Shadowood, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Northwest Clackamas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97068. It stands on Pecan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Oswego quadrangle. It stands 190 feet above sea level.

Shadowood within Clackamas County

On record in Shadowood

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Shipley-Cook Farmsteadlisted 2008 · 0.9 miles away

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.

1914 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1939 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
1941 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Lake Oswego quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1961 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Shadowood: 20 past producers, 8 producers. 8 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Oswego Iron Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1867, 1894
Oswego Iron Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Petes Mtn	Iron	Past Producer
Petes Mtn	Iron	Past Producer
Durham Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Grahams Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Grimms Fuel Co. Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Lake Oswego Pit and Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Pynns Rock Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Waluga Park	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Stafford	2.1 miles	21
Lake Grove (historical)	2.1 miles	21
Rivergrove	2.2 miles	21
Bryant	2.3 miles	21
South Lake Oswego	2.3 miles	21
Rosewood	2.4 miles	21
Cook	2.6 miles	21
Rosemont	2.6 miles	21

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 Shadowood	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7460756	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 1136738. 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.