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NATURAL
HUMAN
ECONOMIC
PUBLIC
MAY 1974
PROJECT
EXTENSION
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Clackamas County, Oregon
NATURAL
RESOURCE
ATLAS
HUMAN
ECONOMIC
PUBLIC
May 1974
Oregon State University Extension Service
Prepared by Marilyn Ruttle, Research Assistant,
Under the supervision of: Robert 0. Coppedge,
Extension Economist, and Russell C. Youmans,
Extension Resource Economist,
Department of Agricultural Economics
For sale by the Extension Business Office, ExtensiOn Hall, 118
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331.
$2.50 per copy.
Contents
Page
General Description
1
Physical Aspects
Climate
Soils
Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
Land Use and Ownership
Agricultural Land
Forest Land
Water
Water-Based Recreation
Minerals
Wildlife
10
Human Resources
Population
Employment
21
21
25
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7
9
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14
18
18
18
Income...........................31
Education
Health and Vital Statistics
Public Welfare
Housing
33
38
43
44
The County's Economy
Agriculture
Logging and Wood Products
Manufacturing
Mining
Outdoor Recreation
Business
.
46
46
51
53
54
55
57
Public Services
Transportation
Communication
Library Facilities
Utilities
61
61
62
63
64
Public Finance
66
Selected List of Agencies
71
Selected Bibliography
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CLACKAMAS
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Clackamas County was named
established July 5, 1843. With
1,893 square miles, this county
state for total population with
people per square mile.
for the resident Clackamas Indians and
a present area of 1,205,824 acres,
is eighteenth in size and fourth in the
a 1972 estimate of 178,400 or 94.2
Oregon City, population 10,300, is the county seat and was the first
incorporated city west of the Rockies, the first capital of the territorial government in 1848, and the site of the first legislative session.
Excluding Portland, which is divided between Multnomah and Clackamas
Counties with a total population of 384,000, the largest city in the
county is Milwaukie with 17,500 people in 1972.
With an elevation at Oregon City of 55 feet, the county rises to
11,245 feet at the peak of Mt. Hood on its eastern boundary, the highest
It boasts many fine parks, lakes, rivers and streams
point in the state.
and excellent hunting and fishing as well as camping and other forms of
Major points of interest are Willamette Falls, McLoughlin
recreation.
House, Lake Oswego, Wilhoit Mineral Springs, Mt. Hood and Timberline
Lodge.
The county has a temperate maritime climate with dry, moderately
warm summers and wet, mild winters. The average annual precipitation
ranges from 36 inches in the lower valleys to 140 inches in the Cascade
Seasonal temperature variations are small in the valley
Mountains.
regions and the frost-free season in this area is from March to November, a period of 180 to 250 days. Temperatures in the Cascades are
generally cooler, seasonal variations greater, and the frost-free
season decreases to less than 30 days at higher elevations.
Following are some important facts about Clackamas County. 1/
Area:
Population:
1,893 square miles
1,205,824 acres
Elevation at Oregon City:
178,400
(1972)
55 ft.
True Cash Value:
$1,853,951,580
(1972)
Average Temperatures
Summer - 65.2
Winter - 43.0 F
County Seat:
1/
Principle Industries:
Lumbering, Manufacturing,
Agriculture, Warehousing
Oregon City
Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Myers, Secretary of State,
Oregon Blue Book, 1973-74, January 1973.
PHYSICAL ASPECTS
Clackamas County is located in the northern portion of western
Butte
Oregon and encompasses 1,205,840 acres or 1,893 square miles.
Creek forms most of the western boundary while the eastern boundary
Clackamas County
generally follows the crest of the Cascade Mountains.
is bounded on the north by Multnomah County, on the east by Hood River
and Wasco Counties; Marion County borders on the south and also on the
west along with Yamhill and Washington Counties.
The topography and strucutre of Clackamas County is generally
made up of two topographic-structural provinces which are from west
to east, respectively, the east side off the Willamette trough, and the
western and high Cascades.
The Willainette syncline, or trough province, includes the western
one-quarter of the county. This area is generally level to gently
Elevation of the section of the county
rolling terraces and foothills.
varies from about 50 feet at the Willamette River to 850 feet on the
The relatively smooth topography of the Willamette
hills near Estacada.
trough is broken by low, rolling, hills or buttes that reach an elevation of 1,600 feet.
The western and high Cascades province comprises the eastern
three-fourths of the county. It begins at the east edge of the Willamette trough and extends to the summit of the Cascades. The rugged
topography of the western Cascades is characterized by steep slopes,
sharp ridgetops, and deep canyons. The high Cascades has rugged, steep
topography north of Mount Hood and less rugged, rolling topography
south of Mount Hood. The elevation of the summit of the Cascades
varies from 2,500 feet to 11,245 feet on Mount Hood. The drainages
include the Clackamas and Sandy Rivers and their tributaries, all of
which are deeply incised.
Climate
County has a temperate maritime climate with dry, inoderClackamas
ately warm summers and wet, mild winters. The varying topography produces considerable variaitons in the climate.
The average annual precipitation is as low as 36 inches in the
valley region in the western half of the county but increases rapidly
About 60 percent of the annual
to 140 inches in the Cascade Mountains.
precipitation occurs from November through February while only about
Below 2,000 feet ele10 percent occurs from June through September.
vation, most of the precipitation occurs as rain at low intensities.
Snow increases
Intensity of precipitation increases with elevation.
from about 2 percent in the valley region to 50 percent at 5,000 feet
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Winter snow accumulations
elevation and about 75 percent. at 7,000 feet.
are quite large in much of the Cascades where they are an important source
of summer stream flows.
The prevailing winds are from the west and northeast in the summer
and from the south and southwest in the winter. Periods of easterly
winds bring cold, clear weather in winter and exceptionally dry, hot
weather in summer.
Seasonal temperature variations are small in the valley region
of the county. Winter temperatures below 10 degrees and summer temperatures above 100 degrees are rare. Temperatures in the Cascades are
cooler and seaspnal variations greater than at lower elevations.
The frost-free season in most of the western valley area is from
March to November, a period of 180 to 250 days. The frost-free season
decreases to less than 30 days at the higher elevations in the Cascades.
Table 1.
Weather Stations, Elevation, and Years of Record, Clackamas County
153
414
3,900
748
365
167
2,400
1,135
73
710
Canby iS
Estacada 2SE
Government Camp
Headworks, Portland Water Bureau
Molalla 1 NW
Oregon City
Sundown Ranch
Three Lynx
West Linn
Colton
1/
Years of Record
Elevation
Station
ft.
ft.
ft.
ft.
ft.
ft.
ft.
ft.
ft.
ft.
1/
1/
9
1/
1/
1/
4
1/
1/
2
Station established prior to 1951 and operated through 1960.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of
U.S. Climate, Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No. 86-31,
SOURCE:
1965.
Table 2.
Station
Estacada 2 SE
Government Camp
Headworks, Portland Water Board
Molalla 1 NW
Oregon City
Three Lynx
Freeze Data for Clackamas County, 1951-1960
Mean Number of Days with Temserature of 32°F. or Below
Jan.I Feb.Mar.Apr.May June July Aug. Sep. Oct Nov.I Dec.
10
24
11
28
22
16
11
14
13
11
4
3
11
17
8
7
15
1
3
13
28
10
14
0
3
0
0
0
1
7
1/
0
2
9
21
0
0
0
1
Ti
T/
0
0
0
0
1/
0
1/
0
0
0
0
0
1/
0
T
7
10
6
9
1/
2
l
1/
2
10
26
54
175
11
12
66
59
41
73
8
14
Less than .5 days.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of U.S.
1/
Climate, Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No. 86-31, 1965.
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Annual
Table 3.
Temperature and Precipitation by Month, Clackamas County, 1951-1960 Averages
Station
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May
Average
Temperatures
Estacada
Government Camp
Headworks, Portland Water Bureau
Molalla 1 NW
Oregon City
Three Lynx
June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
degrees Farenheit
39.4 41.5 43.6 50.3 55.6 60.0 65.5 64.4 61.1 52.7 44.5 41.0
29.0 31.2 31.9 37.6 44.6 49.2 57.2 55.6 53.4 45.6 35.8 32.6
51.6
42.0
37.4
40.3
40.5
35.6
50.6
52.2
53.7
49.8
40.1
42.7
43.4
38.8
42.1
44.3
45.4
41.0
48.9
50.2
52.4
48.2
54.8
55.7
58.1
54.1
59.1
60.5
62.5
58.8
Total
Precipitation
Canby iS
Estacada 2SE
Government Camp
Headworks, Portland Water Bureau
Molalla 1 NW
Oregon City
Sundown Ranch
Three Lynx
West Linn
Colton
SOURCE:
Annual
64.7
65.6
68.2
64.6
63.4
65.1
66.9
63.2
60.6
61.8
63.4
60.8
52.6
53,7
55.2
52.1
44.0
44.7
46.0
42.3
40.0
41.2
42.2
38.1
inches
7.36 4.36 4.78 2.53 2.37 1.83
9.95 5.83 7.51 4.42 3.39 2.85
11.73 10.2 10.3 7.94 5.86 4.99
.34
.69 1.45 4.08 5.10
.50 1.18 2.30 5.72 7.12
6.30
8.61
.79 1.71. 3.34 8.37 9.46 1.1.51
41.19
59.38
86.24
13.65
8.23
9.00
13.87
12.52
8.78
.88 1.80
.30
.77
.36 1.06
.98 1.34
.49
.99
.39 1.04
83.05
47.60
48.00
83.00
72.93
47.50
45.78
7.73
4.87
5.10
8.27
8.29
5.03
9.83
5.75
5.53
9.03
8.80
5.43
5.81
3.27
2.90
5.37
4.89
2.82
5.49
2.79
2.68
4.52
4.13
2.71
4.73
2.68
1.99
4.24
3.12
2.02
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3.52
1.80
1.88
2.38
2.19
1.75
7.74
4.56
4.25
8.15
6.77
4.54
10.2 11.67
5.67 6.91
7.21
6.04
10.3 14.57
9.08 11.66
7.01
5.98
89198459543 625
U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of U.S. Climate,
Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No. 86-31, 1965.
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The following table indicates an average day-time high and low tempThe minimum temperature
erature for each month over th 1951-1960 period.
is generally considered a night-time figure.
Table 4.
Mean Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures, by Month, Clackamas County
1951-1960 Averages
Station
Jan.
Feb. Mar.
Mean Daily
Maximum Temp.
Estacada 2SE
Government Camp
Headworks
land Water Bureau
Molalla 1 NW
Oregon City
Three Lynx
SOURCE:
Annual
degrees Farenheit
45.1 48.4 52.2 61.4 67.6 72.1 81.0 78.8 74.7 62.1 51.5 47.0
34.9 38.1 39.3 46.0 54.0 58.5 69.4 67.1 64.8 55.2 43.3 39.0
61.8
50.8
42.5
46.4
46.1
40.6
45.5
47.5
48.0
43.4
60.4
62.6
63.4
59.3
33.6 34.6 34.9 39.3 43.6 47.8 50.0 50.0 47.4 53.3 37.1 35.0
23.1 24.1 24.5 29.1 35.1 39.8 44.8 44.0 42.0 36.0 28.1 26.2
41.4
33.1
32.2
34.1
34.8
30.5
40.8
41.7
43.8
40.3
46.7
50,2
50.4
45.2
50.4
52.9
53.7
49.2
59.8
61.2
63.1
58.5
Mean Daily
Minimum Temp.
Estacada 2SE
Government Camp
Headworks, Portland
Water Bureau
Molalla 1 NW
Oregon City
Three Lynx
June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Apr. May
66.4
67.2
69.6
64.6
70.3
71.9
73.8
69.1
79.1
81.0
82.4
78.2
76.7
79.8
80.4
76.4
73.7
76.1
76.0
74.3
62.3
64.4
64.6
62.1
51.3
52.7
53.2
49.4
degrees Farenheit
33.4
35.2
36.2
32.3
33.7
35.6
37.0
32.7
37.9
39.2
41.6
37.8
43.2
44.3
46.6
43.5
47.8
49.0
51.2
48.4
50.3
50.2
53.9
50.9
50.0
50.4
53.3
50.0
47.5
47.4
50.7
47.3
42.8
42.9
45.7
42.2
36.7
36.6
38.7
35.3
34.4
34.9
36.
32.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of U.S. Climate,
Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No. 86-31, 1965.
For more recent climatological data on Clackamas County see: U.S.
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Environmental Data Service, Climatological Data, Annual Summary, 1971,
Vol. 77, November 13, 1971.
Soils
Six general soil areas are delineated in Clackamas County, and deThe factors used in forming the areas
scribed in the following narrative.
are physiography, kind and shape of landform; geology, source and kind
of parent or underlying material; and characteristics of the soils. Each
of the soil areas contains one or more soil groups which have similar
parent material and may be related in other ways.
As streams flow through the valleys, they have developed fioodplains
This sediment of gravel, sand,
of recent alluvium by depositing sediment.
silt, clay, and pyroclastic debris gives rise to soils with limited development and characteristics conforming closely to the parent material.
Areas of these soils are subject to flooding with the related erosion,
drainage, and cropping problems.
The main use is cropland. Almost all
of the soils respond well to irrigation.
Another group of alluvial soils is distributed along the upper
Clackamas River and the Sandy River and has not teen completely described
and correlated. The parent material is alluvium from residual soils and
upland terraces of glacial material.
Adjacent to the recent alluvial soils is a higher terrace composed
of sediments. Most of the parent material is Willamette silts in the
valley south and west of Oregon City.
These soils are mainly used for
cropiand, and almost all respond well to irrigation. The soils of this
area are level to gently sloping, moderately coarse to fine textures,
somewhat excessively to poorly drained, and slightly to strongly acid.
The soils derived from silty materials on uplands are located in the
northwestern part of the county.
The parent material is a mixture of
alluvium, bess, and residuum from igneous and sedimentary rock and
weathered gravel.
These soils are used mostly for cropland, and almost
all of them respond well to irrigation.
ie physiographic position as the
The bess soil areas occur in the
terraces formed by the Willamette silts and Portland sands and gravels..
In some locations they are adjacent. The method of deposition of this
boessial parent material is either by aeolian action or a combination
or aeolian and alluvial action as some has been re-distributed by water.
These soils are used mostly for cropland, and almost all respond well
to irrigation.
A deposit of light brown, massive sandy and silty bess in depths
as great as 100 feet mantles the hills north and west of Oregon City.
This homogenous, structureless, silt is composed predominately of quartz
and other minerals that indicate that it is not the product of residual
weathering of basalt.
It is believed that the surface of the bess conforms rather closely to that of pre-existing topography of the underlying rock.
The origin of the bess was the glacial outwash plains
adjacent to the Columbia River.
Forest is the predominate land use on
these soils, but small areas are used for cropland and range. Almost
all of them respond well to irrigation.
Soils developed from igneous materials occur on most of the Cascade
Mountains and the higher elevations of the Coast Range. The parent
material is weathered basalt, andesite, gabbro, rhyolite, and consolidated
pyroclastic materials.
Small areas of young lava flows in the high
Cascades have weathered very little and have little to no soil development.
The soils in this group are used mainly for forest and recreation
with small areas used for cropland and range.
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Soil Characteristics and Land Capability
An interpretive grouping of soils into "Land Capability Classification" has been developed by the Soil Conservation Service. This grouping
shows, in general, how suitable soils are for most kinds of farming.
Soil characteristics such as depth, texture, wetness, slope, erosion
hazard, overflow hazard, permeability, structure, reaction, waterholding
capacity, inherent fertility and climatic conditions as they influence
the use and management of land are considered in grouping soils into
eight land capability classes. These eight classes are designated by
Roman numerals. The hazards and limitations of use of the groups increase
as the class number increases. Class I land has few hazards or limitations, whereas Class VIII land is so limited that it is unfit for cultivation and grazing. This land can be used only for recreation, wildlife
habitat or water supply.
Table 5
Land Area and Use of Inventory Acreage, Clackamas County, 1967
Use
Acres
Inventory Acreage
Cropland
Pasture
Range
Forest and woodland
Other land
112,255
5,200
Total inventory acres
487,939
Percent of total land area in inventory
0
355,000
15,484
34%
Non-inventory Acreage
Federal land
Urban and built-up areas
Water areas
646,848
51,541
14,990
TOtal non-inventory acres
719,741
Total land area
SOURCE:
1,207,680
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation
Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service and Oregon State University Extension Service, 1971.
