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.
Then and now
1889 to 1993The 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 sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mokelumne Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Rail Road Flat quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Railroad Flat quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Railroad Flat quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
396 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 121 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 113 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | MAIN |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Central California District | LIGHTNING 25 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING #25 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 33 |
| 8 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | TAYLOR |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central California District | KATHY |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | SEARCY |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | PATEL INC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 422 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Blackstone | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Clinton Consolidated | Gold, Silver, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Silver | |
| Golden Shearer Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Ilex Mine | Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Stibnite | |
| Aime Laidet | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Aime Laidet | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Deposits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Gambetta Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Golden Storm | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Gold |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flood | Glencoe | - | CHP reporting large rocks in westbound lane of Westbound Highway 26 from Heavy Rain. |
| December 2025 | Flood | Glencoe | - | California Highway Patrol reported a minor mud/rock slide impacting eastbound lanes at State Route 26 and Deardorff Road. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Glencoe | - | Caltrans is reporting that the roadway is completely flooded. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Hill | 0.4 miles | 30 | |
| Rich Gulch | 2.9 miles | 29 | |
| Sandy Gulch | 3.3 miles | 28 | |
| Independence | 3.8 miles | 30 | |
| Rail Road Flat | 3.9 miles | 30 | |
| Wilseyville | 4.1 miles | 28 | |
| West Point | 4.4 miles | 28 | |
| Lynn Park Acres | 4.5 miles | 28 |
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 Glencoe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5568246 | The 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.












