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Glenbrook, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95426. It stands on Alder Creek. The Survey maps it on The Geysers quadrangle. It stands 2,293 feet above sea level.

Glenbrook within Lake County

Then and now

1921 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glenbrook, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Glenbrook, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

224 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Glenbrook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158,244 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined90
Equipment and vehicle use46
Debris and open burning45
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking8
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCDF KONOCTI CAMP KELSEYVI
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBIG CANYON RD / SEIGLER C
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHLAND
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitYOGI
4 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitOBSERVATION
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOCH LOMOND
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitAIRSTRIP
27 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake 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 Glenbrook: 32 occurrences, 15 unknowns, 3 prospects, 2 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Manganese, Mercury, Stone. 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
Unnamed LocationSulfurOccurrence
Unnamed LocationTinOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bottle Rock QuarryStoneProducer
Geyser QuarryStoneUnknown
QuarryStoneUnknown
QuarryStoneOccurrence
QuarryStoneUnknown
Seigler SpringsStone, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Hobergs1.9 miles20
Adams2.1 miles20
Pine Grove2.2 miles20
Loch Lomond2.2 miles20
Salminas Resort2.3 miles21
Sunrise Vista2.3 miles21
Caldwell Pines2.7 miles18
Cobb2.8 miles20

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 GlenbrookAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5568184The 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 1658617. 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.