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Glendale, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Pendleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97801. It stands on Tutuilla Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pendleton quadrangle.

Glendale within Umatilla County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Glendale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,796 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural4
Fireworks4
Smoking4
Other causes2

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 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUmatilla AgencyPOWERPOLE
7 September 2006Other causesunder an acreUmatilla AgencyHAYSTACK
5 September 2019Natural63 acresUmatilla AgencyTUTUILLA CREEK
3 September 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresUmatilla AgencyMCCOY
18 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution225 acresUmatilla AgencyELIZABETHAN
17 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use35 acresUmatilla AgencyLINDELL
14 September 2014Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreUmatilla AgencyTRACK
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUmatilla AgencySOUTH HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Umatilla County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Glendale: 27 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
404 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
404 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boggotti PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
German Hall PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Umatilla 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
Green Meadows2.3 miles10
Pendleton2.7 miles12
Rieth2.8 miles12
Pendair Heights3.2 miles12
Riverside5.0 miles11
Tutuilla6.8 miles11
Fulton7.1 miles11
Mission7.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1129682. 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.