Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“The View Point Inn, located in Corbett, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article View Point Inn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 650 National Register listings published here for Multnomah County · listed in 1985 · 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 46 fires within 5 miles of View Point Inn between 1992 and 2019, burning about 175 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Smoking | 10 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | VISTA |
| 22 September 1994 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Molalla Unit | TUCKER RD |
| 20 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Molalla Unit | PALMER MILL #2 |
| 2 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | I-84 MP 26 |
| 2 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Molalla Unit | DEVERELL RD FIRE |
| 19 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | LONG HIKE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of View Point Inn: 10 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Collins Ymca | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Corbett | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Larch Mountain Clay | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Larch Mountain Clay | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bridal Veil | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corbett, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2014: 2 heavy rain. 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 2014 | Heavy Rain | Corbett | - | The Oregon Department of Transportation suggested that heavy rain was responsible for a small landslide that occurred near Corbett, Oregon. Official NWS stations reported between 0.5 to 3 inches of rain in Multnomah County in the afternoon and evening. The landslide closed both lanes of the Historic Columbia River Highway just east of the Vista House for a few hours Wednesday evening. |
| May 2006 | Heavy Rain | Corbett | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Columbia River Highway Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Vista House | 0.5 miles | 1974 |
 | Andreas Graf House | 2.5 miles | 1980 |
 | Springdale School | 4.0 miles | 2011 |
| Columbia River Highway Historic District | 6.2 miles | 1983 |
| Columbia River Highway Historic District | 6.2 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85000367 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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