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Lents, Oregon

23 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 97266. It stands on Veterans Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gladstone quadrangle.

Lents within Multnomah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Lents: 28 past producers, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lakeside StablesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lakeside StablesStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Rocky Butte QuarryStonePast Producer
UnknownStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStonePast Producer
Blacktop Paving Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Arleta1.5 miles23
Gilbert1.9 miles23
Woodstock2.2 miles23
Powellhurst2.3 miles33
Errol Heights2.4 miles23
Russellville2.7 miles33
Montavilla2.8 miles33
Eastmoreland3.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1123040. 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.