BlockBefore

Russellville, Oregon

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Portland East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97216. It lies near Kelly Butte. The Survey maps it on the Mount Tabor quadrangle.

Russellville within Multnomah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

1 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Russellville in 2001, burning about 7,500 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Natural1

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
13 July 2001Natural7,500 acresPrineville DistrictSTARVATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Russellville: 41 past producers, 15 producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lakeside StablesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rocky Butte QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lakeside StablesStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Rocky Butte QuarryStonePast Producer
UnknownStonePast Producer
Unnamed PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Multnomah County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Russellville in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
September 2019Thunderstorm WindRussellville$500A NWS Storm survey found straight line wind damage of approximately 45 to 55 mph near Halsey and NE 75th, and Tillamook and NE 78th. In addition to these areas of damage, a similar straight line wind damage pattern was observed near Hassalo and NE 64th on the same day. There where a few small trees and tree limbs down as observed by the NWS survey team.

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
Montavilla1.1 miles33
Powellhurst1.5 miles33
Hazelwood1.8 miles33
Maywood Park2.3 miles33
Lents2.7 miles23
Parkrose2.8 miles33
Arleta2.8 miles23
Gilbert3.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1126374. 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.