Table 6.
Use of Inventory Acreage by Capability Class and Limitations,
Clackamas County, 1967
Capability Class
and Limitations
Cropland
I
Use in Acres
Pasture-Range
Forest
Other
Total
J
3,467
0
0
634
4,104
22,733
18,228
401
21,910
15,908
2,536
1,269
47,580
35,405
7,441
634
1,903
133,919
21,232
32,162
I
II
E
w
0
III
E
800
S
38,486
9,702
11,032
0
87,992
10,096
19,227
E
6,800
2,799
35,324
634
45,557
0
0
0
0
0
E
1,549
1,200
258
0
142,632
9,838
433
S
0
145,814
10,096
0
0
0
12,073
0
12,073
0
0
0
lv
0
IV
V
VI
VII
E
VIII
1/
0
Limitations code:
SOURCE:
E - main limitation is erosion.
W - water in soil interferes with plant growth.
S - soil is shallow, droughty or stony.
Oregon Conservation seeds Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation
Needs Inventory, U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service and Oregon State
University Extension Service, 1971.
Table 7.
Conservation Treatment Needs, Clackamas County, 1967
Classification
Acreage
ALL CROPLAND
112,255
Cropland needing treatment
Type of treatment needed:
Residue cover
Sod in rotation
Drainage
Management
Permanent cover
55,670
18,182
11,740
4,102
13,100
963
ALL PASTURE
5,200
Pasture needing treatment
Type of treatment needed:
Establishment of vegetation.
Improvement of vegetation
Protection only
Brush control
improvement.
SOURCE:
1,999
399
400
401
799
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation
Needs Inventory, U.S. Soil Conservation Service and Oregon State University Extension Service, 1971.
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Land Use and Ownership
About 55 percent of Clackamas County is publicly owned, with the
remaining 45 percent in private ownership. Ninety-four percent of the
publicly owned land, or 52 percent of the total land area is owned by
the federal government. Most of the federal land is located in National
Forests.
The state owns only about 1 percent of the total land area
of the county, with most of the state land owned by the Department of
Forestry and the State Highway Division Parks.
Much of the land area in Clackamas County is used for forests
and contributes to the economy of the county through the forestry
industry. The next largest use of land is for intensive agriculture,
which is an important contributor to the county's economy, also.
Five percent of the county is used for grazing, with only 1.76 percent
urbanized.
This figure will undoubtedly increase as the Portland
metropolitan area expands.
Table 8.
Land Use and Ownership, Clackamas County, 1964
Item
Total land area
Clackamas County
Acres
Percent
J
State
Percent
1,209,600
100.00
100.00
21,288
1.76
.49
16
10
235,872
19.50
873,573
72.22
6.52
3.33
44.84
2,419
70,035
6,410
.20
Land Use
Urban
Industrial
Military
Intensive agriculture
Dryland farming
Forests
Parks
32
Cons ervati on
Grazing
Non-productive land
5.79
2.25
41.50
.53
.49
Land ownership
Total private land ownership
Total public land ownership.
Federal
State
Local
SOURCE:
556,049
653,551
613,480
10,942
29,129
46.0
54.0
50.7
.9
2.4
44.20
55.80
51.80
2.90
1.10
Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources
for Development, 1964.
Table 9.
Inventory of State-Owned Real Property, Clackamas County, 1970
Agency
Acres
Employment Division
Fish Commission
Department of Forestry
Game Commission
Division of State Lands
Liquor Control Comm
F.H.Damasch State Hosp
Military Department.
Highway Division
Parks
Office
Totals
SOURCE:
Land
Value
Total
Value
Improv.
Value
Annual
Rental
Income
16.14
7,282.00
225.80
112.99
15.25
492.10
243.48
$22,000
60,700
1,750,020
232,000
110,000
305,040
1,324,760
1,463,660
776,000
9,034,355
2,040,151
$112,700
281,385
1,926,120
232,000
110,000
1,081,040
10,359,115
3,503,811
1,053.84
22.92
372,614
124,741
517,409
383,280
890,023
508,021
300
9,464.84
$5,765,534
$13,238,680
$19,004,215
$29,379
.32
$90,700
220,685
176,100
-
180
26,799
2,100
Legislative Fiscal Committee, Inventory of State-Owned Real Property, By
County, Sec.7, 115 State Capital, Salem, Oregon, 1970.
Table 10.
Land Area in Highways, Streets, and Roads, Clackamas County
Clackamas County
Acres
Percent
Ownership
j
State highways
County roads
City streets
2,290
10,450
1,360
16.24
74.11
9.64
Total
14,100
100.00
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Revenue and Oregon State Highway
Division, unpublished data.
Agricultural Land
The land base for agriculture in Clackamas County consists of 121,554
acres of cropland, 55,530 acres of woodland, which includes woodland pasture, and 32,971 acres of other land.
About 10 percent of the total county area is In cropland.
Included
in the cropland figure are harvested cropland, cropland used for pasture,
and other cropland.
The major uses of the cropland are for production
of wheat, hay, grains, and corn.
About 6 percent of the agricultural land is irrigated which heightens
its productivity.
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Table 11.
Land in Farms, Clackamas County, 1964 and 1969
1969
1964
Acres
I tern
Total land area
Proportion in farms
Acres in farms
Cropland harvested
Cropland pasture
Other cropland
Woodland including
woodland pasture
Other land
Irrigated land
SOURCE:
J
Percent
Acres
Percent
1,205,824
1,205,750
17.4
21.7
261,815
83,245
40,938
18,876
100.00
31.79
15.63
8.70
210,055
67,634
37,953
15,967
100.00
32.20
18.06
7.60
73,078
45,577
27.91
17.40
55,530
32,971
26.43
15.69
12,572
4.80
12,863
6.12
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1964 and 1969,
Vol. 1, Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government PrintIng
Office, Washington, D.C., 1967, 1972.
Forest Land
The forests of Clackamas County may be divided into the following
four zones on the basis of ecology, climate, and land ownership: the
valley zone, the principle forest zone, the upper slope forest zone,
and the subalpine forest zone.
The valley zone generally lies below 1,000 feet elevation and has
This zone was only partially forested
the driest and warmest climate.
at the time of settlement, and much of the forest land has since been
cleared for agricultural, urban, residential, and other uses. Forest
land now occupies less than 30 percent and is generally in blocks of
less than 500 acres owned by farmers and ranchers and inter-mingled
with agricultural land. There are both hardwood and softwood stands
in this zone, with the hardwood stands occurring on the bottom lands
and on dry sites. Cottonwoods, alder, bigleaf maple, and willows are
Oregon white oak is found
the most common species on bottom lands.
on the drier sites. Coniferous stands occur on a variety of sites with
Douglas-fir as the most common species mixed with grand fir, western
hemlock, and western red cedar.
The principle forest zone begins between 500 and 1,000 feet elevation and extends up to 3,000 to 4,000 feet. The climate of this major
timber producing zone is characterized by annual precipitation ranging
from 60 to 140 inches, moderate winter snowfall with virtually no
snowpack development, and somewhat cooler temperatures than found in the
valley zone. Approximately 90 percent of the land is forested. Conif
erous forests of Douglas-fir predominate with lesser amounts of western
Stands of red alder occur
hemlock, western red cedar, and true firs.
in the lower elevations of the coast Range where fire or logging removed
the original stand. Most of the forest land is owned by large timber
companies or the public.
The upper slope forest begins at about 3,000 to 4,000 feet and
extends upward to 5,000 to 6,000 feet, covering a large area in the Cascades.
The climate of this zone is characteriszed by annual precipitation ranging from 90 to 140 inches, heavy winter snowfall with a significant snowpack, and cool summer temperatures. About 80 percent is
forested; the remainder consists of areas of rock, outcrops, shallow
stony soils, meadows, and lakes. True fir-mountain hemlock stands are
predominant. Most of the land is in the Mount Hood National Forest.
The subalpine forest zone begins at about 5,500 to 6,000 feet elevation in the Cascades and extends to the upper limit of tree growth.
The climate is characterized by heavy winter snowfall and an average
The principle tree
frost-free growing season of approximately 30 days.
species - subalpine fir, mountain hemlock, white bark pine, and Alaska
yellow cedar - occur in scattered stands intermingled with meadows
and barren areas.
Only a few peaks along the crest of the Cascades
are above timberline. Most of the land in this zone is in the Mount
Hood National Forest.
Almost all of the forest land in Clackamas County is commercial
forest land.
Over half of the forest land is located within the national
forest, with an additional 22 percent being privately owned; 12 percent
owned by the forest industry; and 9 percent owned by public agencies
other than the U.S. Forest Service.
Table 12.
Forest Acreage, Ownership, and Use, Clackamas County, 1963
Percent
Acres
Item
LAND
Total land
Forest land
Commercial
Unproductive
Productive-reserved
Nonforest land
1,210,000
956,000
945,000
11,000
100.00
79.00
78.09
.90
1/
254,00
20.99
OWNERSHI P
All ownership
National forest
Other public
Forest industry
Farmer and misc. private
945,000
532,000
89,000
115 ,000
209,000
100.00
56.29
9.41
12.16
22.11
Less than 500 acres.
1/
SOURCE: U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Northwest Oregon,
Resource Bulletin PNW-7, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station,
1964.
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Table 13.
Volume of All Growing Stock and Sawtimber by Ownership,
Clackamas County, 1963
Total Commercial
Sawtimber
Total Commercial
Growing Stock
Ownership
million
cubic ft.
percent
million
board ft. 1/
percent
463
73.25
10.25
7.15
9.33
20,732
2,660
1,744
1,983
76.44
9.80
6.43
7.31
4,962
100.00
27,119
100.00
National forest
Other public
Forest industry
Farmer and misc. private
3,635
509
Total
355
International ¼ inch rule, not reported -in Scribner log rule.
1/
SOURCE: U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Northwest Oregon, Resource
Bulletin PNW-7, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station,
1964.
Table 14.
Volume of All Growing Stock and Sawtimer on Commercial
Forest 'and by Species, Clackamas County
Species
Total Commercial
Growing Stock
million
cubic ft.
Softwoods
Douglas -fir
Pines
True firs
Sitka spruce
Western hemlock
Western redcedar.
Other
Hardwoods
Red alder
Black cottonwood.
Bigleaf maple
Other
All speices
percent
Total Commercial
Sawtimber
million
board ft. 1/
percent
96.67
55.88
1.69
10.25
20,907
12,918
202
1,741
98.16
60.65
280
165
19.52
3.66
5.64
3.32
4,355
649
1,042
390
85
1.71
222
20.44
3.04
4.89
1.83
1.04
4,797
2,773
84
509
969
182
2/
-
.94
8.17
-
74
1.49
156
6
.12
12
.73
.05
4,962
100.00
21,297
100.00
Scribner log rule.
Less than 500,000 cubic feet.
U.S. Forest Service, Forest Statistics for Northwest Oregon, Resource
SOURCE:
Bulletin PNW-7, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station,
1/
2/
1964.
Water
The Willamette River enters the county at the extreme western point
and flows in an easterly direction for about ten miles, where it makes
a sharp bend and flows north across the northwest corner of the county.
The Tualatin River joins it from the west. Between Oregon City and
Gladstone, it receives the Clackamas River from the east.
The Clackamas River, rising near the summit of the Cascade Range,
flows in a north-westerly course through the center of the county. For
a number of miles it flows in a canyon 500 to 1,000 feet below the adjacent hills, but below Estacada the hills recede, forming a basin-like
valley 2 to 3½ miles wide.
The Sandy River, rising in the glaciers of Mount Hood, flows in
a westerly course through the extension forming the northeastern part
of the county. At Bull Run it is joined by the Bull Run River, from which
point it flows north out of the county to the Columbia River.
The southwestern part of the county is occupied by the broad valleys
of the Molalla and Pudding Rivers.
The rivers join near Canby within onehalf mile of their confluence with the Willamette and have widely diverging courses.
The Pudding River flows from the south in Marion County
and forms the county bounthry on the west for a distance of about 7 miles,
and the Molalla comes from the mountains to the east and southwest.
Butte Creek forms the county boundary along the southwest.
With the exception of the Sandy River, which empties directly into
the Columbia River, the drainage of the county is through the Willamette
River, being effected through four important rivers, a number of large
creeks, and numerous streams of lesser importance.
All the major streams in the county are perennial and, excepting the
Tualatin and pudding Rivers, whose currents are sluggish and primarily
outside the county, all are swiftly flowing, The following tables give
data on extremes of discharge and annual yield of representative streams.
The municipal water systems are also described on a table as well as
sewage treatment plants in the county.
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Table 15.
Annual Yield of Representative Streams, Clackamas County
/
Drainage
Stream and
Gaging Point
Salmon R. near Government
Camp
Sandy R. near Marmot
Blazed Alder Cr. near
Rhododendron
Bull Run R. near Bull Run
Little Sandy R. near
Bull Run
Willamette R. at Wilsonville
Molalla R near Wilhojt
Molalla R near Canby
Oak Grove Fk. near
Government Camp
Clackamas R. above
Three Lynx
Clackamas R at Estacada
Clackamas R at West Linn.
Are a
Years
of
Mean Annual Yield
acre-feet!
sq. mile
acre-feet 2/
sq. miles
Re cord
8.7
262
43
57
32,000
983,200
3,678
3,752
8.2
107
5
61
41,560
550,900
5,068
5,148
22.3
49
104,300
466
20
33
36
20,500,000
387,300
815,900
244,047
3,992
2,526
12
81,080
1,490
51
60
40
1,410,000
1,953,000
1,078,000
2,944
2,911
1,527
8,400
97
323
54.4
479
671
706
Annual yield of surface water is the net yield or quantity of water leaving
a drainage area during the hydrologic or water year which extends from
October 1, of one year to September 30 of the following year. Net yield
is the precipitation on the area minus evaporation, transpiration, and
net underground percolation. Average or mean annual yield actually reflects a composite of constantly changing conditions due to withdrawals
from stream flow and changes in watershed characteristics.
ft.) that covers one
2/ Acre-feet equals the quanitity of water (43,650 Cu.
acre to a depth of one foot.
U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Water Resources
SOURCE:
Division, Water Resources Data for Oregon, Part 1, Surface Water
Records, 1968.
1/
Table 16.
Extremes of Discharge at Selected Stations, Clackamas County
Stream and Location
Salmon R. near Gov't. Camp
Sandy R. near Marmot
Blazed Alder Cr. near
Rhododendron
Bull Run R. near Bull Run.
Little Sandy R. near Bull Run
Willamette R. at Wilsonvillie
Maximum Discharge
Flow (cfs)1/
Year
Minimum Discharge
Flow (cfs)
Year
1964
1964
1,300
61,400
1952
1952
1964
1964
1921
1964
2,610
25,100
5,320
339,000
1967
1926
1940
63
1952
3,600
10
195
1.5
8
Table 16, cont.
Extremes of Discharge at Selected Stations, Clackamas County
Maximum Discharge
Year
Flow (cfs)1/
Stream and Location
Minimum Discharge
Flow (cfs)
Year
J
Molalla R. near Wilhoit
Molalla R. near Canby
Oak Grove Fk. of Willaniette
R. near Government Camp
Clackamas R. above Thee Lynx
Clackamas R. at Estacada
Clackamas R. near Clackamas
Tualatin R. at West Linn
1/
1964
1964
339,000
43,600
1952
1959
1964
1964
1964
1964
1933
2,110
68,200
86,900
120,000
29,300
1968
1958
1961
1968
1967
18
20
3.7
324
50
337
10
cfs - cubic feet per second.
U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey, Water Resources Division,
Water Resources Data for Oregon, Part 1, Surface Water Records, 1968.
SOURCE:
Table 17.
Clackamas County Municipal Water Supply, 1963
Name of System
Brightwood Water Works
Boring
Carver W. System
Damascus
Skyline Water Company
Welches Water Association
Three Lynx Water Association
R.B. Strong W. Co. (Brightwood)
Alder Creek Water Company
Arrah Wanna Water Company
Barlow
Barwell Pk. W D
Mossi Brae W. Syst. (West Linn)
Bosky Dell Water Association
Canby
Clackamas W.D
Clackamas Hts. (Oregon City)
Colton W. District
Estacada
Forest Highlands (Oswego)
Cedarhurst Impr. (Estacada)
Gladstone H. Supp
Glenmorrie Coop. W. Assn
Gov't Camp Water Company
Mi lwaukie
Mo 1 all a
Mossy Brae W.D
Mt. Scott Water District
Mulino Water District
Oak Lodge W.D. (Oakgrove)
Oregon City
Oswego
Population
Served
Source of
Water Supply
Quality
Problems
13,000
2,500
10 !/
2,200
10 1/
2,500
2/
Springs
NR
NR
NR
Wells
Springs
Springs
Springs
Alder Creek
Springs
Wells
Bull Run
Springs
Springs
Wells
Clackamas R.
