Portland Oregon
CVO Website - Boring Lava Field, Portland, Oregon
The most spectacular geologic event of recent times, the series of catastrophicfloods known as the Missoula Floods , is most directly responsible for the creationof the East Portland terraces. Advancing glacial ice had blocked the Clark ForkRiver valley in western Montana forming Lake Missoula --a lake 250 miles longand 2,000 feet deep. Repeatedly, between 16,000 and 12,000 years ago, the glacialdam failed causing some of the largest floods known on earth. The flood watersspilled across Idaho and eastern Washington, surged down the Columbia Riverand through the Gorge, and met head-on with the Boring volcanoes. Rocky Butte in particular stood in the immediate path of the flood waters and its facing slopewas cut into a nearly vertical bluff. With the exception of the Boring volcanoes, theentire east side of Portland was submerged under up to 400 ft. of water. The EastPortland terraces were formed primarily through deposition of unconsolidatedsand and gravel from the flood waters and ... [Read More]
CVO Website - Mount Tabor, Portland, Oregon
Miles of trails androadways wind through tall trees andwell-maintained landscape, and mostlead to the top, a trip rewarded bybreathtaking views of downtown and theWest Hills from one side, Mount Hoodand the outer Eastside from the other. With its views of Portland, barbecuefacilities and shady areas, Mount Tabormakes a great picnic location. ... -- Information courtesy Jenny Tom,"Portland City-Search" Website, January 2001 ... They don't call Mount Tabor a mountainfor nothing. This park is actually anextinct volcanic cinder cone, a smallmountain in the city. Miles of trails androadways wind through tall trees andwell-maintained landscape, and mostlead to the top, a trip rewarded bybreathtaking views of downtown and theWest Hills from one side, Mount Hoodand the outer Eastside from the other. Mount Tabor is filled with joggers andbikers building up their endurance oneither the steep roadway or steps. Inaddition, there are tennis courts on thewest and northeast sides of Tabor andbasketball courts on top.With its views of Portland, barbecuefacilities and shady areas, Mount Tabormakes a great picnic location. ... [Read More]
CVO Menu - Portland Area Volcanics, Oregon
DESCRIPTION: Portland, Oregon, and Vicinity --Portland, Oregon ...Boring Lava Field ...Columbia River ...Columbia River Basalts ...East Buttes ...Johnson Creek Drainage ...Kelly Butte ...Columbia River ...Columbia River Gorge ...Mount Hood ...Mount Tabor ...Rocky Butte ...Powell Butte ...West Hills ... ... Location and elevation of 95 vents, including multiple vents, in the Portland area - Map ... Publications and Reports - Portland, Oregon and the Boring Lava Field ... [Read More]
SBA: Small Business Administration | OREGON Office
Paresh Patel, President, Courtesy Vending, LLC, has been named as the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Oregon Small Business Person of the Year. Courtesy Vending, LLC, a 13-year old business founded by Patel at age 17 in 1992 with one pop machine, has grown to become the largest independent snack and drink machine vending operator in Portland. ... Homepage for the SBA office in Portland, OR ... Portland District Small Business Week Award Winners ... [Read More]
National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies: Implementation,Participation Patterns, Costs, and Two-Year Impacts of the Portland (Oregon)Welfare-to-Work Program: Executive Summary
The results presented in this report should be considered in the context ofPortland’s research sample and program environment. Compared to thesamples in the other NEWWS Evaluation sites, the Portland sample had relativelyhigh prior lifetime employment levels, but average prior recent employment(defined as work in the year before program entry). More sample membersin Portland than in the other sites had a high school diploma or GED at programentry, but the average highest grade completed in school was similar across allthe sites (about 11th grade). Portland’s sample fell in the middleof the range of prior AFDC receipt. The sample in Portland waspredominantly white, nonHispanic, as is the general population in thePacific Northwest, minimizing the chances of racial discrimination in the labormarket. ... [Read More]
Portland Harbor, Oregon
Welcome to the Portland Harbor Superfund EPA web page. Sediments in the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon are contaminated with many different hazardous substances, including heavy metals like mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), dioxin/furans and pesticides. Portland Harbor was added to EPA’s National Priorities List in December 2000. ... A coalition of businesses and public agencies known as the Lower Willamette Group came forward to participate in the investigation of the Portland Harbor site. EPA and members of the Lower Willamette Group have a legal agreement called an Administrative Order on Consent (50 pages, 91 KB pdf) docket number CERCLA-10-2004-0009 and Statement of Work , (41 pages, 91 KB pdf)both dated September 2001, which outlines how a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study will be prepared, who will perform the work and how EPA will recover costs incurred by the the EPA and DEQ. ... [Read More]
Homowo Festival, Portland, Oregon
The Homowo festival in Portland, Oregon, is a harvest holiday of welcoming and thanksgiving, like the one celebrated by the Ga people of Ghana. The festival began in 1989 as a way for people to share the traditions of Africa and pass them on to new generations. There is a lot of joyful dancing and singing and, of course, lots of food! ... [Read More]
CVO Website - Trimble, 1963,Geology of Portland, Oregon, and Adjacent Areas
The geologic investigation and mapping of five 15-minute quadrangles embodyingabout 1,040 square miles within a radius of 25 miles of Portland, Oregon, arethe basis for this report. The study has resulted in redefinition of the basicstratigraphy of the area, has yielded data on the nature of laterization and thetime required for the formation of several profiles of weathering -- includingfully developed laterite -- and has permitted a fuller understanding of lateQuaternary history related to flooding of this area. A previously unknownlaterite horizon was discovered during the geological investigation. -- Trimble, 1963 ... [Read More]
Field Offices Portland Oregon Welcome
We are located at 511 NW Broadway, Portland, Oregon,97209. ... While the building is open from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM, access to Information Services in the Portland District Office is from 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM, Monday through Thursday, and from 7:30 AM to Noon on Fridays. ... Thank you for visiting the Portland District Office homepage. ... [Read More]
CVO Website - Visit A Volcano - Portland, Oregon
The Portland, Oregon, area spans parts of the lower Columbia River Valley, Willamette Valley, and extends into the Oregon Coast Range and into the Middle Cascade Mountains. The floors of the lower Columbia River Valley and Willamette Valley are nearly flat to gently rolling terraced surfaces. Altitudes range from near sea level in the vicinity of Portland to nearly 400 feet on some of the higher terraces. The area includes most of the Plio-Pleistocene Boring volcanic field, which includes at least 32 and possibly 50 cinder cones and small shield volcanoes. [Trimble, 1963, and Allen, 1990] ... [Read More]
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