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Milwaukie Heights, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Northwest Clackamas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97222. It lies near Elk Rock Island. The Survey maps it on the Lake Oswego quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.

Milwaukie Heights within Clackamas County

On record in Milwaukie Heights

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 4 records

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 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Milwaukie Heights: 27 past producers, 12 producers, 1 occurrence. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Francis Welsh Silica MineSilicaOccurrence
Francis Welsh Silica MineSilicaPast Producer
Oswego Iron MineIronPast Producer1867, 1894
Oswego Iron MineIronPast Producer
Grimms Fuel Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lake Oswego Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Seventh Day AdventistsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Waluga ParkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grimms Fuel CoStonePast Producer
Lake Oswego Cement PlantStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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
Oak Grove1.0 miles21
Fair Oaks1.1 miles21
Milwaukie1.1 miles21
Briarwood1.4 miles21
Waverly Heights1.5 miles21
Oatfield1.7 miles23
Ardenwald1.8 miles21
Concord1.8 miles21

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 Milwaukie HeightsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6861858The 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 1136545. 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.