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Glencoe, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Arnold-West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95232. It lies near Valentine Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Rail Road Flat quadrangle. It stands 2,749 feet above sea level.

Glencoe within Calaveras County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glencoe, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Glencoe, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

396 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 396 fires within 5 miles of Glencoe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,249 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 25 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
Debris and open burning121
Missing data/not specified/undetermined113
Equipment and vehicle use72
Arson/incendiarism25
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Natural15
Smoking13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks2

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMAIN
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 25
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #25
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 33
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitTAYLOR
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictKATHY
6 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitSEARCY
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictPATEL INC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 422 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 422 workings within 5 miles of Glencoe: 162 past producers, 139 occurrences, 109 unknowns, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Lead, Copper. 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
Big PineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold
BlackstoneGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Clinton ConsolidatedGold, Silver, Iron, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Silver
Golden Shearer MineGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Ilex MineGold, Copper, Antimony, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Stibnite
Aime LaidetTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Aime LaidetTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
DepositsStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Gambetta DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Golden StormGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Calaveras County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glencoe in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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
February 2025FloodGlencoe-CHP reporting large rocks in westbound lane of Westbound Highway 26 from Heavy Rain.
December 2025FloodGlencoe-California Highway Patrol reported a minor mud/rock slide impacting eastbound lanes at State Route 26 and Deardorff Road.
February 2019Flash FloodGlencoe-Caltrans is reporting that the roadway is completely flooded.

Every storm recorded in Calaveras 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
Alabama Hill0.4 miles30
Rich Gulch2.9 miles29
Sandy Gulch3.3 miles28
Independence3.8 miles30
Rail Road Flat3.9 miles30
Wilseyville4.1 miles28
West Point4.4 miles28
Lynn Park Acres4.5 miles28

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 GlencoeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5568246The 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 224220. 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.