Glenoma, Washington
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Morton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98336. It lies near Rainey Valley. The Survey maps it on the Glenoma quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1937 USGS Eatonville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mineral quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Glenoma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Glenoma quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Glenoma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 269 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 | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RANCH FIRE |
| 7 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 22 August 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TANAPAUM PARK |
| 2 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FROST CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Glenoma: 14 occurrences, 10 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton A and B | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Fairhurst Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cispus | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Cispus River D | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Cispus River E | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Cowlitz River | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Cowlitz Valley B | Pumice | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmos (historical) | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cispus | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Morton | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Nesika | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Randle | 10.9 miles | 23 | |
| Riffe (historical) | 11.1 miles | 16 | |
| Alta Vista | 11.3 miles | 14 | |
| Vance (not official) | 11.8 miles | 23 |
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 Glenoma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5569242 | 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 1520004. 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.








