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Glencove, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Vallejo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94591. The Survey maps it on the Benicia quadrangle.

Glencove within Solano County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glencove, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Glencove, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

553 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 553 fires within 5 miles of Glencove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,856 acres in total. None started naturally. 60 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/undetermined367
Arson/incendiarism60
Equipment and vehicle use50
Smoking29
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Fireworks1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitFOUR
8 September 2005Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Solano County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Glencove: 10 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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
McnearsStone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Main Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Port Costa Shale QuarrysStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
FranklinStoneUnknown
Lake HermanStoneUnknown
McnearsStonePast Producer
Port Costa Clay Products Co.StoneOccurrence
QuarryStoneUnknown
QuarryStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Solano 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
Carquinez Heights1.8 miles36
South Vallejo2.3 miles36
Benicia2.9 miles36
Vallejo3.6 miles27
Sulphur Springs (historical)4.0 miles36
Harry Floyd Terrace4.5 miles35
Flosden Acres5.3 miles29
Guadalcanal Village5.8 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658619. 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.