Bull Run
Wells
Springs
Clackamas R
Bull Run
Springs
Clackamas R.
Wells
Springs
Wells
Molalla R.
Springs
Bull Run Portland
Wells
Bull Run
14,000
Wells, Bull Run
10 1/
100 1/
501/
TI
100
40 1/
10
!I
10 1/
6 1/
100 1/
5
10
750
15
6
1,800
1/
1/
!/
1/
1/
9,600
400
100
900
NR
8 !/
4,187
100
10 1/
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Clackamas County Municipal Water Supply, 1963
Table 17, cont.
Population
Served
Name of System
Park Place Water District
Rhododendron
Robinwood Water District
Sandy
Shadow-Wood Park
Southwood Pk. Water District
Stanby Water District
U.S.F.S. Camp - Timberline
C.P.G.E. - R.B. Water Company
Qua 1 i ty
Water Supply
100
50 1/
1,800
1,000
15 1/
200 TI
3,000 1_i
(Brightwood)
10 1/
230
Welches W. Assn. (Zig Zag)
Wichita Water District
Zig Zag Summer Homes
3,000
2,000
Problems
Spring
Springs
Well, S. Fork
Springs
Springs
Wells
Bull Run Portland
Wells, springs
Springs
Springs
Bull Run Portland
Wells, springs
Number of families, not persons.
Water quality data is not available on a county-wide basis.
NR - not reported.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Water Resources Board, Middle WilLamette and Lower Willamette
River Basin Reports, June, 1963.
1/
2/
Table 18.
Location
Canby
Damasch St. Hosp
Estacada
Milwaukie
Molal la
Oregon City
Orient School
River Bend Mobile
Park
Riverview Mobile
Ranch
Sandy
Job Corps
West Linn
Bo 1 ton
Wil lamette
Wilsonville
Gov't Camp
Sanitary Dist
Mt. Hood Golf Club
Timberline Lodge
Timberline Rim.
1/
Sewage Treatment Plants, Clackamas County, 1973
Year
Built
1956- 1971
1960
1936- 1963
1951- 1962
1955
Type
1/
AS
TF
TF
AS
Design
Population
Population
Served
Receiving
Stream
6,000
2,500
2,500
14,000
3,000
10,000
4,400
1,100
1,190
12,500
2,300
20,000
120
120
Willamette R
Corral Cr.
Clackamas R.
Willamette R.
Pudding R.
Willamette R.
Cr. to Johnson Cr.
1954
TF
AS
TF
1970
AD
500
380
Clackamas R.
1971
AD
500
260
1,580
475
Clackamas R.
Trickle Cr.
Clackamas R.
Willamette R.
Willamette R.
Willamette R.
195 3-1964
1952- 1972
1965- 1967
AS
AD(L)
5,000
1952-1963
1956-1963
TF
TF
AD
7,000
2,500
5,000
5,000
2,000
TF
AD(L)
AD
350
300
1,000
1,827
350
250
300
1972
1958
1965
1962
1971
AD, L
500
735
25
Camp Creek
Salmon R.
Salmon R.
Sandy R.
AS - activated sludge; AD - aerobic digestion; TF - trickling filter; L - lagoon.
Unpublished data from Oregon State Department of Environmental Quality,
Water Quality Control, Portland, Oregon.
SOURCE:
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Water-Based Recreation
Clackamas County's proximity to the Portland metropolitan area and the
densely populated Willamette Valley have made it an ideal recreational
area for many Oregonians.
Its numerous rivers, creeks, lakes, and streams are used for a variety
of recreational activities in the winter months as well as the more popular summer months.
Boating, swimming, fishing, and waterskiing are the
most popular activities, although pollution has limited the attractiveness
of the Willamette as a recreational area.
Minerals
Minerals produced in Clackamas County in 1970 in order of value were
cement, sand and gravel, stone and clays.
Copper, lead, and zinc deposits
occur in tertiary rocks of the Cascades with known deposits in the south
central part of the county. Mercury deposits are found generally in the
foothills of the Cascades in the eastern part of the county. Limonite
iron ore deposits occur within basalt formations in the county and for
27 years before 1900, limonite near Oswego was used as a source of iron.
Ferruginous bauxite is found at the top of Columbia River basalt with
known deposits in the central portion of the county. Excellent refractory clays occur near Molalla and common clays also occur in small
desposits.
Sand and gravel, production is dependent on construction
activity within and around the county, and occurs generally along streams
and rivers.
Wildlife
The wildlife and sports fishery resources of the state are managed
by the Oregon State Game Commission.
The commercial fishery is managed
by the Fish Commission of Oregon.
Habitat conditions, which have a marked
influence upon size of wildlife and fish populations, are controlled by
landowners in the county.
The most numerous big game animal in the county is the Columbia
black-tailed deer.
The deer population has been increasing because
logging has created a more favorable habitat in many areas.
Hunting
pressure is variable depending upon accessibility.
There is a small elk herd near the headwaters of the Clackamas River,
and some are found in the Coast Range, but the harvest is insignificant.
A relatively stable black bear population is present and now classified as a game animal in the national forests along the Cascades.
Hunting pressure will probably continue to increase in the future.
Although some private forest land is closed to hunting, most commercial
timber companies realize the need for adequate harvest of big game.
If access to both public and private land were improved, hunting pressure
would be more uniform.
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Table 19.
Big Game Animal Population Trends, Clackanias County
Game
Management Unit 1/
Black-tailed deer
Santiam
Miles
Traveled
260
Animals
Observed
1971
503
Animals per Mile
5 yr..
1971
1970
Ave.*
1.9
1.8
2.2
The Santiam Game Management Unit does not cover the entire county
area, nor is it completely contained within Clackamas County.
*
5 year average - 1966-1970
Oregon State Game Commission, 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State
SOURCE:
Game Commission.
There are several game bird species in the Willamette Valley area
of the county including ring-necked pheasants, valley quail, bobwhite
Game birds have continued
quail, mourning doves, and band-tailed pigeons.
to thrive in the valley region largely because of the cover provided
by the scattered areas of forest land, hedgerows, caneberries, and idle
Game farm raised pheasants are liberated by the Game Commission
farmland.
The population of most game bird
to supplement natural breeding stock.
species has been fairly stable in recent years despite strong hunting
pressure.
The most common game bird species in the forested mountain areas
are band-tailed pigeons, blue grouse, ruffed grouse, and mountain quail.
Hunting pressure is light in most of the mountain areas, and some game
bird populations may be increasing although they have cyclic fluctuations.
Many species of furbearers such as beaver, raccoon, gray fox, red
fox, marten, mink, muskrat, otter, skunk and weasel are found in the
Pollution of some streams has created unfavorable habitat
county.
conditions for furbearers, and it is reported that pollution of the
Willamette River has forced migration of beaver to smaller streams and
ditches where they sometimes cause considerable damage.
All of the major streams and many of the minor streams in the county
maintain runs of anadromous fish. Estimates of the Willamette River
spring chinook run indicate that approximately five percent of the run
migrates up the Clackamas River.
It is known that low summer flows accompanied by high water temperatures and stream turbidity are detrimental to migration and spawning.
The Fish and Wildlife Service states that water for their hatchery should
450
to 600 F. in temperature.
be free of sediment and range from
The Eagle Creek National Fish Hatchery which has been in operation
since the late 1950's has collected over 12 million eggs, and produces
over 100,000 pounds of fingerling salmon and steelhead in one year.
The majority of these five million fingerlings are released in Eagle
Creek where there are only two natural and no artificial barriers to
hinder their migration.
The streams, lakes, and reservoirs in the county contain nearly
all of the game fish species found in Oregon.
The lowland streams and
reservoirs contain warm water fish such as large-mouth bass, small-mouth
bass, white crappie, black crappie, bullhead catfish, and bluegill.
Streams and lakes in the mountains with cool water temperatures contain
several species of trout.
Many of the lakes and streams are heavily fished so the Game Commission supplements natural stocking with hatchery-raised fish.
Native fish populations have been difficult to maintain in several
streams because of siltation, pollution, high water temperatures, and
physical barriers to fish movement. High water temperatures have encouraged the increase of trash fish and made some streams totally unsuitable for trout fishing during the low summer flows.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Population
The estimated population of Clackamas County was 166,088 in 1970,
or approximately 88.0 persons per square mile. About 70 percent lived
in urban areas with the remaining 30 percent rural farm and nonfarm
Incorporated areas contained 72,499 or 41 percent of
population.
the population, with Milwaukie the largest city with 17,500.
Table 20.
Number of Persons by Racial Group, Clackamas County, 1970
Number of Persons
Racial Group
166,088
162,104
2,084
Total
Caucasian
Spanish Language
372
Black
American Indian
Other
SOURCE:
586
942
Valde, Gary R., and Robert 0. Coppedge, Income and Poverty
Data for Racial Groups: A Compilation for Oregon Census
County Divisions, Special Report 367, Oregon State University
Extension Service, Corvallis, Oregon, 1972.
Table 21.
Clackamas and Bordering Counties, Population and Rank Order
in Oregon, 1960 and 1972
1972
1960
County
4
3
1
C LAC KAMAS
Marion
Mul tnomah
Washington
Yamhill
SOURCE:
Rank
5
13
I
Population
113,038
120,888
522,813
92,237
32,478
Rank
4
5
1
3
13
J
Population
178,400
157,200
560,000
178,300
42,190
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1962.
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates
of Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State
University, July 1972.
Table 22.
Land Area and Population Density, Clackamas County, 1950, 1960, 1970
Population Density
County and State
Land Area
square miles
State of Oregon
CLACKAMAS
96,248
1,887
1,173
424
Mar ion
Mul tnomah
Washington
Yamhill
SOURCE:
716
709
1950
1960
I
1970
- persons per square mile 15.8
45.9
86.4
1,112.1
85.6
47.2
21.7
88.0
128.9
1,308.2
220.5
56.7
18.4
59.9
103. 1
1,233.0
128.8
45.8
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1950, 1960, and
1970 General Population Characteristics, Final Report, PC(1)-B39,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1951, 1961, and
1971.
Recent growth in population in Clackamas County has been tremendous.
During the period 1965-1970 the county growth rate was almost 20 percent.
This compares to a 12 percent increase for Oregon and an 8 percent
increase for the nation during the same time.
Table 23.
Components of Change in Clackamas County's Population, 1940-1970
Year
Net Change
1940- 1950
1950- 1960
1960- 1970
SOURCE:
29,586
26,322
53,050
7,351
12,533
11,719
Net
Migration
22,235
13,789
41,331
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, General Demographic
Trends for Metropolitan AReas, 1960 to 1970, Final Report PHC (2)39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
Oregon State Board of Census, Components of Population Growth,
Population Bulletin P-3, 1961.
Table 24.
Year
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1965
1970
Population Growth, Clackamas County
Population
29,931
37,698
46,205
57,130
86,716
113,038
134,000
166,088
178,400
9 72
SOURCE:
Natural
Increase
Percent Increase or Decrease
Period
Percent
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1965
1965-1970
1971-1972
25.9
22.6
23.6
51.8
30.4
18.5
19.3
7.0
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University
1972.
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Table 25.
Urban and Rural Population, Clackamas County
Rural
Urban
Percent Change
Population
Year
37,999
14,074
NA
1950
1960
1970
Population
Percent Change
48,717
48,964
61,896
20.9
68.6
NA
.5
NA - not available.
1960 and 1970
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
SOURCE:
General Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-B39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961, 1971.
Table 26.
City
Population Estimates of Incorporated Cities, Clackamas County,
Selected Years, 1960-1972
and County
Barlow
Canby
Estacada
Gladstone
Happy Valley
Lake Oswego
Mi iwaukie
Molalla
Oregon City
Sandy
West Linn
Johnson City
River Grove
Wilsonville
Incorporated Area
Unincorporated Area
County total
1960
85
2,168
957
3,854
1966
94
3,030
1,060
5,120
8,906
9,099
1,501
7,996
1,147
3,933
NA
NA
NA
1,110
12,600
15,423
1,650
8,430
1,390
4,776
NA
NA
NA
39,646
73,392
103,038
-
1971
105
4,100
1,190
6,470 1/
1,390
15,680 1!
17,080
2,180
9,600
1,580 1/
7,150
378
1972
105
4,400
1,310
6,950
1,300
17,100
17,500
2,300
10,300
1,620
7,498
1,000
388
319
1,000
54,683
84,317
68,641
106,259
72,499
105,901
139,000
174,900
178,400
319
NA - not available.
Includes population annexed during the period from April 1, 1970 to June 30,
1/
1971.
SOURCE:
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University,
July, 1972.
Composition of Clackamas County's population is similar to the
About 40 percent of the population is under 20 years
State of Oregon.
of age, 9 percent is over 65 and the remaining 51 percent are between
the ages of 20 and 65. The median age for the county is 28.4.
Composition by sex is almost equal with 50.9 percent females and
49.1 percent males.
Table 27.
Population by Age and Sex, Clackamas County, 1960 and 1970
Male
Female
1960 I 1970
Age Group
1960
1970
Total population
Under
S
56,020
6,049
6,498
6,051
4,161
2,350
5,985
7,793
6,917
4,902
5,314
81,629
6,827
8,819
9,592
8,005
4,543
10,396
9,824
9,748
7,295
6,580
57,018
5,844
6,251
5,815
4,205
2,794
6,722
7,918
6,856
4,894
5,719
30.5
27.8
30.8
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65 and over
Median age
SOURCE:
Canby
1960
5
65 and over
Total population
Male
Female
15,711
13,773
9,796
11,033
19,969
19,586
14,879
14,913
29.0
30.6
28.4
100.0
8.1
10.3
11.2
9.6
6.1
12.9
12.0
11.8
9.0
9.0
J
Gladstone
1970
1960
320
420
763
412
489
501
455
430
1,117
926
756
497
641
731
683
943
891
1,977
1,006
1,104
1,452
1,256
623
597
922
3,271
2,294
1,730
2,064
2,076
1,290
926
3,854
1,808
2,046
6,237
2,897
3,340
8,906
4,385
4,521
14,573
7,166
7,407
232
241
215
382
699
605
461
421
376
344
587
2,168
1,047
1,121
3,813
1,813
2,000
1960
5
312
1960
764
1,389
3,275
2,741
2,271
1,909
2,057
1,462
1,275
9,099
4,432
4,667
16,379
7,940
8,439
65 and over
Total population
Male
Female
. r
C.
j
C.
Oregon City
1970
1,055
1,974
1,028
1,156
1,310
1,119
692
5-14
15-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
-S
-S
Lake Oswego
1970
1960
Milwaukie
Age Group
-
10,145
9,838
7,584
8,333
100.0
10.5
11.3
10.5
7.4
4.6
11.2
13.9
12.2
8.7
9.8
1970
191
410
247
251
5-14
15-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
('fl! mm
84,459 113,038 166,088
6,611
11,893 13,438
8,349
12,749
17,168
9,041
11,866 18,633
7,872
8,366
15,877
5,644
5,144 10,187
11,042 12,707 21,438
Population of Selected Cities by Age and Sex, Clackamas County,
1960 and 1970
Age Group
Under
Percent
1960
1970
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 and 1970 General
Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-B39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961, 1971.
Table 28.
Under
Total
1960
1970
-
-
West Linn
1970
1960
800
1,567
1,031
880
1,015
984
768
952
815
1,672
1,664
1,118
880
974
902
1,151
421
798
496
433
527
492
378
389
493
1,540
1,213
850
904
894
583
614
7,996
3,817
4,179
9,176
4,369
4,807
3,933
1,936
1,997
7,091
3,248
3,843
I
I
1970
u.s. iiureau ot the Census, Census of Population:
1960 and 1970 General
Population Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-B39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1961, 1971.
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Employment
According to the 1970 Census of Population, ihere were 67,024 persons
in the civilian labor force in Clackamas County. Of these 62,994 were
employed, and 4,032 were unemployed. The largest employer in the county
is the manufacturing industry with almost 14,000 employees. Other
large employers include retail trade, educational services, and construction.
Table 29.
