Pleasant Home, 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. The Survey maps it on the Sandy quadrangle. It stands 587 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
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Home between 1992 and 2019, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
| 27 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Molalla Unit | SKOGAN RD #1 |
| 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 |
| 2 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | COLORADO |
| 14 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Molalla Unit | NAMANU FIRE |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Molalla Unit | GREEN MT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Home: 11 past producers, 6 producers. 6 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 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Home in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Heavy Rain | Pleasant Home | - | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office reported flooding and a sinkhole near the 31700 block of SE Pipeline Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orient | 0.9 miles | 26 | |
| Powell Valley | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Springdale | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Corbett | 5.3 miles | 24 | |
| Gresham | 5.6 miles | 25 | |
| Troutdale | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Twelvemile Corner | 6.4 miles | 24 | |
| Wood Village | 6.5 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.
| Wikidata item Q122432441 | 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 1136632. 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.
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.











