BlockBlooming, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Chehalem Mountains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97113. It stands on South Fork Fern Creek. The Survey maps it on the Laurelwood quadrangle. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1941 USGS Yamhill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Yamhill quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Laurelwood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Yamhill River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Blooming: 11 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro | Platinum | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Hillsboro Platinum Occurrence | PGE | Occurrence | ||
| Forest Grove Clay Products Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Forest Grove Clay Products Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hergert Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| John Mathews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Plant #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| John Mathews | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelius | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Carnation | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Dilley | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Forest Grove | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hillsboro | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Centerville (historical) | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Verboort | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Laurelwood | 4.7 miles | 17 |
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 Blooming | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4928283 | 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 1117824. 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.