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Glenwood, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Lorenzo Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95066. It lies near Inspiration Point. The Survey maps it on the Laurel quadrangle.

Glenwood within Santa Cruz County

Then and now

1916 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glenwood, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Glenwood, surveyed 1916

Compare 1916 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

448 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 448 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,603 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined184
Equipment and vehicle use130
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism24
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Recreation and ceremony14
Smoking11
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1
Natural1

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHERMON
9 September 2013Smokingunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCREEKSIDE AV ZAYANTE
8 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitLAKE
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBURTIS
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitQUAIL HOLLOW
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitE. ZAYANTE
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSUMMIT
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSUMMIT RESTAURANT BURRELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Glenwood: 8 past producers, 7 producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Flagstone. 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
AlmaStoneProspect
Central Supply CoFlagstoneUnknown
Hooker CreekCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceMalachite
Hooker CreekCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Jb KingClayUnknown
Olive Springs QuarryGraniteProducer
QuarryGraniteOccurrence
Decomposed Granite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Felton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pacific Cement and Aggregates IncSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Clems (historical)0.9 miles24
Laurel1.2 miles24
Fontenay Villa2.0 miles24
Redwood Lodge2.2 miles24
Bethany Park2.3 miles24
Magnetic Spring (historical)2.6 miles24
Highland (historical)2.8 miles24
Zayante3.2 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 224227. 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.