Bethany, Oregon
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Rockcreek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97229. It stands on Holcomb Creek. The Survey maps it on the Linnton quadrangle. 31,350 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 300 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBethany grew from 20,646 to 31,350 between 2010 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20,646 | |
| 2020 | 31,350 | +10,704 (+52%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Linnton quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Linnton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Linnton quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Linnton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bethany between 1993 and 2015, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | ROCKY PT RD#1 |
| 30 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Forest Grove District | MCNAMEE RD |
| 26 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | ROCK CREEK BRUSH FIRE |
| 15 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | CORN PASS VAN FIRE |
| 23 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | SKYLINE FIRE |
| 28 June 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Forest Grove District | MCNAMEE ROAD #2 |
| 1 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Forest Grove District | MCNAMEE ROAD #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Bethany: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Tualatin Mountains | Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| Tualatin Mountains Bauxite | Aluminum, Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Hoyt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Krueger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Multnomah County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hoyt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Krueger Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Creek | Stone | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockcreek | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Somerset West | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Tanasbourne | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| West Union | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Oak Hills | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Orenco | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Elmonica | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Helvetia | 3.7 miles | 24 |
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 Bethany | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3268635 | The 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 1117559. 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.
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.












