Slope2.2 miles24
Raleigh Hills2.3 miles24
Progress2.4 miles24
Huber2.6 miles24
Cedar Mill2.6 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on BeavertonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q81856The 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 1637830. 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.

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.