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Bonny Slope, 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. It stands 633 feet above sea level.

Bonny Slope 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 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Bonny Slope: 22 past producers, 7 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Ash Grove Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Portland TunnelMercuryOccurrence
Portland TunnelMercuryProspect
Sylvan Brick CoClayPast Producer
Sylvan Brick CompanyClayPast Producer
City of PortlandStonePast Producer
City of PortlandStonePast Producer
Grabhorn QuarryStonePast Producer
Hoyt QuarryStonePast Producer
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
Barnes Heights1.8 miles24
Whitwood Court2.8 miles24
Saint Johns3.4 miles24
Willamette Heights3.5 miles33
Sylvan3.6 miles33
University Park3.6 miles33
Linnton3.7 miles24
Green Hills4.0 miles33

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 Bonny SlopeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4942513The 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 1136085. 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.