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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Timber quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Timber quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Nehalem River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Timber quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | SECTION 10 |
| 3 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Forest Grove District | ROGERS RD CAMPFIRE |
| 24 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Forest Grove District | FIRE BREAK #1 STUMP |
| 24 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Forest Grove District | CLYDE'S TRAIL |
| 17 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Forest Grove District | STRASSEL CAMPFIRE |
| 16 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Forest Grove District | WILDCAT MOUNTAIN ROAD |
| 12 September 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | Forest Grove District | RIDGE ROAD FIRE |
| 11 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Forest Grove District | POWERHOUSE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Peters Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Banks Rock Products. | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon State Highway Division. | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Satellite Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Banks Rock Products Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Empire Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayward | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Balm Grove | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Westimber (historical) | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Timber | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Buxton | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Gales Creek | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hillside | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Manning | 5.8 miles | 16 |
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 Glenwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5569446 | 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 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.







