Study Sites - Scholls Ferry
 
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1994 Aerial View. (quarter zoom-in available - click on photo section for larger view)
1999 Land-Use
1989 Aerial View
1994 Aerial View
1998 Aerial View
2000 Zoning
Like the Bethany area, this study site was almost entirely rural in 1989. Rapid development in the period 1989-1994 resulted in several large subdivisions, including the 400+ acre Murrayhill development, and a 16 lot parcel outside the UGB. Of the four Portland study areas Scholl's experienced development of the largest number of parcels (2338) and the greatest amount of acreage (489 acres). Land use within the UGB now includes several subdivisions, a school, ongoing construction of housing developments, and a large gravel pit. It also includes a few parcels of land still actively cultivated in either Christmas trees or field crops. North of Scholl's Ferry Road land holdings outside the UGB are fragmented into 1-20 acre parcels and form a largely rural residential landscape. Of the study sites this area has had the largest number of new homes built outside of the UGB since 1980. Like much of the Happy Valley site the area to the north of Scholl's Ferry Road is hilly and forested, not prime farmland, and topography likely contributes to parcelization. The southern portions of the study site are prime farmland and represent the kind of agricultural landscape that the UGB was designed to protect: rolling fields of crimson clover, winter wheat, hazelnut orchards, and vineyards. Larger parcels in this area are designated for exclusive farm use. Subdividing into smaller units is not permitted by current land use laws.