Glenview, California
42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92040. The Survey maps it on the El Cajon quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 surveys from 42 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Elcajon quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Elcajon quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Cuyamaca quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1903 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Elcajon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1979 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
630 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 630 fires within 5 miles of Glenview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,375 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined | 330 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 154 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego National Wildlife Refuge | SYCUAN |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | VISTA DE LA MONTANA D 3 |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | BLOSSOM |
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | JENNINGS |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Diego Unit | LIGHTENING |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Diego Unit | QUAIL |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | WILLOW GLEN |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SOUTH 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Glenview: 39 past producers, 15 producers, 6 occurrences, 2 prospects. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coyote Mountains Nickel Prospect | Nickel | Occurrence | Garnierite | |
| Coyote Mtn Gypsum & S | Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Gypsum | |
| El Granito Mineral Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Fletcher Deposit | Uranium, Thorium | Prospect | ||
| Hoover Lakeside,Tunner | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Lakeside Lime and Marl Deposit | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Red Rose Quarry | Quartz | Producer | ||
| Dehesa Deposit | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Hoover | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Hoover Lakeside,Tunner Deposit | Feldspar | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenview in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2016 | Flash Flood | Glenview | - | CHP reported a mud and rock slide at La Cresta Road and Coyote Ridge Road in Granite Hills, just east of El Cajon. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstown | 0.6 miles | 42 | |
| Lakeview | 0.7 miles | 42 | |
| Winter Gardens | 1.5 miles | 42 | |
| Riverview Farms | 1.6 miles | 42 | |
| Lakeside | 1.9 miles | 42 | |
| Granite Hills | 2.0 miles | 42 | |
| Riverview | 2.1 miles | 42 | |
| Bostonia | 2.4 miles | 42 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 242748. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.

















