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Bridal Veil, Oregon

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Corbett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97019. It stands on Bridal Veil Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bridal Veil quadrangle. It stands 118 feet above sea level.

Bridal Veil within Multnomah County

On record in Bridal Veil

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Bridal Veil between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Recreation and ceremony21
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Arson/incendiarism6
Other causes5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLAUREL LN
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaWAHKEENA
29 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaPARK
28 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMILEPOST 31
24 September 2005Smoking10 acresColumbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaVISTA
21 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
20 September 1995Smokingunder an acreMolalla UnitPALMER MILL #2
2 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMolalla UnitI-84 MP 26

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Bridal Veil: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Larch Mountain ClayClayOccurrence
Larch Mountain ClayClayOccurrence
Gensman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Bridal VeilStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Raymond SmithStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Multnomah County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Latourell2.7 miles16
Corbett6.4 miles24
Dodson8.1 miles16
Springdale8.6 miles24
Warrendale9.2 miles16
Pleasant Home10.8 miles26
Troutdale11.3 miles24
Orient11.3 miles26

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Bridal VeilAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4966078The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1138601. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.