Kings Heights, Oregon

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 128 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

• John A. Sprouse Jr. Houselisted 1991 · 0.0 miles away
• Dr. Harry M. Hendershott Houselisted 1991 · 0.1 miles away
• Montgomery Ward & Companylisted 2021 · 0.1 miles away
• Elizabeth Ducey Houselisted 1990 · 0.1 miles away
• Harry T. Nicolai Houselisted 1990 · 0.1 miles away
• Fred E. Taylor Houselisted 1990 · 0.1 miles away
• Henry Hahn Houselisted 1993 · 0.1 miles away
• Harmon-Neils Houselisted 1984 · 0.1 miles away
• Frank E. Dooly Houselisted 1980 · 0.1 miles away
• Burke-Clark Houselisted 1982 · 0.1 miles away
• Clarissa McKeyes Inman Houselisted 1990 · 0.1 miles away
• J. C. Braly Houselisted 1991 · 0.2 miles away

Every listing in Multnomah County

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.

• 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

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Kings Heights 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.

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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Alameda
• Albina
• Arleta
• Brooklyn
• East Portland
• Faloma

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Kings Heights: 27 past producers, 9 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Multnomah County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

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.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1122763. 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.