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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.

Whitwood Court within Multnomah County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

5 since 1993

Regional 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 burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
25 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreForest Grove DistrictTRESTLE FIRE
30 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMCNAMEE RD
15 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictCORN PASS VAN FIRE
28 June 1995Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMCNAMEE ROAD #2
1 March 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictMCNAMEE ROAD #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Vancouver Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Ash Grove Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Portland TunnelMercuryOccurrence
Portland TunnelMercuryProspect
Clay MineClayPast Producer
Pacific Stoneware CoClayPast Producer
Pacific Stoneware CoClayPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Angell Bros. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
City of Portland PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Saint Johns1.0 miles24
Linnton1.2 miles24
University Park2.4 miles33
Bonny Slope2.8 miles24
Barnes Heights3.8 miles24
Vanport City (historical)4.0 miles33
North Portland4.0 miles33
Willamette Heights4.5 miles33

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 Q122560169The 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.