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Glenoaks Country, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92592. It lies near Buck Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Bachelor Mountain quadrangle.

Glenoaks Country within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glenoaks Country, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Glenoaks Country, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

234 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Glenoaks Country between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26,409 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined114
Equipment and vehicle use54
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural10
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitBLUE WATER WY TEM
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined198 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBELLA
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitBLUFF
4 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
3 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitBUCK RD / SAN IGNACIO RD
29 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarism12 acresCleveland National ForestCOTTONWOOD
28 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE

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 Glenoaks Country: 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
Glenoak Hills1.4 miles40
Valle de los Caballos1.9 miles36
High Acres Haciendas2.6 miles36
South Park3.0 miles36
Butterfield Lake Estates4.2 miles33
Auld (historical)4.8 miles36
Indian Oaks5.2 miles36
Sage5.3 miles40

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.

Wikidata item Q122542432The 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 1868080. 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.