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Glenada, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Dunes City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97439. It stands on Flint Creek. The Survey maps it on the Florence quadrangle.

Glenada within Lane County

On record in Glenada

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Glenada between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony58
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Fireworks10
Smoking7
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersJOAQUIN MILLER
8 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKINGWOOD CAMP
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwest Oregon DistrictBENDER LANDING
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWestern Lane District908 QUINCE STREET FIRE
6 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWestern Lane DistrictS.CANARY FIRE
5 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestTREE ISLAND
4 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOAK ST. FIRE
30 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersNORTH JETTY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane 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 Glenada: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lane 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
Florence1.5 miles15
Acme2.6 miles15
Cushman3.6 miles15
Canary4.3 miles15
North Beach4.6 miles15
Heceta Beach5.2 miles17
Dunes City5.4 miles15
Westlake5.4 miles15

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 GlenadaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3477989The 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 1142771. 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.