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Glenview, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Agoura Hills-Malibu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90290. It lies near Henry Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Topanga quadrangle.

Glenview within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glenview, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Glenview, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Glenview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,281 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/undetermined50
Equipment and vehicle use25
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2020Equipment and vehicle use6.7 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaTOPANGA
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire DepartmentTOPANGA 2
6 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLos Angeles Fire DepartmentBRUSH
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaTUNA
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCALABASAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Glenview: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mulholland Dg Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Santa Ynez Canyon QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Santa Ynez DepositsLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles 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
Sylvia Park1.2 miles39
Santa Maria1.5 miles37
Topanga Oaks1.7 miles39
Topanga Park1.9 miles38
Topanga2.1 miles37
Calabasas Highlands2.4 miles40
Wildwood2.8 miles38
Calabasas3.0 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660682. 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.