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Powell Valley, Oregon

25 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 lies in Powell Valley. The Survey maps it on the Damascus quadrangle.

Powell Valley within Multnomah County

On record in Powell Valley

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Powell Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 September 1994Smoking1.0 acresMolalla UnitTUCKER RD
2 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY 2
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY JUNCTION
21 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY-ODF MOLALLA ASSIST
20 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY RIVER
2 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution13 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaDELTA
16 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersASHLEY'S FIRE
16 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Powell Valley: 19 past producers, 12 producers, 1 plant. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, 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
(Facility) Troutdale SmelterAluminumPlant
Camp Collins YmcaGeothermalProducer
Midvale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Columbia Brick WorksClayPast Producer
Columbia Brick WorksClayProducer
Midvale QuarryStonePast Producer
Oregon State Hwy Div 2Clay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
190 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Gresham2.2 miles25
Orient2.5 miles26
Twelvemile Corner3.1 miles24
Pleasant Home3.4 miles26
Wood Village3.6 miles24
Troutdale3.7 miles24
Springdale4.0 miles24
Fairview4.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1125640. 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.