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Glendora, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91741. It lies near Harrow Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Glendora quadrangle. 52,558 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 774 feet above sea level.

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Glendora within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glendora, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Glendora, surveyed 1894

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On record in Glendora

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Glendora grew from 49,415 to 52,558 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
200049,415
201050,073+658 (+1%)
202052,558+2,485 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 39 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

475 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 475 fires within 5 miles of Glendora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,906 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 88 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/undetermined205
Arson/incendiarism88
Equipment and vehicle use60
Misuse of fire by a minor37
Smoking26
Recreation and ceremony21
Debris and open burning13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Fireworks11
Other causes1
Natural1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestAZUSA
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresAngeles National ForestGUN
8 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAngeles National ForestGABRIEL
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestROCKY
6 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAngeles National ForestPOWER
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Glendora: 25 past producers, 4 producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Gold, Lead. 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
FelixFluorine-FluoriteProspect
KelseyGold, Silver, Lead, CobaltPast ProducerVein
Kelsey, Et Al.Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Largo Sand and GravelGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Lordsburg DepositStoneProducer
Lordsburg DepositStone, DimensionPast Producer
San Gabriel Valley PlacersSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
VictoriaLead, SilverPast Producer
Featherstone DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Featherstone DepositDiatomitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendora in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 12 flash flood, 2 wildfire, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2023Flash FloodGlendora-Near the community of Azusa, a couple feet of mud covered the lanes of Highway 39.
January 2016Flash FloodGlendora-Heavy rainfall over the Colby burn scar resulted in a significant mud and debris flow. On Rainbow Drive, 2-3 inches of water and debris was reported in a house. Additionally, Sierra Madre Road at Hicrest Road was closed due to water and debris.
January 2016Flash FloodGlendora-Heavy rainfall over the Los Angeles county mountains generated significant mud and debris flows. Highway 39 was closed at East Fork Road due to a significant mud and debris flow.
January 2016Flash FloodGlendora-Heavy rainfall near the Cabin Fire burn scar resulted in flash flooding and mud and debris flows. CHP reported that a section of State Route 39 was washed out by water and debris.
December 2014Flash FloodGlendora-Heavy rain produced flash flooding and mud and debris flows near the Colby Fire burn scar in the community of Azusa. Along Rainbow Drive, 6 to 10 feet of mud and degris was reported across the road.
February 2014Flash FloodGlendora-Flash flooding and debris flows were reported in Easley Canyon, near the Colby burn scar. Media reports indicated two garages were damaged by mud and debris flows induced by heavy showers.
March 2014Flash FloodGlendora-Heavy showers and thunderstorms moved across the communities of Asuza and Glendora, generating flash flooding and debris flows. Law enforcement reported that several homes were damaged due to debris flows.
November 2014Flash FloodGlendora-An isolated thunderstorm developed over the Colby Fire burn scar. Heavy rain from the thunderstorm produced flash flooding and a mud/debris flow on the 1100 block of Easley Canyon Road in the community of Glendora. One home and several vehicles were damaged by over four feet of mud and debris.
February 2010Flash FloodGlendora-Heavy showers produced mud and debris flows near the Morris Fire burn area. The USGS reported mud and debris flows as well as full debris catch basins.
February 2010Flash FloodGlendora-Heavy showers over the Morris Fire burn area produced mud and debris flows. Automated rain gauges in the area reported rainfall rates as intense as .24 inches in 4 minutes. The USGS reported that the heavy rain quickly filled the debris basins.
January 2010Flash FloodGlendora-Heavy showers and thunderstorms moved across the Morris Burn area, bringing intense rainfall to the area. The automated rain gage at San Gabriel Dam reported 0.56 inches of rainfall in 30 minutes and 0.60 inches in one hour which exceeded established USGS thresholds. Per discussion with local emergency managers, some mud and debris flows likely occurred with the heavy rainfall.
August 1999WildfireGlendora-A wildfire developed in the Angeles National Forest, north of Glendora. By the end of August, the fire had already burned over 2,000 acres and was not contained.
September 1999WildfireGlendora-The Bridge Fire, which started in late August, was finally contained. The wildfire burned 7.234 acres in theAngeles National Forest.
May 1998FloodGlendora-Heavy rain produced local urban flooding across Los Angeles county. In Glendora, local street flooding was reported.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindGlendora-A spotter reported that strong thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees in the Glendora area.
February 2000Flash FloodGlendora-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles 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
La Fetra0.9 miles42
Citrus2.0 miles40
Azusa2.2 miles44
Charter Oak2.5 miles39
Covina3.4 miles37
San Dimas3.7 miles39
Kincaid3.8 miles44
Irwindale4.2 miles42

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 GlendoraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q851041The 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 1652713. 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.