Glen, Oregon

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Eddyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97391. It stands on Cape Horn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elk City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Glen within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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.

1942 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Glen (historical) between 1995 and 2019, burning about 20 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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
Debris and open burning	5
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	1
Other causes	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 August 2000	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Siuslaw National Forest	HUNTERS CAMP
22 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Toledo Unit	THOMPSON GATE
20 August 2011	Recreation and ceremony	2.5 acres	Toledo Unit	1000 LINE
13 August 2013	Natural	1.0 acres	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	1040 ROAD FIRE
28 July 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Toledo Unit	DENISON'S RANCH
21 July 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	BIG ELK BURN PILE
16 July 2013	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	1016 EQUIPMENT FIRE
5 June 2010	Other causes	under an acre	Toledo Unit	HARLAN ROAD #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Glen (historical): 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Table Mountain Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Table Mountain Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Table Mountain Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Table Mountain Quarry	Stone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Harlan	6.8 miles	12
Sunnyridge	7.7 miles	11
Elk City	7.8 miles	11
Eddyville	8.4 miles	11
Tidewater	8.5 miles	13
Alsea Rivera	8.8 miles	13
Pioneer City (historical)	8.9 miles	11
Little Elk (historical)	9.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1153591. 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.