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Glencoe, Oregon

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the North Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97133. It stands on Ghost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle. It stands 180 feet above sea level.

Glencoe within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Glencoe between 1992 and 2016, burning about 53 acres in total. 1 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 burning13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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 1992Other causes2.0 acresForest Grove DistrictMASON HILL #2
29 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.7 acresForest Grove DistrictBRUNSWICK CANYON FIRE
29 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictKAY ROAD
27 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreForest Grove DistrictDC GRASS BURN FIRE
26 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictDAIRY CREEK POND FIRE
2 September 1992Other causes2.0 acresForest Grove DistrictMASON HILL #1
17 September 1992Other causes1.5 acresForest Grove DistrictCOREY GRASS
4 August 2014Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKAY RD LIGHTNING STRIKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Glencoe: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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
Bauxite Tualatin MountainsAluminum, Iron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Tualatin Mountains BauxiteAluminum, Titanium, IronProspect
SchmidtClayPast Producer
SchmidtClayUnknown
Jackson Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Peterson Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beet Bend QuarryStonePast Producer
Beet Bend QuarryStonePast Producer
Jackson Creek QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
North Plains0.2 miles24
Mountaindale3.0 miles18
Helvetia4.0 miles24
Centerville (historical)5.1 miles18
Hillsboro5.3 miles24
Wilkesboro5.5 miles18
West Union5.7 miles24
Verboort6.1 miles18

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 GlencoeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5568251The 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 1163011. 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.