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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.

Glen Avon within Riverside County

Then and now

1896 to 1982

The 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 sheet of Glen Avon, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Glen Avon, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 39 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

1,849 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined913
Equipment and vehicle use366
Arson/incendiarism184
Smoking167
Misuse of fire by a minor123
Debris and open burning52
Recreation and ceremony25
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural1

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCLAY
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSKYLOFT DR JRPV
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEL PALOMINO DR JRPV
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresRiverside UnitLIMONITE
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitTYROLITE ST / MISSION BL
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
8 September 1995Smokingunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL 15148

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Magstone ProductsLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Ormand QuarryGraniteProducerSurface
Stone & Alexander QuarryFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Unnamed Stone DepositFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Avalon Street PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jurupa DepositSilicaPast Producer
Philadelphia Recycling MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Santa Ana River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Glen Avon Limestone DepositMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Glen Avon QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

6 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2005Flash FloodGlen Avon$20,000no account filed
January 2019Flash FloodGlen Avon$10,000Highway 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 2025Heavy RainGlen 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 2024FloodGlen 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 2020Flash FloodGlen 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 2012FloodGlen 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.

Every storm recorded in Riverside 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
Henshaw1.3 miles39
Bly1.4 miles43
Mira Loma2.1 miles38
Stalder2.2 miles41
De Anza Village2.3 miles43
Pedley2.6 miles43
Sunnyslope2.7 miles39
Ennis2.9 miles39

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 AvonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q385395The 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.