Brooklyn, Oregon
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Portland East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97202. It lies near Hardtack Island. The Survey maps it on the Lake Oswego quadrangle.
On record in Brooklyn
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Steam Locomotivelisted 2006 · 0.4 miles away
Buckler-Henry Houselisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1914 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Lake Oswego quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Brooklyn in 2001, burning about 7,500 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2001 | Natural | 7,500 acres | Prineville District | STARVATION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 39 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Brooklyn: 30 past producers, 8 producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| City of Portland | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sylvan Brick Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sylvan Brick Company | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| City of Portland | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| City of Portland Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Blacktop Paving Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blacktop Paving Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmoreland | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Eastmoreland | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Woodstock | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Sellwood | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Errol Heights | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| East Portland | 2.1 miles | 33 | |
| Fulton (historical) | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Arleta | 2.3 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1166623. 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.










