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Villa Ridge, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Portland West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97219. It lies near Mount Sylvania. The Survey maps it on the Lake Oswego quadrangle.

Villa Ridge within Multnomah County

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.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Villa Ridge: 23 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Oswego Iron MineIronPast Producer1867, 1894
Oswego Iron MineIronPast Producer
Sylvan Brick CoClayPast Producer
Sylvan Brick CompanyClayPast Producer
Durham QuarryStonePast Producer
Grabhorn QuarryStonePast Producer
Grimms Fuel CoStonePast Producer
Lake Oswego Cement PlantStonePast Producer
Murray Road QuarryStonePast Producer
Murray Road 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
West Portland Park0.9 miles21
West Portland1.0 miles21
Maplewood2.0 miles21
Englewood2.5 miles21
Vermont Hills2.5 miles21
Multnomah2.6 miles21
Capitol Hill2.8 miles21
Glencullen3.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1128539. 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.