Forest Glen, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Hayfork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95552. It stands on Glen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Forest Glen quadrangle. It stands 2,274 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1918 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1918 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1918 USGS Anada quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS Hoaglin quadrangle1:96000
- 1935 USGS Hoaglin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Pickett Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Forest Glen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Garberville quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Forest Glen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Forest Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,085 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 53 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 46 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | FLAT |
| 5 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | KLONDIKE |
| 30 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | STUMP |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | RATTLESNAKE |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | RIDGE |
| 3 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | PICKETT |
| 26 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | PICKETT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Forest Glen: 28 occurrences, 13 prospects, 6 unknowns, 5 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Copper, Gold, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Creek | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Cedar Springs Claim | Chromium, Manganese | Prospect | 1941 | |
| Rebel Copper | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Vine Oak | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Linda Marie | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Little Klondyke | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Murphy | Copper, Silver | Producer | Cuprite, Malachite | |
| Empire Claim | Chromium | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Federal | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Hoelling Claims | Chromium | Past Producer | 1940 |
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest Glen in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 4 heavy rain, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Heavy Rain | Forest Glen | - | Rock and mud slide across HWY 36 due to heavy rain. |
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Forest Glen | - | Highway 36 closed due to rock slide 3 miles west of Forest Glen. |
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Forest Glen | - | Rock slide at 1240 Highway 36 near Mile marker TRI 12. |
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Forest Glen | - | Rock slide at 1500 Highway 36 at mile marker TRI 15. |
| September 2003 | Hail | Forest Glen | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norgaar (historical) | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Ueland Place | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Graham Place | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Post Mountain | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ruth | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sids Place | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Murphy Place | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Friend Place | 8.0 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 Forest Glen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14681979 | 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 1656025. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







