Portland metro
Home inspection in Portland
Home inspection in Portland, Oregon: which agency issues permits, how far the records go back, wildfire code status and local conditions.
Wildfire code, section R327
No adoption record found checked 2026-08-05
Verified fields
Portlandmaps permit search
- label
- PortlandMaps permit search
Sewer records
All sewer records are online via PortlandMaps. Under Sewer & Environmental, then Utilities, then Sewer Assets, for as-builts, sewer assets and service requests. Sewer connection records are plumbing permits, searchable by address.
Oil tank records
Portland Fire & Rescue issues permits for installation and removal of residential heating oil storage tanks. Those records come via a public records request to Portland Fire & Rescue under the Public Safety service area. PortlandMaps separately shows Underground Storage Tanks for properties inside the historical city limits.
Housing stock
- vintage
- ACS 2020-2024 5-Year
- census fips
- 4159000
- median year built
- 1966
- total units
- 307719
- pre 1940 pct
- 26.8
- pre 1970 pct
- 53.3
Snow load region
- region
- Willamette Valley
- ground snow adjustment psf per ft
- 0.04
- means
- Ground snow load rises by this many psf for each foot of elevation gain within this region.