BlockEast Portland, Oregon
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Portland East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97214. It lies near Sullivan Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Portland quadrangle.
On record in East Portland
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 12 of 130 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1975 · 0.7 miles away
Pioneer CourthouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1973 · 0.9 miles away
Nathaniel West Buildingslisted 1984 · 0.1 miles away
Italian Gardeners and Ranchers Association Market Buildinglisted 1989 · 0.2 miles away
West's Blocklisted 1980 · 0.2 miles away
Grand Central Public Marketlisted 2006 · 0.2 miles away
East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 2013 · 0.2 miles away
East Portland Grand Avenue Historic Districtlisted 1991 · 0.2 miles away
John Deere Plow Company Buildinglisted 1989 · 0.2 miles away
Jones Cash Storelisted 2005 · 0.2 miles away
International Harvester Company Warehouselisted 1989 · 0.2 miles away
Barber Blocklisted 1977 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 33 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.
- 1897 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1940 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of East Portland 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 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of East Portland: 34 past producers, 13 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| City of Portland | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Portland Tunnel | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Portland Tunnel | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland | 1.0 miles | 33 | |
| Irvington | 1.8 miles | 33 | |
| Marquam Hill | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Albina | 2.1 miles | 33 | |
| Brooklyn | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Laurelhurst | 2.1 miles | 33 | |
| South Portland (historical) | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Portland Heights | 2.4 miles | 33 |
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 East Portland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5329184 | 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 1136240. 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.