University Park, 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 97203. It sits by Waud Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Portland quadrangle.
On record in University Park
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.
West Halllisted 1977 · 0.4 miles away
John Mock Houselisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 33 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.
- 1897 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1940 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Portland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of University Park in 2019, burning under an acre 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 burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SHILLAPOO 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 39 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of University Park: 28 past producers, 8 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Grove Cement Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Limestone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Portland Tunnel | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Portland Tunnel | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| City of Portland | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| City of Portland | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Stoneware Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Stoneware Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Rivergate Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Johns | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Vanport City (historical) | 2.3 miles | 33 | |
| Whitwood Court | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Kenton | 2.5 miles | 33 | |
| North Portland | 2.7 miles | 33 | |
| Willamette Heights | 2.9 miles | 33 | |
| Piedmont | 3.3 miles | 33 | |
| Barnes Heights | 3.3 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136858. 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.












