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Interlachen, Oregon

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Gresham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97024. It stands on Fairview Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camas quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.

Interlachen within Multnomah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

Fires near this place

20 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Interlachen between 1997 and 2020, burning about 150 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY 2
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY JUNCTION
9 August 2019Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRIVERBEND
22 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use130 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaDELTA #2
21 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY-ODF MOLALLA ASSIST
20 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY RIVER
2 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution13 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaDELTA
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMAS BRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Interlachen: 30 past producers, 15 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Aluminum. 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
(Facility) Troutdale SmelterAluminumPlant
Camas PlacerTitanium, Iron, GoldUnknown
ImageClayPast Producer
Red Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Midvale QuarryStonePast Producer
Midvale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Fairview1.1 miles24
Wood Village1.9 miles24
Twelvemile Corner2.4 miles24
Rockwood2.8 miles24
Troutdale3.3 miles24
Gresham3.8 miles25
Hazelwood4.8 miles33
Powell Valley5.3 miles25

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 InterlachenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3815620The 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 1136408. 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.