Metzger, Oregon
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Beaverton-Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97223. It stands on Ash Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beaverton quadrangle. 4,272 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 230 feet above sea level.
On record in Metzger
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.
Fogelbo Houselisted 2020 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresMetzger grew from 3,354 to 4,272 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,354 | |
| 2010 | 3,765 | +411 (+12%) |
| 2020 | 4,272 | +507 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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 Beaverton quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Beaverton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Beaverton quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Beaverton quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Beaverton quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Metzger: 25 past producers, 9 producers. 9 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1867, 1894 | |
| Oswego Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sylvan Brick Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sylvan Brick Company | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Durham Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Grabhorn Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Grimms Fuel Co | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Oswego Cement Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Murray Road Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Murray Road Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Metzger in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Flood | Metzger | $14,000 | Heavy rains around 1 inch in a half hour to an hour resulted in Ash Creek in southwest Portland to over flow. Around 14 homes had varying amounts of flooding. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Corner | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Tigard | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Garden Home | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Progress | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Whitford | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Bonita | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Raleigh Hills | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Durham | 3.1 miles | 24 |
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 Metzger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q609116 | 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 1136533. 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.












