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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1941 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cape Foulweather quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Newport quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Lincoln City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 1994Regional 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 ceremony | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | COBRA |
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Siuslaw National Forest | COBRA 2 |
| 3 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | LINCOLN CITY BEACH |
| 16 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | 51ST STREET FIRE |
| 15 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | DRIFTWOOD |
| 12 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Toledo Unit | 10.5 MILE FIRE |
| 7 August 2005 | Fireworks | under an acre | Toledo Unit | SEAGROVE |
| 7 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Toledo Unit | SPANISH BEACH 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fischer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Siletz River Quaary | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Baldy Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Basalt Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Devils Lake Rock | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Drift Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Drift Creek Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gleneden Beach | - | Strong thunderstorm produced winds gusting up to 59 mph, recorded at a weather station at Gleneden Beach. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salishan | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Coronado Shores | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kernville | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lincoln Beach | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Salishan Beach | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cutler City | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pacific Palisades | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Taft | 3.7 miles | 12 |
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 Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474013 | The 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.









