Glen Avon, California
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Jurupa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92509. It lies near Johnson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fontana quadrangle. 20,199 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1896 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 39 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.
- 1896 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fontana quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Fontana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fontana quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1,849 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,849 fires within 5 miles of Glen Avon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,503 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 184 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 | 913 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 366 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 184 |
| Smoking | 167 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 123 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CLAY |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SKYLOFT DR JRPV |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | EL PALOMINO DR JRPV |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Riverside Unit | LIMONITE |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | TYROLITE ST / MISSION BL |
| 8 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 8 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL FIRE |
| 8 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL 15148 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Glen Avon: 19 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magstone Products | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ormand Quarry | Granite | Producer | Surface | |
| Stone & Alexander Quarry | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Stone Deposit | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Avalon Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Jurupa Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Philadelphia Recycling Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Santa Ana River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Avon Limestone Deposit | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Avon Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic |
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen Avon in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2005 | Flash Flood | Glen Avon | $20,000 | no account filed |
| January 2019 | Flash Flood | Glen Avon | $10,000 | Highway 60 had lane closures due to heavy rain bands of 0.50 to 0.75 per hour. Multiple swift water rescues on the Santa Ana River including helicopter extractions along Fleetwood and Via Ricardo. |
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Glen Avon | - | Public source reported 3.29 inches of rainfall, which was heavy at times. Also reported that there was not enough time for runoff or over saturation. |
| March 2024 | Flood | Glen Avon | - | Per CalTrans, the number 4 lane of westbound Highway 60 between Pedley Road and Country Village was flooded. Hourly rainfall rates nearby were 0.59/hr. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Glen Avon | - | Water rescue performed on two individuals stuck in their vehicle. 3 to 4 ft of water reported around the vehicle, at the intersection of Pedley rd and Jurupa rd. |
| October 2012 | Flood | Glen Avon | - | Several streets were flooded due to heavy rain, stranding motorists in their vehicles. Streets affected included Wineville Avenue, Limonite Avenue, 50th Street, Ben Nevis Blvc, Quartz Canyon Road, Fircrest Lane, Agate Street, Mission Blvd, Hastings Blvd, Fleming Street, Glen Street and Villa Woods Drive in Jurupa Valley. No one was injured. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henshaw | 1.3 miles | 39 | |
| Bly | 1.4 miles | 43 | |
| Mira Loma | 2.1 miles | 38 | |
| Stalder | 2.2 miles | 41 | |
| De Anza Village | 2.3 miles | 43 | |
| Pedley | 2.6 miles | 43 | |
| Sunnyslope | 2.7 miles | 39 | |
| Ennis | 2.9 miles | 39 |
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 Glen Avon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q385395 | 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 1656528. 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.
















