BlockGreen Meadows, Oregon
10 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. The Survey maps it on the McKay Reservoir quadrangle. 675 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,161 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1935 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Mc Kay Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Pendleton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Green Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,591 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | POWERPOLE |
| 7 September 2006 | Other causes | under an acre | Umatilla Agency | HAYSTACK |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 63 acres | Umatilla Agency | TUTUILLA CREEK |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Umatilla Agency | LLYOD ROAD |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Umatilla Agency | GDIGGINS |
| 3 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Umatilla Agency | MCCOY |
| 2 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Umatilla Agency | BEST |
| 18 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 225 acres | Umatilla Agency | ELIZABETHAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Green Meadows: 29 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 404 Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| 404 Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand & Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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 Green Meadows | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108377284 | 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 1129677. 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.