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Saint Johns, Oregon

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Portland East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97203. It stands on Doane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Linnton quadrangle.

Saint Johns within Multnomah County

On record in Saint Johns

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 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

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Saint Johns between 1993 and 2020, burning about 167 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined166 acresPacific Cascade Region-DNRFRUIT VALLEY
30 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMCNAMEE RD
2 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHILLAPOO 2
18 August 1994Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
28 June 1995Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMCNAMEE ROAD #2
1 March 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMCNAMEE ROAD #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Saint Johns: 21 past producers, 11 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Mercury. 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) Vancouver Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Ash Grove Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Pacific Stoneware CoClayPast Producer
Pacific Stoneware CoClayPast Producer
Portland TunnelMercuryOccurrence
Portland TunnelMercuryProspect
Angel Bros, IncStonePast Producer
City of PortlandStonePast Producer
Hidden Valley LandfillStonePast Producer
Hoyt QuarryStonePast 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
Whitwood Court1.0 miles24
University Park1.7 miles33
Linnton1.8 miles24
Vanport City (historical)3.0 miles33
North Portland3.0 miles33
Bonny Slope3.4 miles24
Kenton3.9 miles33
Barnes Heights4.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136722. 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.