BlockWest Portland, 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 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 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of West Portland: 23 past producers, 9 producers. 9 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1867, 1894 | |
| Oswego Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sylvan Brick Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sylvan Brick Company | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| City of Portland | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Durham Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Grabhorn Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Grimms Fuel Co | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Oswego Cement Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Murray Road Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Portland in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | West Portland | $621,000 | Heavy rain resulted in urban flooding across the Portland metro area. All Amtrack and freight trains were shut down between Portland and Vancouver due to flooding. A mobile home park in Gresham flooded. There were a couple of land slides on Highway 30 where debris covered the highway. One of these slides was near German Town Road. The other slide was near the St John's Bridge, hit a car (with no injuries) as it happened, and covered all lanes of Highway 30. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Portland Park | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Villa Ridge | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Maplewood | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Vermont Hills | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Multnomah | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Capitol Hill | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Glencullen | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Englewood | 2.3 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136889. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.