Employment Status, Clackamas County, 1960 and 1970
Milwaukie
Clackamas County
Subj ect
1960
Total males, 14 years and over
Total labor force
Armed forces
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Inmate of institution
Enrolled in school
Other
38,502
30,155
Total females, 14 years and over
Total labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Inmate of institution
Enrolled in school
Other
39,832
13,141
12,482
659
26,791
171
3,591
16,258
6,771
Married (husbands present), in
labor force
1/
1970 1/
54,601
43,324
64
115
30,091
28,645
1,446
8,347
43,209
40,710
2,499
11,277
140
654
3,391
7,232
3,277
-
1960
1970
2,993
2,413
5,434
4,472
13
-
2,413
2,335
4,459
4,249
78
210
962
580
NA
12
NA
NA
366
584
58,688
23,816
22,284
1,532
34,872
866
4,108
29,898
3,219
1,146
1,109
5,973
2,762
2,608
37
154
3,211
NA
NA
373
2,838
15,722
NA
1,713
2,073
NA
-
16 years and over.
1960 and 1970
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report, PC(1)-C39, Oregon
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962 and 1972.
SOURCE:
Table 30.
Industry Group of Employed, Clackamas County, 1960 and 1970
Number Employed
Industry
1960
3)
Agriculture
Forestry and fisheries
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Lumber and wood products
Food and kindred products
Other
Transportation
Communications
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Business services
Personal services
Hospitals and health services
Educational services
Professional and related services
Public administration
Utilities and sanitary services
SOURCE:
1970
3,075
9,880
2,544
805
6,531
2,026
538
2,305
6,197
1,907
2,593
579
2,608
1,233
1,669
3,1::
4,646
13,596
2,332
754
10,510
2,588
702
4,312
9,588
5,666
2,910
3,616
5,559
2,774
2,662
1,111
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
1960 and 1970 General
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962 and 1972.
Table 31.
Age Group
Percent of Age Group in Labor Force, Clackamas County, 1970
Clackamas County
Male
Female
Mi iwaukie
Male
J
Female
Years
14-15
16-17
18 19
20-21
22-24
25-34
35-44
45-64
65 and over
SOURCE:
12.7
38.3
67.9
74.6
90.8
96.0
96.9
89.7
25.7
9.6
24.0
47.6
54.0
53.0
41.6
50.4
47.2
10.1
16.2
40.3
72.1
71.1
92.6
95.3
96.4
92.1
28.7
11.2
31.4
57.2
62.2
52.8
42.3
55.4
54.9
14.1
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, 1970 General Social
and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(2)-C39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
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Table 32.
Clackamas County Occupations, 1970
Total employed, 16 years and over.
Professional, technical, and
kindred workers
Engineers
Physicians and related
practi oners
Other health workers
Teachers
Technicians, except health
Other professional workers
Managers and administrators
Sales workers
Clerical and kindred workers..
Craftsmen and kindred workers
Operative except transport
Transport
Laborers except farm
Farmers and farm managers
Farm laborers
Service workers
Cleaning service
Food service
Health service
Personal service
Protective service
Private household
SOURCE:
Total
40,710
22,284
62,994
5,956
1,019
3,699
9,655
1,019
498
208
900
592
2,839
5,478
3,512
2,272
8,730
4,656
2,636
2,956
962
820
2,723
1,042
605
-
-
763
1,491
53
1,292
1,081
1,733
7,648
466
2,081
191
363
156
388
3,841
398
1,595
987
580
127
235
537
28
9
637
498
971
2,391
645
4,131
6,559
5,245
9,920
9,196
6,737
2,827
3,319
1, 118
1,208
6,564
1,440
2,200
1,114
815
565
646
1970 General Social
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 33.
Number of Hired Seasonal Workers in Agriculture by Type of Worker,
1965 and 1971, Midmonth Figures
Oregon City Area
Intrastate
Migratory
Local
Month
May
June
July
August
September
October
SOURCE:
Number. Employed
Female
Male
Oc cuat ion
1965
250
9,130
5,835
3,625
965
410
I
1971
490
3,040
4,125
1,350
800
650
1965
300
360
20
10
I
1971
mt ers tatö
Mi grator y
1971
1965
-
680
720
295
1,000
400
50
30
Oregon State Department of Employment, 1965 Oregon Farm Labor Report,
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
1966;
1971 Annual Rural Manpower Report, 1972.
Table 34.
Annual Average Labor Force in Portland Area 1/, 1968-1971
1968
Industry
Civilian labor force
Workers in labor management disputes
Unemployment
Percent of labor force
Employment
Agricultural
Nonagricultural
Self-employed, unpaid family and
domestics
Wage and saiary workers
Manufacturing
Durable goods
Lumber and wood
Primary metal
Other durables
Nondurable goods
Food products
Paper
Other
Nonmanufacturing
Contract construction
Transportation, communication,
utilities
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance and real estate.
Service and miscellaneous
Government
Thousands of Persons
1971
1970 I
1969 I
I
435.8
458.4
465.5
473.2
.5
.4
.5
15.5
3.6
419.8
12.0
407.8
16.2
3.5
26.1
5.6
438.9
11.8
427.1
1.0
28.8
6.1
443.4
10.5
432.9
46.5
380.6
85.7
54.8
8.7
6.5
39.5
30.9
10.3
7.6
13.3
294.9
17.3
47.8
385.1
83.8
53.6
8.7
6.2
38.7
30.2
10.4
77.1
12.7
301.3
17.8
30.2
92.6
24.7
67.7
62.4
29.6
93.8
25.0
70.4
64.7
46.2
361.6
86.8
55.9
9.7
6.6
39.6
30.9
441.8
12.7
429.1
47.5
38l..6
91.3
59.9
9.5
7.0
43.4
31.4
10.2
7.9
12.8
274.8
18.0
10.5
7.7
13.2
290.3
19.5
29.7
88.1
22.8
59.3
56.9
30.4
92.5
24.2
64.6
59.1
Figures include Clackamas, Mirltnomah, and Washington Counties in Oregon, and
Clark County in Washington.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, Labor
Force and Employment in Oregon by County, 1968 through 1971 publications,
Research and Statistics Section, 1969, 1972.
1/
Table 35.
Median Earnings of Selected Occupation Groups, Clackamas County
1959 and 1969
Occupation Group
1959
1969
Male, total with earnings
Professional, managerial, and kindred
workers
Farmers and farm managers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Farm laborers
Laborers, excluding farm and mine
$5,182
$8,532
7,009
2,051
5,580
4,925
990
4,013
11,488
4,664
8,896
7,740
1,738
5,659
Female, total with earnings
Clerical and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
$2,088
2,863
2,309
$3,614
4,100
3,356
SOURCE:
1960 and 1970 General
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census, of Population:
Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C39, Oregon,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962, 1972.
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Table 36.
Covered Payrolls and Employment by Industry, Clackamas County,
1970 and 1971
Annual Payroll
Average Employment
1970
Industry
Yearly total
SOURCE:
1971
963,055
1,671,589
18,113,455
18,120,927
2,696,527
53,669,502
$
1,933
2,019
364
6,340
205
169
1,980
2,020
332
6,182
936
8,145
881
3,287
1,516
1,033
8,697
1,003
3,611
1,536
9,413,185
56,619,349
6,347,677
17,273,709
13,441,039
25 ,670
26,768
$198,333,301
147
96
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Mining
Contract construciton
Lumber and wood products manufacturing
Food and kindred products manufacturing
Other manufacturing
Transportation, communication, electric,
gas, and sanitary services
Wholesale and retail trade
Finance, insurance and real estate
Services and miscellaneous
Government
I
1971
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
Oregon Covered Employment and Payrolls, 1970 and 1971, Summary
Data, Research and Statistics Section, 1971, 1972.
Table 37.
Number and Percent of Persons Unemployed in Clackamas and
Bordering Counties, 1968 and 1971
1968
CLACKAMAS 1/
Marion _/ Yamhill
Wasco 3/
Percent
Labor Force
Number of
People
County
J
1971
28,300
5,400
1,460
15,500
4,000
890
690
720
1968
5.6
6.5
7.4
I
1971
6.1
6.8
9.8
7.3
Figures include Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington Counties in Oregon,
and Clark County in Washington.
Figures include Marion and Polk Counties.
2/
Figures include Wasco and Sherman Counties.
3/
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division,
SOURCE:
Labor Force and Employment in Oregon by County, 1968 through 1971
publications, Research and Statistics Section, 1969, 1972.
1/
29
Table 38.
Major Occupation Group of Unemployed, Clackamas County, 1960 and 1970
Number of Persons
Occupation Group
Professional, technical, and kindred workers
Farmers and farm managers
Managers, officials and proprietors, excluding
farm
Clerical and kindred workers
Sales workers
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred workers
Operatives and kindred workers
Service workers mci. private household
Farm laborers
Laborers, excluding farm and mine
1/
1960
1970
54
20
301
1'
56
178
54
339
583
182
98
370
1/
485
173
775
1,041
516
158
355
Included in professional, technical, and kindred workers.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 and 1970
General Social and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(1)-C39,
Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1962, 1972.
SOURCE:
Table 39.
Local Government Employees and Payroll, Clackamas County, October, 1967
Item
Employees and Earnings
Employees
Full-time only
4,740
3,456
Full-time equivalent employment
Education
Teachers only
Functions other than education
Highways
Public welfare
Hospitals
Health
Police protection
Sewerage
Fire protection
Sanitation other than sewerage
Parks and recreation
Natural resources
Housing and urban renewal
Correction
Libraries
Financial administration
General control
Water supply
Other local utilities
Other and unallocable
3,702
2,694
1,923
1,008
188
10
30
145
30
106
S
45
5
12
20
40
116
133
70
4
49
October payroll
Education
Teachers only
Functions other than education
$2,202,000
1,635,000
1,305,000
566,000
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Table 39, cont.
Local Government Employees and Payroll, Clackamas County
October, 1967
Employees and Earnings
Item
Average monthly earnings, full-time
employment
Teachers
Others
SOURCE:
$ 678
509
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol. 3, No. 2,
Compendium of Public Employment, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1969.
Income
Table 40.
Net Effective Buying Income Estimates, Clackainas County,
1967 and 1970
Net Dollars
1967
Area
j
1970
thousand dollars
State of Oregon
CLACKAMAS County
Oregon City
Per Household
1967
I
1970
- dollars $9,440
10,581
$5,224,888 $6,650,6 90 $8,113
560,7 92 8,316
391,706
NA 7,928
22,197
NA
NA - not available.
Bu?eau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics,
SOURCE:
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Table 41.
Year
Bank Debits and Deposits, Clackamas County, 1965-1971
Bank Debits 1/
Bank Deposits
thousand dollars
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
$708,021
805,928
972,382
1,193,597
1,394,211
1,539,562
1,898,439
$124,045
128,372
147,482
171,993
178,694
187,905
NA
NA - not available.
Bank debits represent the dollar value of checks drawn against deposit
1/
Included are debits to demand
accounts of individuals and businesses.
deposit accounts of individuals, business firms, and state and other
political subdivisions, and payments from escrow or trust accounts.
Excluded are debits to U.S. government, interbank, time and savings
accounts, and several other categories of accounts.
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics,
SOURCE:
1969 and 1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
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Table 42.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups, Clackamas County, 1970
Number
I tern
Mean Income
Families:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Percent
$11,964
11,995
10,508
10,876
9,722
Black
Other
Unrelated individuals:
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
Other
4,322
4,405
2,497
1,800
1,917
Families by Family Income Class
All races:
under $3,999
$4,000 to $5,999
$6,000 to $11,999
$l2,000
total
Caucasian:
under $3,999
$4,000 to $5,999
$6,000 to $11,999
$l2,000+
total
Spanish Language:
under $3,999
$4,000 to $5,999
$6,000 to $11,999
$l2,000+
total
Black:
4,576
3,418
18,321
17,169
43,484
10.52
7.86
42.14
39.48
100.00
4,446
3,364
17,981
16,941
42,732
9.79
7.95
42.27
39.99
100.00
64
21
190
138
15.50
5.08
46.00
33.42
100.00
413
under $3,999
$4,000 to $5,999
$6,000 to $11,999
$12,000+
5
4
18
19
total
Other:
46
under $3,999
$4,000 to $5,999
$6,000 to $11,999
61
$l2,000
29
132
71
total
293
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10.87
8.70
39.13
41.30
100.00
20.82
9.90
45.05
24.23
100.00
Table 42
cont.
Income and Poverty Data for Racial Groups,
Clackamas County, 1970
Item
Income below poverty level (bpl)
Families bpl
All races
Caucasian
Spanish Language
Black
Other
Persons in families bpl
Unrelated individuals bpl
Under 65
65 and over
Male family head, 14-64 yrs., bpl
Employed
Unemployed
Not in labor force
Female family heads bpl in labor force
with children below 6 years
Income source of families and unrelated
individuals bpl
Earnings
Social security or railroad retirement
Public assistance or welfare
Number
Percent
2,841
2,739
62
100.00
96.40
2.19
40
1.41
10,067
1,712
1,869
975
171
285
141
2,743
2,737
667
Blank spaces indicate a zero, suppressed data, or not applicable.
Valde, Gary R. and Robert 0. Coppedge, Income and Poverty Data for
SOURCE:
Racial Groups: A Compilation for Oregon Census County Divisions,
Special Report 367, Oregon State University, Coravallis, Oregon, 1972.
Education
In addition to the public grade schools and high schools reported
in the tables below, Clackamas Community College is located at Oregon
The college offers a wide variety of higher education opportuniCity.
ties with many programs leading to Associate Degrees. The college
also offers a variety of adult education classes.
Table 43.
Formal Education Facilities, Clackamas County,
1969-1970 and 1971
School District, Type School,
and Number of Each Type
Boring School District # 44
Elementary - 1
Bull Run School District #45
Elementary - 1
Butte Creek School District #67J
Elementary - 1
Canby School District #86
Elementary - 2
Junior high - 1
Canby Union High District #1
High School - 1
Carus School District #29
Elementary - 1
Clarkes School District #32
Elementary - 1
Colton School District #53
Elementary - 1
High School - 1
Cottrell School District #107
Elementary - 1
Damascus Union School District #26
Elementary - 1
Dickey Prairie School District #25
Elementary - 1
Estacada School District 108
Elementary - 4
Junior high - 1
Estacada Union High School District #6
High School - 1
Gladstone School District #115
Elementary - 2
High School - 1
Lake Oswego School District #7
Elementary - 7
Junior High - 2
High School - 2
Maple Grove School District #87
Elementary - 1
Molalla School District #35
Elementary - 1
Molalla Union High School District #4
High School - 1
Mulino School District #84
Elementary - 1
Ninety-One School District 91
Elementary - 1
North Clackamas School District #12
Elementary - 18
Junior high - 5
High School - 4
1/
Enrollment 1971
1969-70
I
High School
Graduates, 1971
431
478
94
77
163
160
1,124
905
322
767
837
101
93
147
173
384
168
457
203
152
180
334
424
44
37
1,391
1,101
401
703
807
152
895
415
935
458
88
3,163
1,533
1,462
3,242
1,558
1,465
445
27
25
933
981
809
874
280
236
271
330
750
NA
NA
NA
1,417
4,181
153
37
196
999
Table 43, cont.
Formal Education Facilities, Clackamas County
1969-1970 and 1971
1/
1969-70
1971
High School
Graduates, 1971
2,542
1,101
1,011
2,769
1,216
1,093
322
1,450
NA
NA
791
874
55
49
62
71
205
234
1,889
955
2,034
972
Enrollment -
School District, Type School,
and Number of Each Type
Oregon City School District #62
Elementary - 11
Junior high - 2
High school - 1
Redland School District #46
Elementary - 2
Junior high - 1
Sandy Union High School District #2
High school
1
Shubel School Distrct #80
Elementary - 1
Three Lynx School District #123
Elementary - 1
Welches School District #13
Elementary - 1
West Linn School District 3J
Elementary - 6
High school - 1
.-
County totals
Elementary - 70
Junior high - 8
High school - 12
23,757
4,052
11,261
167
224
14,991 2/
3,497 2/
7,583 _:i
2,783
Average daily membership.
This figure is not a true total because figures from some districts were not
available.
NA - not available.
Oregon Board of Higher Education, 1971-72 Oregon School-Community College
SOURCE:
Directory, and 1971 Oregon Public High School Graduates, and Summary
of Pupil Personnel for Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1969, School
Finance and Statistical Service.
