Rural character persists in this census-designated place of 2,700, positioned in Clark County where Portland's northern suburbs begin climbing toward Washington's Cascade foothills. Pacific Northwest marine climate brings mild winters with January lows around 35°F and cool summers rarely breaking 75°F. The area receives 42 inches of annual precipitation, mostly as drizzle from October through May. Former agricultural land transitions to large-lot residential development as urbanization creeps northward from the Columbia River.
