BlockMidway, Oregon
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Beaverton-Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97123. It stands on Burris Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scholls quadrangle. It stands 197 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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 Scholls quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Beaverton quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Scholls quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 2012 and 2020, burning under an acre in total. None 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | BRIARWOOD |
| 31 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | CLEAR CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 18 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholls Tile Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Scholls Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Aloha Quarry Quality Rock Plant #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Beaverton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Chehalem Mountain Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Farmington Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| John Mathews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Neberg/Fogarty Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Aloha Quarry/Quality Rock # 1 | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Scholls | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Farmington | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Buckheaven | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Kinton | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Hazeldale | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Witch Hazel | 6.3 miles | 24 | |
| Laurelwood | 6.4 miles | 17 |
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 Midway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6843240 | 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 1124133. 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.