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Glorietta, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fresno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93612. The Survey maps it on the Clovis quadrangle. It stands 367 feet above sea level.

Glorietta within Fresno County

Then and now

1923 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glorietta, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Glorietta, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

588 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 588 fires within 5 miles of Glorietta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,206 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined317
Equipment and vehicle use126
Arson/incendiarism44
Smoking31
Debris and open burning31
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNEES
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2007Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
7 September 2018Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionE NATIONAL AVE FRESNO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno 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 Glorietta: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Granite, Copper. 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
FresnoCopperPast Producer
Hans Sumpe Pit and MillClayProducer
Raymond Quarry Plant No. 2GraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

12 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glorietta in 12 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 flood, 4 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012Thunderstorm WindGlorietta$1,000,000NWS Storm survey team investigated wind damage on the north side of Clovis and determined that a severe thunderstorm produced straight line wind damage at around 230 AM. Several large evergreen trees were downed on homes on the north side of Clovis.
February 2025FloodGlorietta-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on N. Willow Ave. in between E. Copper Ave. and E. Via Monte Verdi Ave.
January 2023FloodGlorietta-Public report that Leonard Ave. was flooded just north of Alluvial Ave. east of Clovis.
January 2023FloodGlorietta-Public report that a stream his a boulder and water was being directed onto the northbound lane of Auberry Rd. just north of Copper Ave for 2 miles.
December 2021FloodGlorietta-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at the intersection of E. Copper Ave. and Auberry Rd.
October 2018FloodGlorietta-A trained spotter reported close to an inch of rainfall in an hour and street flooding 5 miles north of Clovis.
January 2017Heavy RainGlorietta-Trained spotter report of 24 hour rainfall total of 0.66 inches in Clovis.
February 2017FloodGlorietta-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding near Copper Avenue and Auberry Road about 5 miles north northwest of Clovis in Fresno County.
February 2017Heavy RainGlorietta-Trained spotter report of 24 hour rainfall total of 1.04 inches in North Clovis in Fresno County.
February 2014Heavy RainGlorietta-Spotter reported heavy rain with 0.89 inches in Clovis.
February 2014Heavy RainGlorietta-Heavy rain in Clovis with 1.05 inches.
January 2012Funnel CloudGlorietta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fresno 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
Clovis0.9 miles22
Melvin2.1 miles22
Tarpey Village3.1 miles22
Tarpey3.5 miles22
Gordon4.2 miles20
Pinedale4.3 miles20
Vanris (historical)4.3 miles22
El Prado (historical)4.9 miles20

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 Q5571510The 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 252681. 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.