Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
“The John and Elsie Parsons House, located in Forest Grove, Oregon, is a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article John and Elsie Parsons House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 51 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of John and Elsie Parsons House between 2016 and 2018, burning under an 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SOUTHFORK CARPENTER CR R |
| 2 October 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OMEGA DRIVE FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of John and Elsie Parsons House: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro | Platinum | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Hillsboro Platinum Occurrence | PGE | Occurrence | ||
| Forest Grove Clay Products Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Forest Grove Clay Products Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hergert Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Plant #2 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Plant #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Willamette Industries-Hergert Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest Grove, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2018: 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Forest Grove | $100,000 | Multiple greenhouse structures were damaged at a farm on Thatcher Road. Witness accounts also confirmed a tornado. The tornado was likely on the ground for about 30 seconds to 1 minute. |
| December 2007 | Heavy Rain | Forest Grove | - | Storm total precipitation was 6.37 inches. |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Albert S. Sholes House | 1.1 miles | 1982 |
 | James D. Robb House | 1.2 miles | 1988 |
 | Benjamin Cornelius Jr. House | 1.5 miles | 1988 |
 | Painter's Woods Historic District | 1.5 miles | 2009 |
 | Isaac Macrum House | 1.6 miles | 1998 |
 | Clark Historic District | 1.6 miles | 2002 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05000853 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Washington County | All 51 listed properties in this county. |
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