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Glenhaven, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Lucerne-Clearlake Oaks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95458. It lies near Anderson Island. The Survey maps it on the Clearlake Oaks quadrangle. It stands 1,345 feet above sea level.

Glenhaven within Lake County

Then and now

1924 to 1996

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 Glenhaven, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Glenhaven, surveyed 1924

Compare 1924 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

365 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 365 fires within 5 miles of Glenhaven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,062 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined146
Debris and open burning67
Arson/incendiarism60
Equipment and vehicle use56
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWIDGEON WY / SHADY LN
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 20 / LAKEVIEW DR
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGH
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSULPHER
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPHILLIPS
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBRUNER
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitNORTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Glenhaven: 6 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Chromium. 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
Bartlet SpringsDiatomiteUnknown
Konocti QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Volcanic MaterialsProducer
LucittaMercury, KaolinPast Producer1885
Sulphur Bank MineSulfur, MercuryPast Producer1865, 1873
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
Big Borax LakeStoneOccurrenceObsidian
Clear Lake QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clearlake Lava Pit and MillPumiceProducer
Red Lava Products QuarryPumiceProducer
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

4 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenhaven in 4 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 4 heavy rain. 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 2025Heavy RainGlenhaven$3,500Debris flow 2 miles north northwest of Buckingham Park. Lat. 39.04N, Long. -122.78W.
March 2024Heavy RainGlenhaven$1,100Rocks in the roadway 2 miles northwest of Glenhaven, CA.|LAT. 39.04N, LONG. -122.75W.
November 2024Heavy RainGlenhaven-Bolder on hwy 281 caused an accident, 1 mile southwest of Clearlake Riviera.|Lat. 38.95N, Long. -122.73W.
January 2023Heavy RainGlenhaven-Earth slides across HWY 20.

Every storm 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
Buckingham Park1.5 miles21
Riviera West2.7 miles21
Riviera Estates3.2 miles21
Clearlake Oaks3.2 miles21
Pepperwood Grove3.4 miles21
Soda Bay3.4 miles21
Eastlake (historical)3.7 miles21
Clear Lake Keys3.8 miles21

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 GlenhavenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5568555The 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 1656047. 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.