1/
2/
Table 44.
Years of School Completed by Population 25 Years and
Clackamas County, 1970
Number
Males
Education
Total, 25 years and over
No school years completed.
1-4 years
Elementary:
5-7 years
High School:
College:
8 years
1-3 years
4 years
1-3 years
4 or more years
Median school years completed
SOURCE:
Number
Females
Total
Percent
43,842
47,000
90,842
100.00
245
741
267
520
1,835
4,927
1.38
5.13
11.88
17.31
35.80
14.11
13.79
2,826
5,866
7,512
13,162
5,959
7,531
8,214
19,368
6,864
5,005
512
1,261
4,661
10,793
15,726
32,530
12,823
12,536
12.4
12.4
12.4
.56
1970 General Social
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population:
PC(l)-C39,
Oregon, U.S.
and Economic Characteristics, Final Report
tTovernment Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
- 35 -
Table 45.
Racial and Ethnic Distribution of Public School Enrollment
by School District, Clackamas County, 1972
District
WIii t e
Black
American
Indian
Spanish
Surname
Other!"
Total
number of students
Boring
Bull Run
Butte Creek
Canby Grade
Canby IJHS #1
Carus
Clarkes
Colton
Cottrell
Damas cus
Dickey Prairie
Estacada Elementary.
Estacada UH #6
Gladstone
Lake Oswego
Maple Grove
Molalla Elementary
Molalla UH #4
Mul mo
Ninety-one
North Clackamas
Oregon City
Redland
Rural Dell
Sandy Elementary..
Sandy UH #80
Shub e 1
Three Lynx
Welches
West Linn
Total
1/
3
466
13
451
1
5
70
161
2
-
2
-
5
1,134
853
102
203
657
214
524
-
-
46
-
1
-
19
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
55
1,508
811
1,371
6,516
6
72
-
-
4
3
6
38
35
181
1,180
889
102
203
681
217
529
56
1,513
822
1,417
44
6,649
-
-
-
5
8
6
5
2
1
2
3
-
1
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
.
-
5
5
-
39
12
28
-
-
503
883
313
307
13,432
5,252
471
146
1,183
864
-
-
-
1
-
12
1
2
1
3
-
-
23
27
38
28
41
4
29
34
132
51
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
8
25
11
28
503
898
318
357
13,666
5,370
472
146
5
1,228
881
54
1
10
50
79
4
-
-
-
-
-
263
2,903
2
5
7
11
5
14
16
18
282
2,962
41,307
113
131
290
380
42,221
1
-
79
-
Includes Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and others.
Compiled from Oregon Board of Education Reports by Oregon State University
Extension Serivce.
SOURCE:
Table 46.
Clackamas County Residents Enrolled in Higher Education
Institutions, Fall 1971
Institution
Number Enrolled
Total enrolled
Eastern Oregon College
Oregon College of Education
Oregon State University
Portland State University
Southern Oregon College
University of Oregon
Oregon Technical Institute
University of Oregon Dental School
University of 3regon Medical School
Total in private and independent
institutions
SOURCE:
3,534
38
142
526
1,424
104
518
41
27
68
646
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, Post Secondary Enrollment in
Oregon, An Analysis of the Statewide Student Enrollment Data Survey,
1972.
Table 47.
Organization
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
4-H
Future Farmers
Girl Scouts
Junior Achievement
YMCA
Youth Organizations, Clackamas County
Membership
3,310
NA
3,159
560
1,679
785 1/
1,285
Figure includes Clackamas and Multnomah Counties.
Figure includes members 8 to 18 years of age.
SOURCE:
1973 Boy Scout figures from Columbia-Pacific Council, unpublished data;
1972 4-H and Future Farmers figures from Oregon State University Extension Serrice, 4-H Division, unpublished data; 1973 Girl Scout
figures from Columbia River Council, unpublished data; 1973 Junior
Achievement enrollment from Portland Junior Achievement Office,
unpublished data; 1973 YMCA figure from Portland office, YMCA, taken
from YMCA National Yearbook.
1/
2/
Although Clackamas County operates no correctional Institutions of
its own, it is served by four state correctional institutions in Marion
County. These include training schools for socially maladjusted boys
between 12 and 18 years of age and girls between the ages of 12 and 21.
Table 48.
Felonies and Juvenile Delinquency, Clackamas County, 1968
Subj ect
Number
Commitments to felony and correctional
institutions, 1967-68
Total commitments
Oregon State Penitentiary
Oregon State Correctional Institution
MacLaren (boys' training school) 1/
Hillcrest (girls' training school) 1/
Juvenile court cases, 1968
All cases
Delinquency
Traffic
Other
1/
49
9
7
25
8
3,411
2,152
734
525
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Children Services Division,
Adolescent Population and Commitment Data by County, by Calandar Year,
1967-1970.
SOURCE: Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
Health and Vital Statistics
Because of their proximity to the Portland metropolitan area,
Clackamas County residents have access to many health care facilities
in addition to those actually located within the county.
hospitals, one located at Oregon City and one
The county has t
located at Milwaukie. The county has less medical personnel per popHowever, this is partially due
ulation than the state as a whole.
to the fact that many residents of the county are treated by medical
personnel located in adjacent Multnomah County.
Table 49.
Existing Medical Facilities, Number of Existing Beds, and
Number of Beds Needed, Clackamas County, 1971 1/
Category and Community
Number of Facilities
needed
existing
Number of Beds
needed
existing I
Genral H9spital
Milwaukie
Oregon City
1
1
60
174
2
2
1
1
90
2
2
Portland
1
1
188
66
C anby
o
1
0
Colton
Gladstone
o
1
0
2
2
Mo 1 al la
1
1
Oregon City
Sandy
West Linn
3
5
1
3
1
1
163
39
192
59
63
o
0
2
2
Long-term Care Facilities
Gladstone
Mi lwaukie
Diagnostic and Treatment Centers
Milwaukie
Oregon City
60
152
90
188
66
50
30
200
39
392
120
63
the state plan of the Mental Health Division is made
Mental Facilities:
a part of this plan by reference.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Board of Health, Health Facility Planning and
Construction Section, Oregon State Plan for Construction and Modernization of Hos.itals, Public Health Centers, and Medical
Facilities, 1971 Annual Revision, 1971.
1/
Table 50.
Diagnostic or Treatment Center Facilities, Clackamas County, 1970
Name and Location
Oregon City Hospital, Oregon City
Willamette Falls Community
Hospital, Oregon City
Outpatient Visits
During Year
Services 1/
2,814
A, H, I
8,309
A, H, I
1/
Service code: A--General; H--X-ray; I--Clinical Laboratory, 1964 data.
Oregon State Board of Health, Health Facility Planning and Construction
SOURCE:
Section, Oregon State Plan for Construction and Modernization of
Hospitals, Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities, 1971 Annual
Revision, 1971.
Table 51.
Percent Occupancy of Existing Medical Facilities,
Clackamas County, 1969
Naiiie of Facility
Location
Total
Capacity
Percent of
Occupancy
General Hospitals
Dwyer Memorial Hospital
Oregon City Hospital
Willamette Falls Community
Milwaukie
Oregon City
Oregon City
60
52
84
68
48
66
Long-term Care Facilities
Gladstone Convalescent Hosp
Milwaukie Convalescent Hosp
Willamette Meth
Rose Villa
Gladstone
Milwaukie
Milwaukie
Portland
90
68
120
66
85
84
Nursing Homes
Canby Nursing Home 1/
Lutheran Pioneer Home 1/
Bide-A--Wee Nursing Home
Franklin Nursing Home
Molalla Nursing Home
Benson's Falls View 1/
Benson's Sierra Vt
Center View Nursing Home 1/
Hospital Nursing Home
Oregon City Nursing Home
McGuires Nursing Home 1/
Orchard Crest Nursing Home 1/
St. Judes Home
West Linn San
Canby
Colton
Gladstone
Gladstone
Molalla
Oregon City
Oregon City
Oregon City
Oregon City
Oregon City
Sandy
Sandy
Sandy
West Linn
26
20
73
90
127
109
100
100
71
70
39
78
26
102
27
48
42
69
80
66
90
88
99
85
94
29
26
59
63
78
1/
This facility does not have skilled nursing care as defined by the Oregon
State Plan for Long-term Care facilities.
Thcrefore, the existing beds
are not counted in totals for areas.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Board of Health, Health Facility Planning and Construction
Section, Oregon State Plan for Construction and Modernization of
Hospitals, Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities, 1971 Annual
Revision, 1971.
Table 52.
Number of Licensed Medical Personnel and Ratio of Population per
Professional, Clackamas County, 1969
Clackamas County
Number
Ratio i'
Profession
Medical doctors and doctors of
osteopathy
Dentists
Registered nurses
Licensed practical nurses
Pharmacists
1/
104
86
296
54
104
1,585
1,916
557
3,052
1,585
State
Ratio
/
770
1,470
276
1,002
1, 375
Ratio figure equals population per professional in particular category.
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
SOURCE:
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Number of Admissions to State Psychiatric Hospitals and Mental
Table 53.
Health Clinics, and Ratio per 100,000 Population, Clackamas County, 1968-69
Clackamas County
Ratio
Number
Facility
State
Ratio
Psychiatric hospitals
195
118
134
Mental health clinics
572
347
460
SOURCE:
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970
Table 54.
Births and Deaths by Major Category, Clackamas County and
State of Oregon, 1967 and 1971
Clackamas County
Number
C ate gory
All births 1/
All deaths
Illegitimate births 2/
Premature births 2/
Infant deaths 2/
Accidental deaths 3/
Rate
j
1971
1968
1971
2,395
1,251
2,593
1,310
161
117
136
116
41
93
15.1
7.9
67.2
48.9
16.7
49.1
14.8
7.5
52.4
44.7
15.8
53.2
1968
40
78
State
Rate
1971
15.6
9.4
78.1
57.4
18.4
61.3
Rates per 1,000 population.
Rates per 1,000 live births
Rate per 100,000 population.
3/
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, State He?.lth Divison, Vital
SOURCE:
Statistics Section, Vital Statistics Annual Report, 1968 and 1971.
1/
2/
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Table 55.
Health Statistics, Clackamas County, 1970
Item
I
Morbidity
Tuberculosis
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Influenza
Hepatitis, infectious
Measles (Rubella)
Clackamas County
Number
Rate L
6
6
261
2,516
48 2/
84
Deaths from all causes
Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
Diabetes mellitus
Heart diseases
Cerebrovascular diseases
Arteriosclerosis
Other cardiovascular diseases
Influenza,and pneumonia
Bronchitis, emphysema, asthma
Peptic ulcer
Cirrhosis of liver
Congenital anomalies
Certain infancy mortaility causes
1,310
242
149.2
1,438.5
32.7 2/
48.0
7.5 3/
138.4 -
6
13
13
14
9.1
270.4
90.9
28.0
19.4
20.6
14.9
3.4
7.4
7.4
8.0
107
93
24
61.2
53.2
13.7
3
1.7
16
473
159
49
34
36
26
All other diseases
Accidents
Suicides
Homicides
3.4
3.4
State
Rate 1/
11.6
5.3
422.0
1,171.7
45.1 2/
18.1
94 3/
168.4
13.3
349.6
110.9
21.2
17.3
26.4
26.9
4.3
15.8
8. 2
14.7
76.9
61.3
14.9
3.8
Rate per 100,000 population.
1966-68 average taken from Office of the Governor, Planning Section,
Health Facts, 1969.
3/
Rate per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, State Health Division,
Vital Statistics Annual Report, 1970.
1/
2/
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Public Welfare
Table 56.
Public Welfare Payments for Assistance, Clackamas County,
August, 1972
Category
Cases
Cases receiving non-medical payments
Old age assistance
Aid to the blind
Aid to the disabled
Aid to dependent children 1/
General assistance
Foster care
Physicians services
OAA
380
27
295
3,675
47
NA
Average Payments
$64.25
131.78
93. 12
48.89
51.75
NA
1/
2/
2/
2/
2/
24
2/
AB
AD
ADC
GA
FC
Hospital payments 1/
OAA
AB
$34.59
2/
2/
AD
ADC
'V
GA
5
FC
2/
2/
Drug payments 1/
OAA
AB
AD
ADC
GA
$422.62
2/
2/
2/
2/
26
FC
$28.08
2/
Persons not cases.
Not included because Clackamas County paid under PACC contract.
NA - not available.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Public Welfare Division,
SOURCE:
Public Welfare in Oregon, August 1972 edition.
1/
2/
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Table 57.
Average Monthly Public Welfare Payments by Type of Service
Clackamas County, Fiscal Years 1968-69 and 1971-72
Average Payment per Case
1971-7 2
1968-69
I
Type of Service
Old Age Assistance
Aid to the Disabled
Aid to the Blind
General Assistance
Aid to Dependent Children 1/
UN2/
Basic 2/
$62.07
81.34
73.48
65.16
$62.00
74.98
117.89
62.97
33.38
39.47
50.56
46.66
Payment per person, not case.
The UN figure represents payments to families where the male parent is in
the home but unemployed. The basic figure represents all others.
SOURCE:
Unpublished data received from Sandra Lipman, Oregon Public Welfare
Division, Research and Statistics Section, May 1973.
1/
2/
The State of Oregon operates three special schools for the handicapped, all located at Salem in Marion County.
The School for the Blind
provides special education for approximately 100 children with acute
vision problems in a boarding school situation.
The School for the Deaf
provides parallel training for severly handicapped children from four
years of age through high school.
Oregon Fairview Home provides in-and-out patient training for mentally deficient minors and adults.
Housing
Table 58.
Housing, Occupancy, and Facilities for Places with over 2,500
Inhabitants, Clackamas County, 1970
Mi lwaukie
Subject
Occupancy
All year-round
housing units
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year-round
Facilities
Telephone available
Air conditioning
Median gross rent of
renter occupied.
Number
Percent
5,544
3,659
1,768
717
100.00
65.99
31.89
12.93
NA
470
8.57
-
$128
Oregon City
Number
Percent
Gladstone
Number
Percent
3,224
1,879
1,216
100.00
58.28
37.71
4.00
2,189
1,518
582
89
100.00
69,34
26.58
4.06
88.63
5.58
1,935
165
92.01
7.53
129
2,744
180
$108
$120
NA - not available.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing, 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(l)-B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
- 44 -
Table 59.
Housing Occupancy and Facilities, Clackainas County, 1970
Subj ect
Occupancy
All housing units
Seasonal or migratory
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Vacant year-round
Population in housing units
per unit
Owner occupied
Renter occupied
Persons per room
All occupied units
1.00 or less
1.01 to 1.50
1.51 or more
Facilities
Lacking some or all
plumbing facilities
Telephone available
Air conditioning
Median number of rooms
Median value 1/
Median gross rent 2/
Clackamas County
Number units
Percent
54,603
State
Percent
100.00
1.78
70.59
24.04
3.57
100.00
100.00
94.7
4.2
520
100.00
94.66
4.32
1.00
1,149
47,922
4,489
2.14
92.73
8.37
3.6
89.5
10.3
974
38,545
13,132
1,952
1.3
61.3
31.5
5.9
3.3
2.9
51,677
48,919
2,238
5.3
$19,200
$122
1.1
5.0
$11,300
$107
Specified owner occupied
Limited to one-family homes on less than 10 acres
and no business on property.
2/
Specified renter occunied. Excludes one-family homes on 10 acres or more.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing, 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report, HC(1)-B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
1/
THE COUNTY'S ECONOMY
Agriculture
Snap beans and other truck crops are the principle processing crops
grown in Clackamas County.
Small fruits and truck crops account for a
large percentage of the total gross farm income for the county.
Clackamas County is the leading poultry producing county in the
state with sales from poultry and poultry products approximately 25
percent of the state's total.
Table 60.
Farm Size and Value, Clackamas County, 1959, 1964, and 1969
Subj ect
Approximate acres of land area
Proportion in farms
Total number of farms
Acres in farms
Average size of farms
Value of land and buildings
Average per farm
Average per acre
SOURCE:
1959
1,207,680
26.4
4,267
319,048
74.8
NA
$23,517
370.17
1964
1,205,750
21.7
4, 116
261,815
63.6
NA
$33,418
538.75
1969
1,205,824
17.4
2,801
210,055
74.9
$179,042,053
$63,920
852.35
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1964 and 1969,
Vol. 1, Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Unlike many of the counties in Oregon, and contrary to the national
trend, the size of farms in the county has remained quite stable over
the past few years.
