Weekly campsite report: April 4-10, 2022

Report
When community members report concerns about campsites, the Homelessness and Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program assesses each location, helps clean up trash and debris, and evaluates health and safety risks. See how the program served Portland this week.
Published

From April 3-10, 2022, the Impact Reduction Program:

  • Received 1254 new campsite reports, including 161 reports of people living in vehicles
  • Observed about 372 active campsites, accounting for duplicate reports about the same locations
  • Assessed approximately 598 campsites, engaging with people living there, collecting garbage and biohazardous materials, and coordinating with service providers
  • Cleaned 13 campsites, removing only identified garbage and biohazardous materials
  • Removed 35 campsites that posed a risk to health and safety, safely storing campers' personal property 

Summary

  • Campsite reports received: 1254
  • Active campsites observed: 372
  • Campsite assessments: 598
  • Campsites cleaned: 13
  • Campsites removed: 35

See all campsite locations reported last week.

See all campsite locations reported during the last 12 weeks.

A map shows the geographic sections of Portland: Northwest, Southwest, Southeast, Northeast and North.

North Portland

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned the following sites:

  • N Graham and N Mississippi

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:

  • I-5 NB at N Kilpatrick
  • I-5 NB at N Winchell
  • N Failing St Pedestrian Bridge at I-5 SB
  • I-5 NB And N MLK off ramp

Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:

  • N Hayden Island Drive along I-5 NB
  • N Minnesota and N Jessup
  • N Lombard and N Campbell

Northeast Portland

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned the following sites:

  • NE 112th and NE Sandy
  • Near 16126 NE Sandy
  • Near 9100 NE 33rd Drive
  • NE 100th and NE Irving
  • NE 97th and E Burnside

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:

  • I-205 MUP at NE Killingsworth
  • NE 6th and NE Everett
  • I-205 MUP at NE Sandy
  • NE 122nd and E Burnside (a)

Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:

  • NE 97th and E Burnside-NE Glisan
  • I-205 MUP at E Burnside-NE Glisan
  • NE Glass Plant Rd and NE Alderwood
  • Sullivan’s Gulch, south side of railroad tracks
  • I-5 NB on ramp at NE Weidler

Southeast Portland

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned the following sites:

  • SE 61st and SE Powell
  • Near 10735 SE Foster
  • SE 94th and SE Pardee
  • Under SE Grand on SE Division

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:

  • SwCT and SE Lambert
  • Near 520 SE 148th
  • SE 49th and SE Hawthorne
  • SE 79th and SE Powell
  • SE 3rd and SE Belmont
  • SE 96th and SE Main-Market
  • SE 59th-61st and SE Powell
  • SE 19th and SE Division
  • SE 121st and SE Division
  • Near 10505 SE Cora
  • SE 124th and SE Division (a)

Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:

  • SE 96 and SE Market-Grant
  • SE 1st and SE Morrison-Water
  • SE 8th and SE Stark
  • SE 12th and SE Stark-Oak
  • SE 12th and SE Alder-Washington
  • I-5 NB under Morrison Bridge 
  • SE Main and SE Water
  • SE 102nd And SE Stark triangle
  • SE 102nd And SE Cherry Blossom
  • SwCT at SE 128th-136th
  • Beggars Tick Wildlife Refuge

Southwest Portland

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned the following sites:

  • The Impact Reduction Team responded to multiple reports in Southwest to conduct assessments and remove garbage and biohazardous materials.

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:

  • SW Naito and SW Harvey Milk-Oak
  • SW 1st and SW Washington
  • SW Naito under the Morrison Bridge
  • SW 13th and SW Main
  • SW Moody and SW Sheridan
  • SW Naito and SW Ash-Oak
  • SW 3rd and SW Oak (a)
  • SW 12th and SW Columbia (a)

Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:

  • SW Ankeny and SW Naito
  • SW 2nd and SW Ash
  • SW 3rd Ave and SW Pine-Oak
  • SW Naito and SW Morrison-Yamhill
  • I-5 SB on ramp at SW 64th
  • SW 13th and SW Main
  • Ross Island Bridge on ramp at S Kelly
  • I-405 SB from SW 4th-1st
  • SW 4th and SW Grant
  • I-405 NB and Hwy 26 Triangle
  • SW Meade and SW Naito
  • SW 14th and SW Taylor

Northwest Portland

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned the following sites:

  • NW 20th and NW Thurman
  • NW 21st and NW Thurman

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:

  • NW 6th and NW Davis-Everett
  • NW Davis and NW 4th-6th
  • NW 18th and NW Thurman
  • NW 20th and NW Vaughn
  • Near 108 W Burnside
  • NW 2nd and W Burnside
  • NW 8th and NW Flanders (a)

Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:

  • NW 19th and NW Raleigh
  • NW 20th and NW Thurman
  • NW 19th-20st and NW Savier
  • NW 20th and NW Thurman bike trail
  • NW 17th and NW Savier
  • NW 20th-21st and NW Savier
  • NW 19th and NW Thurman
  • NW 17th from NW Raleigh-Savier
  • NW 4th and NW Couch
  • NW 4th and NW Flanders-Glisan
  • West Steel Bridge
  • Steel Bridge on ramp at NW 1st
  • NW 15th and NW Flanders-Everett
  • NW Naito Parkway, north of Burnside Bridge