BlockFarmington, Oregon
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Beaverton-Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97123. It stands on Christensen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scholls quadrangle. It stands 144 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1916 USGS Tualatin quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Tualatin quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Tualatin quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Scholls quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Beaverton quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Scholls quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Farmington: 14 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Platinum. 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 | |
| Scholls Tile Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Scholls Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Aloha Quarry Quality Rock Plant #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Beaverton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Farmington Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| John Mathews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Aloha Quarry/Quality Rock # 1 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Beaverton Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Farmington Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmington in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 5 flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Flood | Farmington | - | Heavy rain brought minor flooding to Tualatin River at Farmington. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Farmington | - | The Tualatin River near Farmington (FRMO3) rose above flood stage around 1400PST, crested at 32.6 feet, the fell below flood stage at 1015PST on the 16th. Flood stage is 32.0 feet. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Farmington | - | Public reported on twitter hail. The picture included a photo next to a ruler showing hail close to 1 inch in diameter. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Farmington | - | Heavy rain caused the Tualatin River near Farmington to flood. The river crested at 33.24 feet, which is 1.24 feet above flood stage. |
| January 2006 | Flood | Farmington | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Flood | Farmington | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Farmington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5435870 | 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 1120637. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.