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Gleneden Beach, Oregon

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Depoe Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97388. It stands on Gertulla Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln City quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.

Gleneden Beach within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

58 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Gleneden Beach between 1994 and 2020, burning about 239 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
Recreation and ceremony35
Debris and open burning10
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestCOBRA
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSiuslaw National ForestCOBRA 2
3 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitLINCOLN CITY BEACH
16 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters51ST STREET FIRE
15 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitDRIFTWOOD
12 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo Unit10.5 MILE FIRE
7 August 2005Fireworksunder an acreToledo UnitSEAGROVE
7 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreToledo UnitSPANISH BEACH 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Gleneden Beach: 20 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Baldy Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Devils Lake Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fischer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Siletz River QuaaryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Baldy Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Devils Lake RockStonePast Producer
Drift Creek QuarryStonePast Producer
Drift Creek QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gleneden Beach in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2016Thunderstorm WindGleneden Beach-Strong thunderstorm produced winds gusting up to 59 mph, recorded at a weather station at Gleneden Beach.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Salishan0.7 miles12
Coronado Shores1.1 miles13
Kernville2.0 miles12
Lincoln Beach2.2 miles13
Salishan Beach2.5 miles12
Cutler City2.6 miles12
Pacific Palisades2.7 miles13
Taft3.7 miles12

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 Gleneden BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474013The 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 1121161. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.