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Glenn, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Willows census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95943. It lies near Hartley Island. The Survey maps it on the Glenn quadrangle. It stands 98 feet above sea level.

Glenn within Glenn County

Then and now

1906 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glenn, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Glenn, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

37 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Glenn between 1993 and 2013, burning about 343 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeSUL NORTE BRIDGE
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeORD
2 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.2 acresSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge7-MILE
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge44-45
6 August 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeLLANO 2
25 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeSEVEN
24 August 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeLLANO 3
23 August 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresSacramento River National Wildlife RefugeRANCH- LLANO SECO THREAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glenn County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Glenn: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, PGE, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Putah CreekGold, PGEUnknown
Golden Gate Consolidated Qtz. MineGoldPast Producer
Good EnoughGoldPast Producer
Lucky Star PlacerGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Glenn 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
Jacinto4.1 miles15
Butte City4.1 miles23
Codora4.4 miles15
Bayliss4.5 miles15
Ordbend7.4 miles15
Afton7.5 miles23
Willows9.5 miles16
Lyman (historical)10.1 miles16

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 GlennAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474672The 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 1658621. 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.