Orient, Oregon
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Gresham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97080. It stands on Middle Fork Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sandy quadrangle. 462 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 558 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1911 USGS Boring quadrangle1:48000
- 1914 USGS Boring quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1916 USGS Estacada quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1940 USGS Boring quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sandy quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Sandy quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1961 USGS Sandy quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Orient between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Other causes | under an acre | Molalla Unit | CHICKEN COOP |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | BLUFF CAR FIRE |
| 22 September 1994 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Molalla Unit | TUCKER RD |
| 20 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | LE ANN FIRE |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Molalla Unit | DODGE PARK RD FIRE |
| 26 August 2006 | Other causes | under an acre | Molalla Unit | BLUFF RD BURN |
| 25 August 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Molalla Unit | JARL RD FIRE |
| 20 August 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | NURSERY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Orient: 14 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Collins Ymca | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Midvale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Columbia Brick Works | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia Brick Works | Clay | Producer | ||
| Midvale Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Hwy Div 2 | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia Continental | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Home | 0.9 miles | 26 | |
| Powell Valley | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Springdale | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Gresham | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Troutdale | 5.3 miles | 24 | |
| Corbett | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| Twelvemile Corner | 5.6 miles | 24 | |
| Wood Village | 5.8 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 Orient | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14709175 | 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 1136602. 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.