However, the total number of farms is decreasing.
- 46 -
Table 61.
Number and Percent of Farms by Size, Clackainas County,
1959, 1964, and 1969
Size
1959
Less than 10 acres
10 to 49 acres
50 to 69 acres
70 to 99 acres
100 to 139 acres
140 to 179 acres
180 to 219 acres
220 to 259 acres
260 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1,000 to 1,999 acres
2,000 acres or more
564
2,063
3
Total farms
4,267
SOURCE:
395
477
293
183
87
72
100
26
4
Number
1964
444
2,145
372
438
256
184
90
56
103
25
J
1969
272
1,357
263
335
209
127
64
45
92
32
1959
13.21
48.34
9.25
11.17
6.86
4.28
2.03
1.68
2.34
.60
Percent
1964
I
10.78
51.22
9.03
10.64
6.21
4.47
2.18
1.36
2.50
2
3
2
.09
.07
.60
.02
.04
4,116
2,801
100.00
100.00
1
I
1969
9.71
48.44
9.38
11.96
7.46
4.53
2.28
1.60
3.28
1.14
.10
.07
100.00
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1964 and 1965,
Volume 1, Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C., 1967, 1972.
Classification of farms by economic class considers only those
classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as "Commercial farms."
In general, all farms with a total value of products sold amounting
Farms with sales of
to $2,500 or more are classified as commercial.
$50 to $2,499 are classified as commercial if the farm operator was under
65 years of age and (1) he did not work off the farm 100 or more days
during the year and (2) the income received by the operator and members
of his family from nonfarm sources was less than the value of all farm
products sold.
Table 62.
Farms by Economic Class, Clackamas County, 1959, 1964, and 1969
Number
Economic Class
1959
Percent
1964 1
1969
1964
1969
89
144
167
2.08
3.49
5.96
142
154
169
3.32
3.74
6.03
273
206
191
6.39
5.00
6.81
346
311
257
8.10
7.55
9.17
505
437
412
11.83
10.61
14.70
285
379
183
6.67
9.20
6.53
Other farms
Part-time
Part-retirement
Abnormal
2,020
650
1,910
571
1,069
350
47.34
15.23
46.40
13.87
38.16
12.49
4
3
.09
.10
Total farms
4,267
4,116
2,801
100.00
100.00
I
1959
1
Commercial farms
Class I (sales of $40,000
ormore)
Class II (sales of $20,000
to $39,999)
Class III (sales of $10,000
to $19,999)
Class IV (sales of $5,000
to $9,999)
Class V (sales of $2,500
to $4,999)
Class VI (sales of $50 to
$2,499)
SOURCE:
-
100.00
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1964 and 1969,
Vol. 1, Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C., 1967, 1972.
Table 63.
Tenure
Farm Operators by Tenure, Clackamas County, 1959, 1964, and 1969
1959
1964
1969
Full owners
Part owners
Managers
Tenants
3,516
561
3,384
543
2,252
430
179
174
119
Total operators
4,267
4,116
2,801
SOURCE:
11
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1964 and 1969,
Vol. 1, Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1967, 1972.
Table 64.
Farm Operators by Age and Years of School Completed,
Clackamas County, 1959, 1964, and 1969
Subj ect
1959
1964
1969
Average age (years)
65 years and over
52.1
820
51.8
769
52.6
545
NA
44
226
1,069
781
1,264
409
323
NA
Years of school completed
Elementary:
0-4 years
5-7 years
8 years
High School:
1-3 years
4 years
College:
1-3 years
4 yrs. or more
,,
NA - not available.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1964 and 1969,
Vol.1, Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C., 1967, 1972.
Table 65.
Value of Farm Products Sold 1/, Clackamas County, 1966-1970
Product
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 2/
thousand dollars
All crops, livestock and
livestock products
All crops
All grain, hay and seeds
All seed crops
All grain and hay
All hay
All grains
Wheat
Barley
Vegetables, fresh and for
processing
All berries
Strawberries
All tree fruits and nuts
Specialty field crops
Specialty horticultural
crops
All potatoes
All livestock and livestock
products
Dairy products
Poultry products
Cattle and calves
Sheep and lambs
Hogs
NA - not available.
2/
1/
33,962
32,196
33,939
37,153
36,799
15,795
2,754
1,311
1,441
517
924
621
15,053
2,636
1,151
1,485
15,163
2,588
1,186
1,402
532
870
584
18,686
3,268
1,635
1,633
638
995
575
17,725
3,870
1,990
1,880
669
1,211
758
110
152
149
2,806
5,481
1,094
737
2,714
3,839
740
923
98
114
130
584
901
614
94
2,613
4,608
NA
900
2,375
3,633
NA
628
176
118
2,722
3,217
975
793
97
4,075
430
4,757
402
4,887
509
5,052
861
5,275
425
18,167
2,763
5,238
2,551
17,143
2,948
4,647
2,480
18,467
2,920
5,360
2,535
19,074
2,943
6,285
2,910
320
845
301
790
18,776
3,056
5,046
3,070
332
711
394
700
334
711
Crop year includes quantities sold or held for sale.
Preliminary figures.
OStJ Extension Service and USDA cooperating"Oregon Commodity Data Sheets,"
Oregon State University, 1971-72.
SOURCE:
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Table 66.
Acres of Crops Harvested, Clackamas County, 1969 and 1970
Crops Harvested
1970p
1969
Corn for grain
Small grains
Wheat
Oats
Barley
Hay crops
Field seed crops
Crimson clover
Red and tall fescue
Red clover
Chewings fescue
Vegetables
Fall potatoes
Sweet corn
Snap beans
Berries
Stawberries
Blackberries
Raspberries
Tree fruits, nuts, fj grapes.
700
900
9,500
9,000
4,000
41,200
9,600
9,000
4,000
40,800
2,500
3,850
2,200
5,000
3,200
4,050
2,500
5,000
1,700
650
750
1,000
600
800
1,100
1,100
2,575
3,050
900
1,000
2,650
NA
/
NA - not available.
1/
Figure from U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1,
Area Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1972.
SOURCE:
Oregon State University Extension Service and U.S.D.A. cooperating,
"Oregon Commodity Data Sheets," 1971-72.
Table 67.
Livestock and Poultry Numbers, Clackamas County,
1950, 1960, 1969, and 1970
!I
Category
All cattle
Dairy cattle
Sheep and lambs
Hogs
Chickens
Turkeys raised
1970
29,600
6,100
700
18,000
NA
NA
40,000
5,100
2,700
25,500
NA
NA
44,000
2,800
1,000
23,000
780,000
643,100
46,000
2,600
1,100
NA
743,000
796,000
NA - not available.
1/
Numbers as of January 1, unless otherwise indicated.
2/
Preliminary figures.
SOURCE: Oregon State University Extension Service and U.S.D.A. cooperating,
"Oregon Commodity Data Sheets," 1971-72.
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Table 68.
Food and Kindred Products Manufacturing, Clackamas County,
1968 and 1970
Number of Firms
Product Group
1968
Meat products
Dairy products
Canning and preserving fruits,
vegetables E seafoods
Grain mill products
Bakery products
Confectionery and related
products
Beverages
Misc. food preparation
1/
One or more firms
Oregon State
Directory of
Oregon State
Directory of
SOURCE:
1970
6
1
Employment
1968
185
6
91
287
38
110
4
4
289
5
1
2
100 -
1
1
4
1970
I
6
341/
1
2
40
2
6
did not report number of employees.
Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Oregon Manufacturers, 1968
Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Oregon Manufacturers, 1970
Logging and Wood Products
Table 69.
Lumber and Wood Products Manufacturing Excluding Furniture,
Clackamas County, 1968 and 1970
Product Group
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Special products sawmills
Millwork
Veneer and plywood
Prefabricated wooden buildings
Nailed and lock corner wooden boxes
Wood preserving
Wood products, not elsewhere
classified
Number of Firms
1968
32
22
I
Employment
1970
1968
39
22
582
655
806
698
12
37
I
1970
1
2
6
3
5
6
4
4
4
31
306
105
-
1
-
-
1
-
3
6
-
1/
243
104
1/
Not reported.
SOURCE: Oregon State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers, 1968.
Oregon State Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers, 1970.
Table 70.
Timber Harvest by Ownership, Clackamas County, 1970 1/
Ownership
Production 2/
100.00
35.07
9.55
55.36
328,652
115,289
31,394
181,969
Total timber harvest
Private 3/
Bureau of Land Management 4/
National forest 5/
State 3/
Percent of Total
Includes volume removed as logs but not volume removed for poles, piling,
and wood cutting operations.
2/
Scribner log rule - thousand board feet.
Compiled by State Foresters
3/
4/
Compiled by Bureau of Land Management.
Compiled by U.S. Forest Service.
5/
SOURCE:
Wall, Brian R., "1970 Timber Harvest," U.S.D.A. Forest Service Resource
Bulletin PNW-38, U.S. Forest Services, Pacific Northwest Range and
Forest Experiment Station.
1/
Table 71.
Species
Log Consumption in Thousand Board Feet by Species and Industry,
Clackamas County, 1968 1/
Sawmills
Type of Industry
Veneer and
Plywood -
All species
285,738
155,107
Douglas-fir
Hemlock.....
True firs
Pines
Other softwoods
227,581
49,941
131,542
12,388
3,072
3,015
Hardwoods
188
971
6,349
Shake and
Shingle
NA
274
708
NA - not available.
1/
Scribner log rule.
They are
2/
Figures include Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, and Marion counties.
combined to avoid disclosure.
SOURCE: Manock, Eugene R., Grover A. Choate, and Donald R. Gedney, Oregon
Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Salem, Oregon, 1968.
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Installed 8-Hour Capacity of Wood-Using Industries, Clackamas County,
Table 72.
1968
Industry
Capacity
Sawmill-lumber 1/
Veneer and plywood 2/
Pulp and board mills 3/
1, 307
215
1, 185
Scribner log rule, board feet.
Square feet, 3/8 inch basis, veneer only.
24 hour capacity in tons.
3/
SOURCE:
Manock, Eugene R., Grover A. Choate, and Donald R Gedney, Oregon
Timber Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics,
Oregon State Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service,
Salem, Oregon, 1968.
1/
2/
Manufacturing
Table 73.
Value Added by Major Manufacturing Industries, Clackamas County, 1967
Item
Value Added
Percent of Total
Millions of Dollars
All manufacturing
Lumber and wood products
Logging camps and contractors
Sawmills and planing mills
Paper and allied products
Fabricated metal products
Machinery, except electrical.
Electrical equipment
supplies
SOURCE:
$109.9
17.1
6.2
8.3
42.8
5.9
17.7
100.00
15.55
5.64
7.55
38.94
5.36
16.10
2.7
2.45
U.S. Bureau of the Census Census of Manufactures, 1967, Area Statistics,
Oregon, MC67(3)-38, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1970.
Table 74.
Manufacturing, Other than Lumber and Wood Products; Food and Kindred
Products; and Mineral, Metal, and Related Products Manufacturing,
Clackamas County, 1968 and 1970
Product Group
Apparel and other finished products
made from fabrics
Furniture and fixtures
Paper and allied products
Printing, publishing and allied
industries
Number of Firms
1968
I
1970
Employment
1968
1
1970
8
4
613
3
2
36
3
S
1
2,184
630
10
12
79
95
273
Manufacturing, Other than Lumber and Wood Products; Food and
Table 74, cont.
Kindred Products; and Mineral, Metal, and Related Products Manufacturing,
Clackamas County, 1968 and 1970
Number of Firms
Product Group
Chemicals and allied products
Petroleum refining and related
products
Rubber and misc. plastics products
Leather and leather products
Machinery, except electrical
Electrical machinery and supplies
Transportation equipment
Professional, scientific, and
controlling instruments
Miscellaneous manufacturing
industries
1/
One or more firms
Oregon State
Directory of
Oregon State
Directory of
SOURCE:
Emp 1 oyment
1968
1970
S
31
12
2
50
5
3
301/
55
56
2
2
1968
1970
1
7
7
271 1/
489
129
225
165
378
22
5
9
19
9
3
5
12
52
4
8
147
334
15
did not report number of employees.
Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Oregon Manufacturers, 1968.
Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Oregon Manufacturers, 1970.
Mining
Cement, sand and gravel, and stone and clays are the major mineral
of economic importance to the county. The production. of these depends
largely on construction activities in the county and also in adjacent
Multnomah County.
Table 75.
Year
1963
1965
1967
1970
SOURCE:
Value of Mineral Production, Clackamas County
Value
$7,488,000
9,024,000
7,574,000
11,433,000
T
Minerals Produced in Order of Value
Cement,
Cement,
Cement,
Cement,
sand
sand
sand
sand
Fj
F4
F4
F4
gravel,
gravel,
gravel,
gravel,
stone,
stone,
stone,
stone,
clays
clays
clays
clays
U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minerals Yearbook, Bureau of Economic Research,
Oregon Economic Statistics, various years, University of Oregon.
Table 76.
Mineral, Metal and Related- Manufacturing, Clackamas County,
Number of Firms
1968
1970
I
Product Group
Cut stone and stone products
Glass products made of purchased
1
glass.-
Cement, hydraulic
Brick and structural clay tile
Concrete block and brick
Concrete products, exc. block and
brick
Ready mixed concrete
Minerals and earths, ground or
treated
Steel pipe and tubes
Steel foundries
Aluminum castings
Primary metal industries, not elsewhere classified
Hand and edge tools, except
machine tools
Heating equipment, exc. electrical
Sheet metal work
Screw machine products
Metal stampings
Coating, engraving, allied services
Fabricated wire products
Fabricated metal products, not
elsewhere classified
Pottery products not elsewhere
Gray iron foundries
Hand saws and saw blades
Fabricated structural steel
or more firms
Oregon State
Directory of
Oregon State
Directory of
Employment
1968
1970
I
21
22
2
2
2
1
1
145
2
1
145
25
5
11/
2
2
2
3
4
2
57
4
4
38
38
2
2
30
-
1
-
26
30
-
1
-
2
-
2
-
1
-
15
1
1
1
1
160
108
210
108
1
2
2
2
1
1
3
4
2
1
24
1
3
8
20
26
7
1/
76
12
86
12
1
-ëlassified
1/
On
SOURCE:
-
I
1
-
1
-
1
-
16
1/
-
1
-
50
-
1,400
-
did not report number of employees.
Department of Commerce, Economic Development Division,
Oregon Manufacturers, 1968
Executive Department, Economic Development Divison,
Oregon Manufacturers, 1970.
Outdoor Recreation
Recently increased
Outdoor recreation denands are on the increase.
urbanization has caused more people to seek the out-of-doors to "get
away from it all" through sightseeing, winter sports, picnicking, and
Better and faster transportation, higher family
related activities.
incomes, and increased leisure time have enabled people to spend more
time and money on recreation and to travel farther for recreation.
The county's forested areas have many attractions that make them
desireable for recreation. Mount Hood is the major attraction and
receives year-round attention from sightseers, hikers, and skiers.
The Willamette River, other major streams, and lakes are used for a
variety of recreational activities such as boating, swimming, fishing,
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and water skiing, but pollution has tended to limit the attractiveness
of the Willamette. Timothy Lake, developed as a regulating reservoir
for Portland General Electric Company's downstream hydroelectric
Recreation
projects, has become a heavily used recreational area.
by
trout
fishermen
has
continued
to increase.
use of the Clackamas R.
Table 77.
Clackamas County Park and Recreation Facilities, 1972
Facilities and Activities 1/
Ownership and Name
State Parks
Mclver
Wildcat Creek
TC, TS, PS, St, BH, PA, DS, F, S, V, Sw
PS, F, S
County Parks
Barton
Eagle Fern
Metzler
Feyrer
TC,
TC,
TC,
TC,
Bureau of Land Mgt. Parks
North Fork-Eagle Creek
Wildwood
TC, TS, St. T, F, S
PS, St, GP, T, UB, F, 5, N
U.S. Forest Service Parks
Lower Clackamas River
Middle Clackamas River
Collawash River
McNeil
Timberline Lodge
Tollgate-Camp Creek
Twin Bridges
Green Canyon
Timberline Road
Salmon River
Still Creek
Trillium Lake
TC, TS,
TC, TS,
TC, TS,
TC, TS,
C, T, V
TC, TS,
TC, TS,
IC, TS,
TC, TS,
TC, TS,
TC, TS,
TC, TS,
Power or Timber Co. Parks
Promontory
Austin Hot Springs
Power or Timber Co. fj U.S
Forest Service
Timothy Lake
TS,
TS,
IS,
TS,
PS,
PS,
PS,
PS,
St,
St,
St,
St,
GP,
GP,
GP,
GP,
PA,
PA,
PA,
PA,
F,
T,
F,
F,
S,
F,
S,
S,
PS,
St,
St,
PS,
St, F, 5, V, Sw
F, S
T, F, 5, V
St,T, V,F, S
PS,
PS,
PS,
PS,
PS,
PS,
PS,
St, GP, F, S
St, T, F, S
T, F, 5, V, Sw
St, T, V
St. F, S
St, F, S.
