Portland metro
Home Inspection in Portland, Oregon
Home inspection in Portland, Oregon starts with the permit record. See permit agencies, wildfire code status, and the local conditions that matter.
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.