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.
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
Multnomah Falls Lodge and Footpathlisted 1981
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Bridal Veil quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridal Veil quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Bridal Veil quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LAUREL LN |
| 3 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | WAHKEENA |
| 29 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | PARK |
| 28 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MILEPOST 31 |
| 24 September 2005 | Smoking | 10 acres | Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area | VISTA |
| 21 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Molalla Unit | PALMER MILL #2 |
| 2 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Molalla Unit | I-84 MP 26 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larch Mountain Clay | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Larch Mountain Clay | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Gensman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Bridal Veil | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Raymond Smith | Stone | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latourell | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Corbett | 6.4 miles | 24 | |
| Dodson | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Springdale | 8.6 miles | 24 | |
| Warrendale | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Home | 10.8 miles | 26 | |
| Troutdale | 11.3 miles | 24 | |
| Orient | 11.3 miles | 26 |
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 Veil | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4966078 | The 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.







