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Westmoreland, Oregon

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Portland East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97202. It lies near East Island. The Survey maps it on the Lake Oswego quadrangle.

Westmoreland within Multnomah County

On record in Westmoreland

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 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Westmoreland in 2001, burning about 7,500 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
13 July 2001Natural7,500 acresPrineville DistrictSTARVATION

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 Westmoreland: 27 past producers, 8 producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
City of PortlandStonePast Producer
City of PortlandStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grimms Fuel CoStonePast Producer
Grimms Fuel Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lake Oswego Cement PlantStonePast Producer
Lake Oswego Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Sellwood0.9 miles21
Brooklyn1.1 miles21
Eastmoreland1.2 miles23
Fulton (historical)1.4 miles21
Kellogg Park1.6 miles21
Riverdale1.9 miles21
South Portland (historical)2.0 miles21
Woodstock2.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1128916. 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.