Vanport City, 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 97217. It lies near Hayden Island. The Survey maps it on the Portland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Vanport City within Multnomah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 33 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.

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

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Vanport City (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 167 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Other causes	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	166 acres	Pacific Cascade Region-DNR	FRUIT VALLEY
2 August 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SHILLAPOO 2
18 August 1994	Other causes	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
12 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	15TH MAPLE
1 August 2009	Smoking	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	BURNT BRIDGE
27 June 2003	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Vanport City (historical): 24 past producers, 8 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Mercury. 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
(Facility) Vancouver Aluminum Smelter	Aluminum, Contained or Metal	Plant
Ash Grove Cement Plant	Calcium	Producer
Limestone Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer
City of Portland	Stone	Past Producer
Portland Tunnel	Mercury	Occurrence
Portland Tunnel	Mercury	Prospect
Rivergate Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
City of Portland Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
City of Portland Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hidden Brick Co	Clay	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
North Portland	0.6 miles	33
Faloma	1.6 miles	33
Kenton	1.7 miles	33
University Park	2.3 miles	33
Saint Johns	3.0 miles	24
Piedmont	3.1 miles	33
Whitwood Court	4.0 miles	24
Albina	4.2 miles	33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1128512. 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.