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Glenwood, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Coast Range census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97117. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Timber quadrangle. It stands 509 feet above sea level.

Glenwood within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning24
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes4
Natural2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2

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 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictSECTION 10
3 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreForest Grove DistrictROGERS RD CAMPFIRE
24 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreForest Grove DistrictFIRE BREAK #1 STUMP
24 September 1994Smokingunder an acreForest Grove DistrictCLYDE'S TRAIL
17 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreForest Grove DistrictSTRASSEL CAMPFIRE
16 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreForest Grove DistrictWILDCAT MOUNTAIN ROAD
12 September 2008Other causesunder an acreForest Grove DistrictRIDGE ROAD FIRE
11 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreForest Grove DistrictPOWERHOUSE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Glenwood: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Peters Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Peters Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Banks Rock Products.StonePast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionStonePast Producer
Oregon State Highway DivisionStonePast Producer
Oregon State Highway Division.StonePast Producer
Satellite QuarryStonePast Producer
Banks Rock Products QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Empire Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Hayward2.9 miles16
Balm Grove4.6 miles17
Westimber (historical)4.6 miles15
Timber5.0 miles15
Buxton5.0 miles16
Gales Creek5.3 miles17
Hillside5.7 miles17
Manning5.8 miles16

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 GlenwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5569446The 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 1637846. 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.