Built in 1915. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
“The Fairview City Jail is a former jail building located in Handy Park at 120 1st Street in Fairview, Oregon, in the United States. It was built in 1915, next to the old Fairview City Hall at 60 Main Street.”
Wikipedia article Fairview City Jail, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 650 National Register listings published here for Multnomah County · listed in 2016 · category: Building · built in 1915.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Fairview City Jail between 1997 and 2020, burning about 150 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | SANDY 2 |
| 10 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | SANDY JUNCTION |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIVERBEND |
| 22 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 130 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | DELTA #2 |
| 21 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | SANDY-ODF MOLALLA ASSIST |
| 20 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | SANDY RIVER |
| 2 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | DELTA |
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CAMAS BRIDGE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Fairview City Jail: 31 past producers, 16 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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) Troutdale Smelter | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Camas Placer | Titanium, Iron, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Red Rock Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia Brick Works | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia Brick Works | Clay | Producer | ||
| Image | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Midvale Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Midvale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Lightning | Fairview | $2,000 | Lightning struck the Walt Morey Middle School, damaging some of the computer systems. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Multnomah County Poor Farm | 1.3 miles | 1990 |
 | Troutdale Methodist Episcopal Church | 2.3 miles | 1993 |
 | Fred Harlow House | 2.5 miles | 1984 |
 | Jacob Zimmerman House | 2.7 miles | 1986 |
 | Gresham Carnegie Library | 2.7 miles | 2000 |
 | Roy E. and Hildur L. Amundsen House | 2.7 miles | 2019 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000290 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Multnomah County | All 650 listed properties in this county. |
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