Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
“Smith Motor Company Building is a historic building in Sandy, Oregon, United States, built in 1930. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article R. S. Smith Motor Company Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 93 National Register listings published here for Clackamas County · listed in 1994 · 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 137 fires within 5 miles of R. S. Smith Motor Company Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 burning | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | BULL RUN TRAILER |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwest Oregon District | LILIAN LN |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | EAGLE VIEW |
| 8 September 2006 | Other causes | under an acre | Molalla Unit | CHICKEN COOP |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | BLUFF CAR FIRE |
| 7 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Molalla Unit | DUSTY LANE #1 |
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Molalla Unit | TARA LARA LN |
| 3 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | TICKLE FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of R. S. Smith Motor Company Building: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandy, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2007: 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Hail | Sandy | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Sandy | - | Another thunderstorm in a very active convective evening produced 1 3/4 inch hail in Sandy. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Sandy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Namanu | 3.7 miles | 2024 | |
 | Philip Foster Farm | 5.3 miles | 1980 |
 | River Mill Hydroelectric Project | 8.0 miles | 2001 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93001502 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Clackamas County | All 93 listed properties in this county. |
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