Weekly campsite report: March 28 - April 3, 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 March 28 - April 3, 2022, the Impact Reduction Program:

  • Received 1370 new campsite reports, including 144 reports of people living in vehicles
  • Observed about 395 active campsites, accounting for duplicate reports about the same locations
  • Assessed approximately 622 campsites, engaging with people living there, collecting garbage and biohazardous materials, and coordinating with service providers
  • Cleaned 26 campsites, removing only identified garbage and biohazardous materials
  • Removed 26 campsites that posed a risk to health and safety, safely storing campers' personal property 

Summary

  • Campsite reports received: 1370
  • Active campsites observed: 395
  • Campsite assessments: 622
  • Campsites cleaned: 26
  • Campsites removed: 26

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 Commercial and N Columbia
  • N Failing St Pedestrian Bridge at I-5 SB

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:

  • I-5 NB off ramp at N Lombard
  • N Knott and N Mississippi
  • N Mississippi and N Graham
  • I-405 off ramp at N Kerby
  • I-5 NB and N Cook

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

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

Northeast Portland

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned the following sites:

  • NE 103rd and NE Killingsworth
  • Near 1432 NE Saratoga
  • NE 33rd and NE Sunderland
  • Near 4105 NE Alberta
  • NE 31st and NE Multnomah

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:

  • Colwood Natural Area
  • NE 122nd and NE Oregon

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

  • I-5 NB on ramp at NE Weidler
  • NE 6th and NE Everett
  • I-205 MUP at NE Killingsworth
  • I-205 MUP and NE Sandy
  • Sullivan’s Gulch, south side of railroad tracks

Southeast Portland

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned the following sites:

  • SE 107th and SE Foster
  • SE 93rd-94th and SE Powell
  • Under SE Grand on SE Division St
  • SE 79th and SE Franklin
  • SE 23rd and SE Hawthorne
  • Near 3933 SE Francis
  • SE 87th and SE Harney
  • Near 8636 SE Harney
  • SE 174th and SE Naegeli
  • SE 94th and SE Schiller
  • SE 111th and SE Foster
  • SE 113th and SE Foster
  • SE 82nd and SE Clay
  • SE 106th and SE Foster

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:

  • SE 25th-27th and SE Clay
  • SE 27th and SE Hawthorne-Clay
  • SE 79th and SE Powell
  • I-205 NB and SE Washington
  • SE 8th and SE Alder (a)

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

  • Near 10505 SE Cora
  • SE 49th and SE Hawthorne
  • SE 3rd and SE Belmont
  • SE 79th and Powell
  • SE 59th-61st and SE Powell
  • SE 121st and SE Division
  • SE 96th and SE Market-Grant
  • SE 96th and SE Main-Market
  • SE 19th and SE Division
  • SwCT and SE Lambert

Southwest Portland

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned the following sites:

  • Near 1633 SW Montgomery Ave
  • SW 1st and SW Morrison
  • Near 529 SW 4th Ave

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:

  • SW 1st and SW Taylor
  • SW 14th and SW Taylor
  • SW 2nd and SW Morrison
  • SW Naito underneath Morrison bridge
  • SW Harvey Milk and SW 2nd-Naito
  • SW Naito and SW Oak
  • SW 13th and SW Montgomery- Columbia
  • SW 18and SW Alder (Firefighter’s Park)
  • SW 18th and SW Mill
  • SW 1st and SW Washington (a)

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

  • SW Naito and SW Ash-Oak
  • SW Naito under the Morrison Bridge
  • SW Naito and SW Harvey Milk-Oak
  • SW 1st and SW Washington
  • SW Naito and SW Meade
  • SW Moody and SW Sheridan
  • SW 14th and SW Taylor
  • I-405 NB at SW 13th and SW Montgomery 

Northwest Portland

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned the following sites:

  • NW 6th and W Burnside to NW Couch
  • NW 3rd and NW Everett

The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:

  • NW Broadway and NW Glisan- Hoyt
  • NW 2nd and NW Glisan
  • NW 10th and NW Couch
  • NW 5th and NW Hoyt (a)

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

  • Near 108 W Burnside
  • NW 2nd and W Burnside
  • NW Davis and NW 4th-6th
  • NW 6th and NW Davis-Everett
  • NW 17th and NW Savier
  • NW 18th and NW Thurman
  • NW 19th and NW Raleigh
  • NW 19th-20and NW Savier
  • NW 20th and NW Thurman
  • NW 20th and NW Thurman bike trail
  • NW 20th and NW Vaughn
  • NW 20th-21st and NW Savier