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Twelvemile Corner, 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 97030. The Survey maps it on the Camas quadrangle.

Twelvemile Corner 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

18 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Twelvemile Corner between 2000 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. None 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
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY JUNCTION
22 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use130 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaDELTA #2
21 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY-ODF MOLALLA ASSIST
20 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaSANDY RIVER
2 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution13 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaDELTA
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Twelvemile Corner: 28 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
Midvale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lakeside StablesStonePast Producer
Midvale QuarryStonePast Producer
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
Wood Village1.3 miles24
Fairview1.3 miles24
Gresham1.4 miles25
Rockwood2.3 miles24
Interlachen2.4 miles24
Troutdale2.9 miles24
Powell Valley3.1 miles25
Hazelwood4.8 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136847. 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.