BlockBefore

Glenridge Park, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Lake Tahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96150. It stands on Meeks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meeks Bay quadrangle. It stands 6,352 feet above sea level.

Glenridge Park within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1992

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 Glenridge Park, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Glenridge Park, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Glenridge Park

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 30 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Glenridge Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined31
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony25
Smoking13
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
6 September 2017Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitMCKINNEY
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitBUCK 2
4 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionW LAKE BL NORTH_TAHOE_FD
30 September 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitGENERAL
3 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unit9TH AV MEEKS_BAY
28 September 2006Smokingunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
28 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unit3-RING
26 September 1992Naturalunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Glenridge Park: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Manganese. 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
CraigGold, SilverPast Producer
Mangatop ProspectManganeseProducer
Tahoe Treasure ProspectGold, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Tahoe Treasure ProspectGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Meeks Bay0.7 miles30
Pomins1.5 miles32
Rubicon Properties2.1 miles30
Frosts (historical)3.2 miles30
Emerald Bay6.0 miles35
Rubicon Springs (historical)6.9 miles32
Kiva Beach8.2 miles35
Spring Creek8.6 miles35

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 Glenridge ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5569287The 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 1733763. 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.