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West Union, Oregon

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Rockcreek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97124. It stands on Holcomb Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle. It stands 249 feet above sea level.

West Union within Washington County

On record in West Union

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of West Union between 1993 and 2015, burning about 4 acres 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
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
21 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictSHELTERED NOOK BURN
2 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitROCKY PT RD#1
30 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMCNAMEE RD
26 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersROCK CREEK BRUSH FIRE
15 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictCORN PASS VAN FIRE
26 July 1994Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresForest Grove DistrictROCK CREEK ROAD
23 July 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictSKYLINE FIRE
28 June 1995Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMCNAMEE ROAD #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of West Union: 9 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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
Bauxite Tualatin MountainsAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Tualatin Mountains BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronProspect
Clay MineClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Hoyt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jackson Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Krueger QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Multnomah County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Beet Bend QuarryStonePast Producer
Beet Bend QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Rockcreek1.4 miles24
Bethany1.5 miles24
Somerset West1.9 miles24
Helvetia2.4 miles24
Tanasbourne2.5 miles24
Orenco2.8 miles24
Oak Hills3.3 miles24
Elmonica4.3 miles24

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on West UnionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3710363The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1163344. 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.