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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.

Forest Glen within Trinity County

Then and now

1918 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Forest Glen, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Forest Glen, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

138 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural53
Recreation and ceremony46
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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
6 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestFLAT
5 September 1999Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestKLONDIKE
30 September 1999Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSTUMP
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestRATTLESNAKE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestRIDGE
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestPICKETT
26 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestPICKETT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cave CreekLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Cedar Springs ClaimChromium, ManganeseProspect1941
Rebel CopperCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Vine OakCopper, GoldOccurrence
Linda MarieGold, SilverPast Producer
Little KlondykeGold, SilverPast Producer
MurphyCopper, SilverProducerCuprite, Malachite
Empire ClaimChromiumPast Producer1955
FederalChromiumPast Producer
Hoelling ClaimsChromiumPast Producer1940

Every working recorded in Trinity County

Storms near this place

5 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023Heavy RainForest Glen-Rock and mud slide across HWY 36 due to heavy rain.
February 2019Heavy RainForest Glen-Highway 36 closed due to rock slide 3 miles west of Forest Glen.
February 2019Heavy RainForest Glen-Rock slide at 1240 Highway 36 near Mile marker TRI 12.
February 2019Heavy RainForest Glen-Rock slide at 1500 Highway 36 at mile marker TRI 15.
September 2003HailForest Glen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trinity 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
Norgaar (historical)5.3 miles16
Ueland Place5.6 miles18
Graham Place5.7 miles16
Post Mountain6.4 miles16
Ruth7.2 miles17
Sids Place7.6 miles16
Murphy Place7.8 miles15
Friend Place8.0 miles16

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 GlenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14681979The 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.