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Glen Martin, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Big Bear census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92305. It lies near Constance Peak. The Survey maps it on the Big Bear Lake quadrangle.

Glen Martin within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 95 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 Martin, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Glen Martin, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 36 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

225 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Glen Martin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 53,712 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 19 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
Natural58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Equipment and vehicle use39
Recreation and ceremony35
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning7
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Other causes2

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 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestGREEN
8 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitHAMMONS
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSUGARLOAF#2
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestLOOKOUT
3 September 2006Natural1.5 acresSan Bernardino National ForestANDERSON
28 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestLOOKOUT
26 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined130 acresSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestHAIRPIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Glen Martin: 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Gold. 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
Mountain Home ProspectGoldProspect
So. Calif. SandstoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Thirsty King ProspectUraniumProspect
Mentone SandstoneFlagstonePast Producer
Southern California SandstoneFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen Martin in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 2 debris flow. 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
August 2023Debris FlowGlen Martin-Local law enforcement reported debris flows in the Forest Falls and Angelus Oaks areas with rock debris in all lanes. The largest debris flow was estimated to be around 100 yards wide and 6 feet deep.
October 2021Debris FlowGlen Martin-About 1000 cubic yards of debris, mud and rock removed from Highway 38 near Valley of the Falls Road with some rock slides near Mountain Home Village. This prompted the closure of the highway from Valley of the Falls Road to Sugar Pine Road from 530 pm on the 25th to 430 am on the 26th.

Every storm recorded in San Bernardino 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
Angelus Oaks0.2 miles36
Pinezanita2.1 miles36
Mountain Home Village3.2 miles33
Seven Oaks4.7 miles36
The Pines (historical)5.0 miles36
Forest Falls5.3 miles33
North Bench6.3 miles36
Boulder Bay6.8 miles36

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.

Wikidata item Q122563031The 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 1667125. 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.