St, BR, F, L, V
V. Sw
5, N, Sw
Sw
N, Sw
TC, TS, PS, St, R, BD, C, GP, PA,
I, F, L, S, N, V
TC, TS, PS, St, F, S, Sw
TC, TS, BR, T, F, L, V, Sw
Activities code:
L,S PA - play area
- tent camping
Bh - boathouse
N T
trails
- trailer site
BD - boat deck
V - picnic site
F - fishing
C - concession
Sw
- boat ramp
G - geology
GP - group picnic
W
- stoves, wood or
GC - group camp
H - history
electric
SOURCE:
Oregon State Highway Division, Travel InformationSection, 1972
1/
- TC
TS
PS
BR
ST
Parks.
lake, stream
nature study
scenic view
swimming
water falls
Oregon
Attendance at State Parks in Clackamas County
Table 78.
Park and Use
1968-69
Attendance
1969-70
1970-71
f
1971-72
Milo MIver
Day attendance
Overnight camping....
SOURCE:
86,852
94,844
226,586
-
-
-
221,399
2,079
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division,
"Day Visitor Attendance" and "Overnight Camping by the Public,"
State Parks and Recreation Section, 1972.
Hunting is also a major recreational activity in the county.
Not only do county residents make use of this opportunity, but also
many people travel to the county to hunt.
Table 79.
Clackamas County Game Harvest
Hunters
Percent of
State Total
Number
Game
Ducks
Geese
Pheasants
Quail
Blue E, ruffed
grouse
Silver- gray
squirrel
Band-tailed
pigeon
Mourning dove
Deer 1/
Elk 17
Harvest
Percent of
State Total
Number
Days
Hunted
4,610
660
1.18
3,860
110
39
40
.67
.06
3,607
1,256
5.00
4.80
9,470
8,897
3.89
5.61
510
17,403
6,986
341
4.41
567
3.37
882
26
.57
85
.39
112
647
561
8,110
150
5.21
3.43
2.90
4,504
6,357
1,670
3.72
3.23
1.90
.65
19
2,361
2,762
NA
570
NA - not available.
Figures are for Santiam Game Management Unit, not Clackamas County. The
1/
county is not completely contained with the unit, nor does the unit cover
the entire county area.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Game Commission, "1966 Upland Game Questionnaire,", 1967;
"Water Fowl Estimates, 1969-70 Season," 1970; Oregon State Game
Commission Bulletin, May, 1972.
Business
Because of the increasing
growing population, businesses
the economic life of Clackamas
mation on retail and wholesale
the county in 1967.
urbanization of the county and the rapidly
are becoming increasingly important to
The following tables give inforCounty.
trade and also on selected services within
Table 80.
Retail Trade, Clackamas County, 1967
Number
Establish -
Kind of Business
ment S
Retail trade, total
Lumber, building materials,
hardware, farm equip. dealers
Total
Lumber and building materials
dealers
Hardware stores
Farm equipment dealers
General merchandise group stores
Total
Department stores
Variety stores
Misc. general merchandise stores
Food stores
$167,131
70
176
8,611
43
16
11
118
34
24
6,478
1,042
1,091
30
277
8,832
16
2/
_/
83
142
111
791
750
15
18
1
2/
3
_/
9
Total
Ready-to-wear stores
Women's accessory and specialty
stores
Other apparel, accessory stores
Furniture, home furnishing, equipment
Stores
Total
Furniture stores
Household appliances
Radio, TV, music stores
Home furnishing stores
Eating, drinking places
Total
Eating places
Drinking places (alcoholic bev.)
Drug stores, proprietary stores
Total
Drug, proprietary stores
2/
1,644
2/
47,526
45,696
1,224
2/
194
282
3
--
86
34
796
586
46,265
33,905
23
29
74
136
2,060
10,300
131
405
13,947
43
106
3,383
1,129
15
4
2/
2/
24
53
49
116
76
17
14
20
2/
4,656
2,640
1,174
8
8
10
12
401
441
189
120
69
1,237
972
265
11,482
8,505
2,977
195
5,900
28
3/
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Sales
($1,000)
4,469
12
Grocery stores
Meat markets
Fruit stores, vegetable markets
Candy, nut, confectionery stores
Retail bakeries
Other food stores
Automotive dealers
Total
Motor vehicle dealers
Tire, battery, and accessory
dealers
Misc, automotive dealers
Gasoline service stations
Total
Apparel, accessory stores
I!
1,052
2
Total
Number
Paid
Employees
Table 80, cont.
Retail Trade, Clackamas County
Kind of Business
Number
Establishments
Number
Paid !/
Employees
Sales
($1,000)
195
16
22
2/
2/
20
14,033
4,389
645
Other retail stores
Total
Liquor stores
Antique, secondhand stores
Cigar stores and stands
Sporting goods stores
Florists
Jewelry stores
Fuel, ice dealers
Other stores
Nonstores retailers
Total
Mail order houses
Merchandising machine operator
Direct selling establishments.
5
18
15
14
27
14
14
2/
8
97
168
2/
2/
89
5
--
10
74
58
1,037
647
537
788
5,932
2,496
2/
166
Excludes active proprietors of unincorporated business.
Withheld to avoid disclosure.
2/
Data not provided because establishments with no payroll are classified only
3/
at the next broader kind of business level.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Retail Trade,
SOURCE:
Oregon, BC67-RA39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1/
1969.
Table 81.
Wholesale Trade, Clackamas County, 1967
Number
Establish -
ments
Kind of Business
155
Wholesale trade, total
Motor vehicles and automotive equip
allied products
Drugs, chemicals
Piece goods, notions E apparel
Groceries and related products
Farm products - raw materials
Electrical goods
Hardware, plumbing, heating equip
Machinery, equipment and supplies
Metals and minerals, not elsewhere
classified
Petroleum and petroleum products
Scrap and waste materials
distilled alcoholic bev
Beer, wine
Paper and its products
Furniture and home furnishings
Lumber and construction materials
Other kinds of wholesale business
17
2
3
25
Number
Paid
Employees
Sales
i'
($1,000)
$280,942
1,826
180
2/
19,519
2/
_/
161,295
94
2
2/
4
_/
2/
3
25
223
3
18
57
5
5
2
3
14
24
2/
7
26
2/
2/
98
118
29,556
2/
6,516
141
2,538
2/
2/
34,107
14,026
Excludes active proprietors of unincorporated businesses.
Withheld to avoid disclosure.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Wholesale Trade:
Oregon, BC67-WA 39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1969
1/
2/
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Table 82.
Selected Services, Clackamas County, 1967
Number
Establish -
Kind of Business
ments
Selected services, total
Hotels, motels, tourist courts,
camps, total
Hotels
Motels, motor hotels, tourist
centers
Trailer parks, camps
Personal services,, total
Laundries, laundry service, etc
Beauty shops
Barber shops
Photographic studios
Shoe repair, shine, hot cleaning
Funeral service#, crematories
Other personal services
Miscellaneous biiness services,
1,235
58
2,353
253
262
51
87
63
20
12
6
23
146
total
Auto repair shops
Auto, truck renting, services
Misc. repair services, total
Electrical repair shops
Reupholstery and furniture repair
Other repair and related services
Motion pictures, total
Motion picture theaters
Amusement, recreation services,
exc. motion pictures, total
Bands, orchestras, entertainers
Bowling, billiards, pool
Other commercial recreations and
amusements
2/
422
369
4,724
1,650
1,336
626
2/
16
10
373
148
152
33
219
108
2/
2/
485
300
15
2/
6,870
804
186
12
35
538
47
21
78
770
4,758
43
87
76
2,126
1,744
382
1,827
541
122
1,164
1,185
118
63
55
43
11
126
29
15
82
14
11
1/
2/
I'
$21,435
27
21
total
($1,000)
Number
Paid
Employees
772
6
Advertising
Services to dwellings, buildings
Business, management consulting,
public relations
Other
Auto repair, services, garages,
Receipts
2/
2/
2/
2/
28
70
2/
79
23
12
2,350
149
695
192
2/
2/
44
1,506
2/
Excludes active proprietors of unincorporated businesses.
Withheld to avoid disclosure.
SOURCE:
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967, Selected Services,
Oregon, BC67-SA39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1969.
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PUBLIC SERVICES
Transportation
Clackamas County has excellent transportation service. Tn-met
stops in many areas of the county along
bus lines from Portland make
The county is adequately served by
with the long distance bus line.
truck lines and air travel is available through Portland International
Airport.
Table 83.
Miles of Roadway in Clackamas County, 1972
Miles
Agency
Federal agency roads
State agency roads
County and public usage roads 1/
City streets
1,235
258
1,581
247
Total
3,321
Public usage roads are roads under county jurisdiction but generally
privately maintained.
SOURCE: Transportation Research Institute, Oregon State University,
Functional Classification of Public Roads and Streets in
Oregon, 1970.
1/
Table 84.
Motor Vehicle Registration, Clackamas County, 1970 and 1971
Number of Vehicles
Vehicle
1970
Passenger vehicles
89,705
Buses
Trucks
All trailers
Motorcycles
Recreational 1/
Snowmobiles
1971
111,508
33
30
4,670
7,548
4,550
6,912
NA
5,186
3,743
6,148
9,593
178
NA - not available.
Includes campers and travel trailers.
1/
SOURCES:
Oregon State Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicles
Division, 1970 figures taken from Bureau of Business and
Econoiiic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics, 1972, University of Oregon; 1971 figures from unpublished data
received from the State Motor Vehicles Division.
Table 85.
Number of Aircraft and Boats in Clackamas County, 1968
Subj ect
Number
Aircraft
140
Boats
SOURCE:
6,138
Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division,
District Facts, 1970.
Conununi cation
Although there are no television stations located in the county,
and only one radio station, the county is well served by the 25 radio
stations and five television stations located in Multnomah County.
Table 86.
Communication Facilities, Clackamas County
Type Service
Location
Network
Affiliation
Radio
KYXI
Oregon City
Days Published
Newspapers
Herald
Clackamas County News
Review
Review
Pioneer
Enterprise-Courier
Post
Mo 1 all a
Oregon City
Sandy
Telephone
Beaver Cr. Coop. Telephone Co.
Canby Telephone Association
Cascade Utilities, Inc
Clear Cr. Mutual Telephone Co
Colton Telephone Company
General Telephone of the
Northwest
Mollala Telephone Company
Pacific Northwest Bell
Continental Telco
SOURCES:
Canby
Estacada
Milwaukie
Lake Oswego
Thursday
Thursday
Wednesday
Thursday
Thursday
Daily exc. Sat.
and Sun.
Thursday
Beaver Creek
Canby-Needy
Estacada, Ripplebrook,
Wapinitia Meadows
Redl and
Co 1 ton
Sandy
Mo 1 all a
Portland, Oregon City
Hood-land, Sunnyside
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Directory of Radio and Television Stations for the State of Oregon, 1972.
Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Myers, Secretary of State,
Oregon Blue Book, 1973-74, January 1973.
Pacific Northwest Bell, unpublished data.
Table 87.
Residential Communication Facilities, Clackamas County, 1960 and 1970
Number of Housing Units
1960
Facilities
1970
I
Battery radio sets
Yes
No
32,567
1,948
41,167
10,510
29,958
4,557
47,922
3,755
4,066
27,081
3,368
2,474
32,648
16,555
NA
NA
17,633
31,570
Telephone available
Yes
No
Television sets
None
One
Two or more
UHF equipped
Yes
No
NA - not available.
1960 and 1970 Detailed
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing:
SOURCE:
Housing Characteristics, Final Report HC(1)-B39, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Library Facilities
Table 88.
Clackamas County Libraries, by City of Location, 1969-70
Ci rcu-
City
Oregon City,
Headquarters
Canby 1/
Clackamas 1/
Estacada 1/
Gladstone 1/
Lake Oswego 1/
Milwaukie 1/
Molalla 1/
Oregon City 1/
Sandy 1/
West Linn 1/
Extension Service.
Volumes
57,630
5,222
8,348
4,733
12,349
26958
31,043
5,805
36,130
5,207
9,280
lation
3,707
17,641
8,660
13,389
61,393
181,855
197,365
23,445
73,654
21,119
18,406
14,811
Circ./
Capita
NA
5.0
NA
11.3
10.5
12.7
12.0
13.0
8.3
14.4
2.7
NA
Hrs. Open
Per Week
51
23
11
28
53
52
62
39
58
28
20-26
NA
Operating
Expend.
$135,035
4,190
1,384
4,334
21,978
67,746
86,675
6,433
57,473
5,360
10,619
Expend.!
Capita
NA
$1.18
NA
3.67
3.76
4.73
5.29
3.57
6.49
3.65
1.55
-
City Library.
Oregon State Library, Directory of Oregon Libraries, Annual Statistics for
SOURCE:
1/
the Year ending June 30, 1970.
NA - not available.
Utilities
Table 89.
Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal,
Clackamas County, 1970
Clackamas County
Number
Percent
Subj ect
Water source
Public system or private company.
Individual well
Other or none
40,636
1,579
75.77
21.24
2.94
79.8
16.9
3.3
24,988
27,702
916
46.59
51.65
1.70
61.0
37.5
11, 391
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or cesspool
Other or none
State
Percent
7
1.5
Percent of all year-round housing.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing:
1/
1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC(l)b39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
Table 90.
Housing Units by Water Supply and Sewage Disposal for Places
with Over 2,500 Inhabitants, Clackamas County, 1970
Subject
Water source
Public system or
private company
Individual well
Other
Sewage disposal
Public sewer
Septic tank or
cesspool
Other or none
SOURCE:
Milwaukie
Number
Percent
I
Gladstone
Number
Percent
5,463
99.58
13
.23
7
.12
3
.14
4,024
73.35
2,001
1,452
26.46
185
7
.12
2,186
Oregon City
Number
Percent
3,202
99.31
21
.65
91.41
2,834
88.50
8.45
389
12.06
99.86
-
-
-
-
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing, 1970 Detailed Housing
Characteristics, Final Report HC (1)-B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
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Table 91.
Types of Fuels for Heating, Cooking, Number of Housing Units,
Clackamas County, 1960 and 1970
Home Heating
Type of Fuel
Water Heating
Fuel
1960
1970
1960
Utility gas
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc
Coal or coke
Wood
Electricity
Bottled, tank, or LP gas
Other fuel
None
4,069
20,947
243
NA
4,143
498
4,615
11,860
20,487
All housing units
34,515
NA
Cooking
Fuel
Fuel
22
1970
1960
2,383
604
4,676
2,367
2,757
727
37
77
-
-
426
47,151
1,181
469
NA
29,791
950
1,310
60
53,717
34,515
53,717
1,657
16,648
NA
29,583
762
181
60
349
511
1,084
53,717
34,515
-
J
166
45,119
491
29
J
1970
18
67
not available.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing:
1960 and 1970 Detailed
Housing Characteristics, Final Report, HC(1)-B39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
SOURCE:
Table 92.
Electrical Power Generating Plants in Clackamas County
Ownership
Portland General Electric
Bull Run
Faraday
Little Sandy River Diversion
North Fork
Oak Grove
River Mill
Sandy River Diversion
River
Bull Run
Clackamas
Little Sandy
Clackamas
Oak Grove Fk.
Clackamas
Sandy
Type !/
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
Kilowatts Existing
21,000
34,450
38,400
51,000
19,050
H - hydroelectric
Types Code:
SOURCE:
U.S. Department of the Interior, BPA - Branch of Power Resources,
Electric Power Plants in the Pacific Northwest and Adjacent Areas,
December 31, 1969.
1/
PUBLIC FINANCE
Table 93.
Selected Items of Local Government Finances,
Clackamas County, 1966-67
Item
Clackamas County
Total
Per Capita
Amount
Amount
$1,000
General revenue, exc. interlocal.
