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Plainview, Oregon

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It lies in ZIP code area 97231. The Survey maps it on the Linnton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Plainview within Multnomah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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.

Fires near this place

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Plainview (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 29 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1992Other causes2.0 acresForest Grove DistrictMASON HILL #2
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSKYLINE CAR FIRE
25 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreForest Grove DistrictTRESTLE FIRE
21 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictSHELTERED NOOK BURN
2 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitROCKY PT RD#1
2 September 1992Other causes2.0 acresForest Grove DistrictMASON HILL #1
15 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMCNAMEE RD FIRE
14 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreForest Grove DistrictSKYLINE VEHICLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Plainview (historical): 14 past producers, 8 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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
Ash Grove Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Bauxite Tualatin MountainsAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Skyline Blvd BauxiteAluminum, IronOccurrenceBauxite
Skyline Blvd Bauxite DepositAluminum, IronOccurrence
Tualatin Mountains BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronProspect
Clay MineClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Folkenberg1.7 miles23
Burlington3.3 miles23
Holbrook3.8 miles23
Linnton4.7 miles24
Riverview (historical)4.9 miles23
Whitwood Court5.6 miles24
Bonny Slope6.4 miles24
Saint Johns6.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1129993. 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.