Powell Butte (other)
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Powell Butte may refer to: * Powell Butte, Boring Lava Field, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA; an extinct cindercone butte * Powell Butte, Oregon, USA; an unincorporated community in Crook County * Powell Buttes, Crook County, Oregon, USA; five rhyolitic butte mountains See also * * Mount Powell (other) * Powell (other) * Butte (other) A butte is an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top. Butte may also refer to: Places * Butte (Besançon), area of Besançon, France * Buttes, Neuchâtel * Butte, Alaska * Butte, Montana * Butte Mountains, Nevada * Butte, Nebraska * B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Powell Butte
Powell Butte is an extinct cinder cone butte in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Boring Lava Field, which includes more than 80 small volcanic edifices and lava flows in the Portland–Vancouver metropolitan area. The region around Powell Butte has a cool climate, and the butte and its surroundings feature meadows, rivers, and mixed forests. Powell Butte hosts the Powell Butte Nature Park, which includes about of trails for biking, hiking, and horseback riding. Powell Butte lies within historic territory of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. The land surrounding the butte has been used for an orchard, farming, and scientific research on potatoes. Today two underground reservoirs at the Butte each hold of fresh water as a primary part of the public water system for Portland and much of the surrounding region. Geography and geology Powell Butte is located in Multnomah County in the U.S. state of Oregon. According to the U.S. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Powell Butte, Oregon
Powell Butte is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Crook County, Oregon, United States, and named after the nearby Powell Buttes. It is on Oregon Route 126 west of Prineville, Oregon, Prineville and east of Redmond, Oregon, Redmond. Powell Butte post office was established in 1909. Climate This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above . According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Powell Butte has a Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate, warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. Notable people * Marcus Borg, academic, author, theologian * Mike McLane, judge and former state representative * David Rufkahr, actor, played the role of Frank Bartles in Bartles & Jaymes, Bartles and Jaymes wine cooler ads * John Powell, B:26 July 1818 Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States of America D:3 March 1891 Prineville, Crook County, Oregon, United States of Am ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Powell Buttes
The Powell Buttes are mountains with several summits located in Crook County, Oregon, United States. The highest summit is over . The mountains are geologically related to the Ochoco Mountains and are named after members of Joseph Powell's family. Geology The Powell Buttes are five rhyolitic buttes in western Crook County in Central Oregon. One of the buttes is considerably larger than the rest. Hat Rock is one of the named summits. In addition to the rhyolite, tuff and diatomite also comprise the buttes. Welded tuff has been found, showing it once comprised the Crooked River caldera. The buttes are morphologically related to the Ochoco Mountains. Low grade uranium was found in very small amounts along the western side of one of the smaller buttes. Environment and ecology In the summer, the environment around the Powell Buttes is dry and warm during the day and cool at night. In the winter, the weather is cold with snow occurring from October through April. Weste ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mount Powell (other)
Mount Powell may refer to one of the following: *One of several mountain peaks in the United States: **Mount Powell (California) **Mount Powell (Colorado) - highest summit of the Gore Range **Mount Powell (Granite County, Montana) - highest summit of the Flint Creek Range **Mount Powell (Powell County, Montana) in Powell County, Montana **Mount Powell (New Mexico) **Mount Powell (Utah) *A mountain in Antarctica: **Mount Powell (Antarctica) See also * *Powell Mountain, a mountain ridge of the Appalachian Mountains, North America *Powell Mountain (Mineral County, Nevada), a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada * *Mount Baden-Powell, San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA; a mountain * Powell Butte (other) *Powell (other) Powell may refer to: People * Powell (surname) * Powell (given name) * Powell baronets, several baronetcies * Colonel Powell (other), several military officers *General Powell (other), several military leaders *Governor Powell ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Powell (other)
Powell may refer to: People * Powell (surname) * Powell (given name) * Powell baronets, several baronetcies * Colonel Powell (other), several military officers *General Powell (other), several military leaders *Governor Powell (other), several governors *Justice Powell (other), several judges * Major Powell (other), several military officers *Secretary Powell (other), several officials *Senator Powell (other), several senators Places * Powell Butte (other), several hills * Powell County (other), several counties * Powell Creek (other), several watercourses * Mount Powell (other) or Powell Mountain, several mountains * Powell River (other), several watercourses * Powell Township (other), several townships Antarctica * Powell Island, South Orkney Islands Maldives * Powell Islands, Raa Atoll, Maldives United States * Powell, Alabama, a town in DeKalb County * P ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |