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Glenborough, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Rancho Cordova census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95742. It lies near Nimbus Flat. The Survey maps it on the Folsom quadrangle.

Glenborough within Sacramento County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glenborough, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Glenborough, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 31 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 Glenborough between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,056 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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/undetermined128
Equipment and vehicle use55
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSCOTT
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
6 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitGLORY
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined42 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSCOTT
29 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitGRANT
28 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSCOTT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento 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 Glenborough: 23 past producers, 18 producers, 11 occurrences, 1 unknown. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Platinum, Silver. 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
FolsomGold, Iridium, Osmium, PlatinumPast Producer1848, 1860, 1962
Mississippi Bar PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
American River AreaGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer
Capital Dredging Co.Gold, Silver, PlatinumPast Producer
Folsom DistrictGold, Silver, PlatinumProducer1849
Folsom PrisonGraniteProducer
Folsom PrisonGranitePast Producer
Natomas Co.Gold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer
FolsomGold, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Sacramento 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
Alder Creek0.9 miles31
Easton Place1.4 miles31
Nimbus1.6 miles31
Natoma1.8 miles31
Prairie City1.8 miles31
Folsom Junction2.7 miles31
Gold River3.2 miles31
Folsom3.4 miles31

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 Q122561223The 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 2723864. 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.