Whitwood Court, Oregon
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Portland West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97231. It stands on Doane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Linnton quadrangle.
On record in Whitwood Court
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
US Post Office-St. John's Stationlisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
St. Johns Signal Tower Gas Stationlisted 2003 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1915 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Linnton quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Linnton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Linnton quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Linnton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Whitwood Court between 1993 and 2007, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Forest Grove District | TRESTLE FIRE |
| 30 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Forest Grove District | MCNAMEE RD |
| 15 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | CORN PASS VAN FIRE |
| 28 June 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Forest Grove District | MCNAMEE ROAD #2 |
| 1 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Forest Grove District | MCNAMEE ROAD #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 39 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Whitwood Court: 24 past producers, 12 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Vancouver Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | ||
| Ash Grove Cement Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Portland Tunnel | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Portland Tunnel | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Stoneware Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Stoneware Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Angell Bros. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| City of Portland Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Johns | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| Linnton | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| University Park | 2.4 miles | 33 | |
| Bonny Slope | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Barnes Heights | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Vanport City (historical) | 4.0 miles | 33 | |
| North Portland | 4.0 miles | 33 | |
| Willamette Heights | 4.5 miles | 33 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122560169 | The 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 1136904. 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.












