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Glenoak Hills, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92592. It lies near Glenoak Valley. The Survey maps it on the Sage quadrangle.

Glenoak Hills within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glenoak Hills, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Glenoak Hills, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 40 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Glenoak Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,690 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined100
Equipment and vehicle use51
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural13
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5
Other causes1
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
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCleveland National ForestVAIL
6 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresRiverside UnitGREENHOUSE
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined198 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBELLA
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitBLUFF
3 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitBUCK RD / SAN IGNACIO RD
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarism12 acresCleveland National ForestCOTTONWOOD
28 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Glenoak Hills: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Feldspar, Silica. 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
Anita LouiseFeldspar, SilicaOccurrence
Rice ClaimsGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Riverside 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
Glenoaks Country1.4 miles36
High Acres Haciendas3.2 miles36
Valle de los Caballos3.3 miles36
South Park3.4 miles36
Sage4.0 miles40
Butterfield Lake Estates4.1 miles33
Sycamore Hills4.3 miles40
Oakridge Ranches4.7 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1868078. 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.