Intergovernmental revenue
From state government
From local sources
Taxes
Property
Other
Charges and miscellaneous
Direct general expenditure
Capital outlay
Other
Education
Other than capital outlay
Highways
Other than capital outlay
Public welfare
Hospitals
Other than capital outlay
Health
Police protection
Fire protection
Sewerage
Other than capital outlay
Sanitation other than sewerage
Parks and recreation
Natural resources
Housing and urban renewal
Correction
Libraries
Financial administration
General control
General public buildings
Interest on general debt
Other and unallocable
- - -
-
State
Per Capita
Amount
dol ars
-
$37,731
13,225
11,895
24,506
20,351
19,902
449
4,155
$258.26
90.52
81.42
167.73
139.30
136.22
3.07
28.44
$308
97
83
210
156
38,992
6,459
32,533
27,434
22,257
2,894
2,281
266.89
44.21
222.68
187.78
152.34
19.81
15.61
316
42
.29
2
151
5
54
U4.
254
180
152
30
20
6
287
1,031
1,212
545
466
36
391
212
164
265
283
732
1.96
7.06
8.30
3.73
3.19
.24
2.68
1.45
1.12
1.81
1.94
4
12
9
8
3
2
10
4
4
2
3
1,028
239
1,047
1,151
5.01
7.04
1.63
7.16
7.88
21
Water supply revenue
Water supply expenditure
1,946
2,400
13.32
16.43
12
13
General debt outstanding
Long-term
Local schools
Other
31,489
31,172
23,508
7,664
215,53
213.36
160.90
52.46
214
203
101
101
SOURCE:
5
8
3
6
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967 Compendium of
Government Finances, Vol. 4, No. 5, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1969.
Table 94.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in Clackamas County,
for 1971-72 Fiscal Year
Item
Population
True Cash Value (TCV)
Per Capita TCV
City tax
Consolidated tax
Per capita tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of total levy
County
City
School
Other
Average rate/l000$TCV. basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
Item
Population
True Cash Value (TCV)
Per capita TCV
City tax
Consolidated tax
Per capita tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of total levy
County
City
School
Other
Average rate/1000$TCV basis
County
City
School
Other
Total
Gladstone
Oregon City
West Linn
17,145
$174,265,640
10,164
681,379
4,557,692
6,487
$43,187,540
6,658
212,483
1,233,827
9,600
$105,503,600
10,990
686,828
3,390,504
7,150
$67,071,790
9,381
446,698
2,323,996
40
266
33
190
72
353
62
325
5.1
15.0
79.7
17.2
77.3
4.2
20.3
71.2
3.9
19.2
76.8
.2
.8
4.3
.1
1.34
3.91
20.85
1.34
4.92
22.07
1.34
6.51
22.89
1.40
32.14
Milwaukie
4.7
.05
.24
26.15
28.57
Happy Valley
Canby
Estacada
4,100
$28,854,700
7,038
129,558
768,978
1,190
$5,983,350
5,028
43,020
208,759
32
36
188
175
261
5.0
16.8
78.0
3.8
20.6
70.9
4.6
5.3
.2
1.34
4.49
20.78
.04
26.65
- 67 -
1.34
7.19
24.74
1.62
34.89
1,390
$14,461,910
10,404
-
362,415
-
.0
83.2
11.5
1.34
.0
20.85
2.87
25.06
1.34
6.66
26.61
.04
34.65
MoTh.11a
2,180
$12,528,500
5,747
108,998
408,029
50
187
4.1
26.7
64,9
4.2
1.34
8.70
21.15
1.38
32.57
Table 94, cont.
City Valuation, Tax Rates and Taxes Extended in
Clackamas County for 1971-72 Fiscal Year
Item
Sandy
Population
True Cash Value (TCV)..
Per capita TCV
City tax
Consolidated tax
Per capita tax
City
Consolidated
Percentage of toal levy
County
City
School
Other
Average rate/1000$TCV
basis.
County
City
School
Other
Total
SOURCE:
Barlow
1,580
$12,302,160
7,786
135,570
403,388
Johnson City
River Grove
105
378
319
$513,530
4,891
$267,950
709
$1,993,130
6,248
7,302
56,355
431
12,017
-
86
4
255
114
19
177
4.1
33.6
58.8
3.5
5.7
3.6
88.8
4.9
4.7
1.34
11.02
19.28
1.15
32.79
.0
.0
1.9
77 . 0
18.0
85.4
9.8
1.34
1.34
1.34
.84
.0
20.78
.0
20.99
4.92
27.25
.44
2340
24.16
2.77
28.27
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax Rolls for
the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property Tax Collections,
Research and Secia1 Services Division, 1972.
Table 95.
Amount and Percent of Unpaid 1970-71 Property Tax,
As of June 30, 1971, Clackamas County
Item
Total
Amount
Amount
Unpaid
$32,981,190
3,213,129
3,475,559
$4,187,922
600,893
125,541
12.7
18.7
3.6
70,741
23.5
Percent
Unpaid
Property taxable
Real
Personal
Public utilities
Western Oregon additional timber tax
Yield tax
Other
Total for collection.
73, 131
227,947
64,235
40,035,191
NA
NA - not available.
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, Research and Special Services Division, 1972.
- 68 -
Table 96.
Summary of 1971-72 Property Tax Levies and Assessments,
Clackamas County
Item
Amount in Dollars
Levies
County
Cities
Community colleges
Elementary and Secondary School Districts
Intermediate county
Education joint
Elementary and unified
Union high
County unit
Total school districts
Special districts
Cemetery
Fire protection
Hospital
Park and recreation
Port
Road
Sanitary
Water supply
Other
Total special districts
Total gross ad valorem levies
Special assessments
Fire patrol
Forest fee
Diking and drainage
Irrigation
Lighting
Other
Total special assessments
Total gross levies and assessments
Less property relief money
Senior citizens
Game commission
Total net ad valorem levies
Net Ad Valorem Taxes by Class
Real property
Personal property
Utility property
SOURCE:
$2,165,328
3,791,824
2,600,799
5,418,240
176,195
21,351,982
6,577,151
33,523,568
9,654
1,730,652
25,256
140,320
148,270
343,272
224,914
2,622,338
44,703,857
65,731
4,825
29,636
100,192
44,804,049
218,487
44,485,370
37,503,249
3,113,701
3,868,421
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Sumnary of Assessment and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, Research and Special Services Division, 1972.
Table 97.
Summary of Assessment Rolls for 1971-72 Fiscal Year Real Property,
Personal Property and Utilities, Clackamas County
Assessed
Value
I tern
Percent of
Total
$1,000
Class
Real property
Lands inside corporate limits
Lands outside corporate limits
Improvements inside corporate limits
Improvements outside corporate limits
Timber (excludes land)
Less veterans exemptions
Less senior citizens residence exemptions.
Taxable real property
$171,861
397,743
412,358
421,909
14,477
12,805
6,634
1,398,910
10.38
24.03
24.91
25.49
62,182
24,783
5,642
13,138
4,407
3,964
3.75
1.49
.87
.77
.40
84.54
Personal property
Merchandise and stock in trade
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Farm machinery and equipment
Other machinery and equipment
Livestock
Miscellaneous
Less veterans exemptions
Less senior citizens residence exemptions.
Taxable personal property
113,806
6.87
Total taxable real and personal property....
1,512,716
91.41
Utilities
Airline companies
Electric companies
Express companies
Gas companies
Heating companies
Pipeline companies
Railroad companies
Tank and private car companies
Telegraph companies
Telephone companies
Water companies
Water transportation companies
Taxable utility property
.34
.79
.26
.23
162
148
1/
1/
4
91,623
-
-
14,877
.89
-
-
185
4,197
509
14
Total taxable real, personal and utility
property
1/
5.53
.01
.25
.03
1/
28,877
1.74
357
1,370
142,012
.02
.07
8.58
$1,654,728
100.00
Less than .01 percent.
1/
SOURCE:
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessments and Tax
Rolls for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property
Tax Collections, Research and Special Services Division, 1972.
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Selected List of Agencies
The following list gives names and addresses of agencies that have
served as data sources for this publication and may provide further or more
current data on subjects of interest.
In addition, a number of local and county offices are available to offer
local information and assistance, including:
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation
Assessor
City Library
Corrections and Parole
County Engineer
County Extension
County Surveyor
Employment Division
Game Commission
Health Department
Public Welfare
Soil Conservation Service
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, TJniverity of Oregon, Eugene,
Oregon 97403
Center for Population Research and Census, Portland State University,
724 S.W. Harrison, Portland, Oregon 97201
Children Services Division, Oregon State Department of Human Resources,
Public Services Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Department of Environmental Quality, 1234 S.W. Morrison, Portland, Oregon
97204
Economic Research Service, U.S.D.A. Extension Hall, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Extension Service, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
Fish Commission of Oregon, 1400 S.W. 5th St., Portland, Oregon 97201
4-H Youth Office, Extension Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
Oregon 97331
Forest Service, U.S.D.A., 319 S.W. Pine St., Portland, Oregon 97204
Governor's Office, Economic Development Special Projects, State Capitol
Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Local Government Relations Division, Oregon Executive Department,
240 Cottage S.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Allen Hall, University of Oregon,
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Oregon Board of Higher Education, School Finance and Statistical
Services, 942 Lancaster Dr. N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, 1400 S.W. 5th St.,
Portland, Oregon 97201
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, 4263 Commercial S.E., Salem,
Oregon 97310
Oregon State Department of Revenue, State Office Building, Salem, Oregon
97310
Oregon State Employment Division, Community Manpower, Research and
Statistics, or Rural Manpower sections, Labor and Industries Building,
Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon State Game Commission, 1634 Alder, Portland, Oregon 97214
Oregon State Health Division, Department of Human Resources, 1400 S.W.
5th, Portland, Oregon 97201
Oregon State Highway Division, State Parks and Recreation Section, 8009 E.
Burnside, Portland, Oregon 97215
Oregon State Lands Division, 502 Winter N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon State Library, State Library Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Oregon State Public Welfare Division, Department of Human Resources,
Public Services Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Forest Service,
809 N.E. 6th St., Portland, Oregon 97232
Secretary of State's Office, State Capitol Building, Salem, Oregon 97310
Soil Conservation Service, U.S.D.A., 1218 S.W. Washington, Portland,
Oregon 97205
State Water Resources Board, 1158 Chemeketa N.E., Salem, Oregon 97310
U.S. Department of Commerce, 921 S.W. Washington, Portland, Oregon 97204
(for copies of U.S. Census publications)
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Selected Bibliography
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Oregon Economic Statistics
1972, University of Oregon, 1972.
Carolan, W.B. Jr., Federal Land Oregon, Oregon State University, 1963.
Coppedge, Robert 0., Agriculture in Oregon Counties - Farm Sales and
General Characteristics, Special Report 330, Oregon State University
Extension Service, Corvallis, Oregon, 1971.
Center for Population Research and Census, Population Estimates of
Counties and Incorporated Cities of Oregon, Portland State University,
July 1972.
Legislative Fiscal Committee, Inventory of State-Owned Real Property,
By County, Sec. 7, 115 State Capital, Salem, Oregon, 1970.
Manock, Eugene R., Grover A. Choate, Donald R. Gedney, Oregon Timber
Industries, 1968, Wood Consumption and Mill Characteristics, Oregon State
Department of Forestry jointly with U.S. Forest Service, Salem, Oregon,
1968.
Nielsen, Alice N., Editor, Directory of Oregon Libraries, annual statistics
for the year ending June 30, 1970, Oregon State Library, Salem, Oregon.
Office of the Governor, Planning Division, Health Facts, 1969.
Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Directory of Radio and Television
Stations for the State of Oregon, 1972.
Oregon Board of Higher Education, 1969 School Directory and 1971-72 Oregon
School-Community College Directory, School Finance and Statistical Services.
Oregon Conservation Needs Committee, Oregon Soil and Water Conservation
Needs Inventory, U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service and Oregon State
University Extension Service, 1971.
Oregon Department of Planning and Development, Resources for Development,
1964.
Oregon Educational Coordinating Council, Post Secondary Enrollment in
Oregon, An Analysis of the Statewide Student Enrollment Data Survey, 1972.
Oregon State Board of Census, Components of Population Growth, Population
Bulletin P-3, 1961.
Oregon State Board of Health, Oregon Plan for Construction and Modernization of Hospitals, Public Health Centers and Medical Facilities, 1971
Annual Revision, Health Facility Planning and Construction Section, 1971.
Oregon State Department of Employment, 1965 Oregon Farm Labor Report, 1966.
Oregon State Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Control
In Oregon, Oregon Sanitary Authority, 1970.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Children Services Division,
Adolescent Population and Commitment Data by County, by Calendar Year
1967-1970.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, Labor
Force and Employment in Oregon by County 1968 through 1971 publications,
Research and Statistics Section, 1969, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, 1971
Annual Rural Manpower Report, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Employment Division, Oregon
Covered Employment and Payrolls, 1970 and 1971, Summary Data, Research
and Statistics Section, 1971, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon Public Welfare Division,
Public Welfare in Oregon, various editions.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health Division,
Implementation and Enforcement Plan for the Public Waters of the State
of Oregon, Oregon Sanitary Authority, Portland, Oregon, 1967.
Oregon State Department of Human Resources, Oregon State Health Division,
Vital Statistics Annual Report, Vital Statistics Section, 1971.
Oregon State Department of Revenue, First Biennial Report 1968-70.
Oregon State Department of Revenue, Summary of Assessment and Tax Rolls
for the 1971-72 Fiscal Year and 1969-70 and 1970-71 Property Tax Collections,
Research and Special Services Division, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division, "Day
Visitor Attendance", State Parks and Recreation SecUon, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division, "Overnight Camping by the Public", State Parks and Recreation Section, 1972.
Oregon State Department of Transportation, State Highway Division, "The
State Park Visitor in Oregon", State Parks and Recreation Division.
Oregon State Executive Department, Clay Meyers, Secretary of State,
Oregon Blue Book, 1973-74, January 1973.
Oregon State Executive Department, Economic Development Division,
Directory of Oregon Manufacturers - 1970.
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Oregon State Executive Department, Program Planning Division, District
Facts, 1970.
Oregon State Fisheries Commission, 1968 and 1971 Annual Report.
Oregon State Game Commission, 1968 and 1971 Annual Report, Oregon State
Game Commission.
Oregon State Game Commission, "Oregon State Game ConimissionBulletin",
May 1972.
Oregon State Water Resources Board, River Basin Reports.
Simenson, G. H., E. G. Knox, H. W. Hill, and R. W. Mayko, General Soil
Map Reports with Irrigable Areas, Oregon State University Agricultural
Experiment Station with U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service in cooperation
with Oregon State Water Resources Board.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Agriculture, 1969, Vol. 1, Area
Reports, Part 47, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C., 1972.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Retail Trade: Oregon,
BC 67 - BA 39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1969.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Business, 1967 Wholesale Trade:
Oregon, BC 67 - WA 39, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1969.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol. 4, No. 5:
Compendium of Government Finances, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1969.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Governments, 1967, Vol. 3, No. 2,
Compendium of Public Employment, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 1969.
1970 Detailed Housing
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing:
Characteristics, Final Report HC(l) - B39, Oregon, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Manufacturers, 1967, Area Services:
Oregon, MC 67(3) - 38, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
1970.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, General Demographic
Trends for Metropolitan Areas, 1960 to l97O Final Report PHC(2) - 39,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General Population
Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - B39, Oregon, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C., 1971.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970 General Social
and Economic Characteristics, Final Report PC(l) - C39, Oregon, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972.
U.S.I.A. and Oregon State University Extension Service cooperating,
"Oregon Commodity Data Sheets", Oregon State University, 1971-72.
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Environmental Data Service, Climatological Data, Annual Summary 1971,
Vol. 77, No. 13, 1971.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, Decennial Census of U.S.
Climate, Supplement for 1951 through 1960, Oregon No. 86-31, 1965.
U.S. Forest Service, Forest statistics publications for various Oregon
regions, Resource Bulletins, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station.
U.S. Soil Conservation Service, Soil Survey Reports.
Valde, Gary R. and Robert 0. Coppedge, Income and Poverty Data for
Racial Groups: A Compilation for Oregon Census County Divisions,
Special Report 367, Oregon State University Extension Service, Corvallis,
Oregon, 1972.
Wall, Brian R., "1970 Timber Harvest", U.S.D.A. Forest Service Resource
Bulltin PNW-38, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range
Experiment Station, Portland, Oregon, 1971.
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