Scappoose, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Scappoose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97056. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chapman quadrangle. 8,010 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 61 feet above sea level.
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On record in Scappoose
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 3 records
John and Carolena Heimuller Farmsteadlisted 2011
United States Post Office (Scappoose)listed 2017
James Grant Watts Houselisted 1980
Population over time
3 figuresScappoose grew from 4,976 to 8,010 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,976 | |
| 2010 | 6,592 | +1,616 (+32%) |
| 2020 | 8,010 | +1,418 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1922 USGS St. Helens quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS St Helens quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS St Helens quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS St Helens quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Chapman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Chapman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Scappoose between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PISGAH HOME RD. #1 |
| 8 September 1992 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | ROCKY POINT |
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | J P WEST RD. |
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OTTO MILLER ROAD #1 |
| 28 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | TURLEY ROAD #1 |
| 27 September 2009 | Other causes | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | HOLADAY RD. #1 |
| 27 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Columbia City Unit | RABINSKI ROAD #1 |
| 14 September 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HOLADAY RD. #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Scappoose: 22 past producers, 9 producers, 8 occurrences, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Scapoose - St Helens | Titanium, Metal, Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Bonser Prospect | Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | Bauxite | |
| Scapoose-St. Helens Bauxite | Aluminum, Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Scappoose Iron | Iron, Mineral Pigments | Producer | Limonite | |
| Bonser Prospect | Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Oester | Aluminum, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Colport Charcoal Iron | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Scappoose Coal Prospect | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Scappoose Iron | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Scappoose Iron | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scappoose in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2018: 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Scappoose | - | A viewer sent in a photo to a local news station of a funnel cloud over the Multnomah Channel, observed around 11 AM. |
| December 2007 | Heavy Rain | Scappoose | - | Storm total precipitation was 5.97 inches. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Scappoose | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Johnson Crossing | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Chapman Landing | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Warren | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Spitzenberg | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| McNulty | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Bachelor Flat (historical) | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Chapman | 7.5 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Scappoose | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2773268 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1126635. 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.










