BlockFrom the record
One of 51 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2020 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Forest Grove Downtown Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by one parcel north of 21st Ave., Ash, 19th, and A Sts., Forest Grove, 97116
- When was it listed? October 2020
- Category. district
- Census division. Forest Grove-Cornelius
- National Register reference number. 100005727 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Forest Grove Downtown Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | NL210 RD POSITIVE STRIKE |
| 7 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SOUTHFORK CARPENTER CR R |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Forest Grove District | 1S4W BURN |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Forest Grove District | TANNER CREEK FIRE |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Forest Grove District | GALES PEAK FIRE |
| 11 August 1992 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Forest Grove District | NELSON RD |
| 29 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OPPENLANDER LANE FIRE |
| 2 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Forest Grove District | HERR ROAD FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Forest Grove Downtown Historic District: 14 past producers, 6 producers. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Grove Clay Products Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Forest Grove Clay Products Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Carpenter Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hergert Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Otto Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Parkin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Plant #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2007Regional 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. |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Woods and Caples General Store | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | First Church of Christ Scientist | under 500 feet | 1994 |
 | Stephen and Parthena M. Blank House | 0.1 miles | 1988 |
 | Harry A. Crosley House | 0.1 miles | 1993 |
 | Tualatin Academy | 0.1 miles | 1974 |
 | Dr. W.R. and Eunice Taylor House | 0.2 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005727 in Record Group 79. |
| Washington County | All 51 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.