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Maplewood, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Portland West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97219. It stands on Ivey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Oswego quadrangle.

Maplewood within Multnomah County

On record in Maplewood

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Maplewood: 25 past producers, 8 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Iron. 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
Oswego Iron MineIronPast Producer1867, 1894
Oswego Iron MineIronPast Producer
Portland TunnelMercuryOccurrence
Portland TunnelMercuryProspect
Sylvan Brick CoClayPast Producer
Sylvan Brick CompanyClayPast Producer
City of PortlandStonePast Producer
Grabhorn QuarryStonePast Producer
Grimms Fuel CoStonePast Producer
Lake Oswego Cement PlantStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Multnomah County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maplewood in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2023Heavy RainMaplewood1 killedA man fell into Johnson Creek and drowned. Moderate to heavy rainfall December 2nd through 3rd produced bank full conditions and swift moving water in the creek.

Every storm 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
Vermont Hills0.5 miles21
West Portland1.0 miles21
Multnomah1.2 miles21
Glencullen1.3 miles21
West Portland Park1.6 miles21
Capitol Hill1.7 miles21
Bertha (historical)1.8 miles21
Bridlemile1.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136513. 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.