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Riverdale, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Portland West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97219. It lies near Palatine Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lake Oswego quadrangle.

Riverdale within Multnomah County

On record in Riverdale

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 12 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 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Riverdale: 19 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Oswego Iron MineIronPast Producer1867, 1894
Oswego Iron MineIronPast Producer
Grimms Fuel CoStonePast Producer
Grimms Fuel Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lake Oswego Cement PlantStonePast Producer
Lake Oswego Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Waluga ParkStonePast Producer
Waluga ParkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blacktop Paving Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blacktop Paving Co.Sand 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
Riverwood0.5 miles21
Sellwood1.1 miles21
Dunthorpe1.1 miles21
Carson Heights1.2 miles21
Kellogg Park1.3 miles21
Fulton (historical)1.5 miles21
Burlingame1.8 miles21
Westmoreland1.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136687. 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.