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Rockwood, Oregon

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Gresham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97233. It lies near Grant Butte. The Survey maps it on the Camas quadrangle.

Rockwood within Multnomah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

9 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Rockwood between 2004 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
2 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY 2
20 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY RIVER
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCAMAS BRIDGE
16 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY
2 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY CART
2 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY RIVER DELTA
19 June 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY RIVER
26 April 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaDELTA #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Rockwood: 39 past producers, 15 producers, 1 plant. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Red Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Columbia Brick WorksClayPast Producer
Columbia Brick WorksClayProducer
Lakeside StablesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lakeside StablesStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Multnomah County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockwood in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2009FloodRockwood-A spotter reported flooding of low lying portions of SE Division Street between 140th and 164th Avenues.

Every storm 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
Twelvemile Corner2.3 miles24
Hazelwood2.5 miles33
Fairview2.6 miles24
Interlachen2.8 miles24
Gresham2.8 miles25
Wood Village3.3 miles24
Powellhurst3.4 miles33
Gilbert4.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136699. 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.