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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.

Bethany within Washington County

Population over time

2 figures

Bethany 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.

YearPeople Change
201020,646
202031,350+10,704 (+52%)

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.

Fires near this place

7 since 1993

Regional 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 use3
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitROCKY PT RD#1
30 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMCNAMEE RD
26 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROCK CREEK BRUSH FIRE
15 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictCORN PASS VAN FIRE
23 July 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictSKYLINE FIRE
28 June 1995Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMCNAMEE ROAD #2
1 March 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMCNAMEE ROAD #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bauxite Tualatin MountainsAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Tualatin Mountains BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronProspect
Clay MineClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Hoyt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Krueger QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Multnomah County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hoyt QuarryStonePast Producer
Krueger QuarryStonePast Producer
Rock CreekStonePast Producer

Every working 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
Rockcreek0.7 miles24
Somerset West0.7 miles24
Tanasbourne1.3 miles24
West Union1.5 miles24
Oak Hills1.8 miles24
Orenco3.1 miles24
Elmonica3.2 miles24
Helvetia3.7 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 BethanyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3268635The 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.