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Glenwood, Washington

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Port Orchard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98367. The Survey maps it on the Burley quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.

Glenwood within Kitsap 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHUGE CREEK
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersRASOR ROAD
20 September 1995Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
12 September 2012Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCARNEY LAKE
1 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKEY PEN
16 July 1994Fireworksunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 July 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kitsap County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Glenwood: 13 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
144th St. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Butler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pine Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Port Orchard Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Purdy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kitsap 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
Wildwood2.8 miles15
Burley3.1 miles15
Bethel5.7 miles15
Sunnyslope5.9 miles14
Fernwood5.9 miles14
Gorst7.0 miles14
East Port Orchard7.6 miles13
Olalla7.6 miles14

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 Q5569430The 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 1510995. 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.