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Shady Glen, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Colfax-Monumental Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95713. It lies near Colfax Hill. The Survey maps it on the Colfax quadrangle. It stands 2,451 feet above sea level.

Shady Glen within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1977

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shady Glen, surveyed 1977
Topographic sheet of Shady Glen, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

534 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 534 fires within 5 miles of Shady Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,534 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined209
Debris and open burning146
Equipment and vehicle use84
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Arson/incendiarism22
Smoking14
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPGE
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSECRET
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPOWERLINE
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCentral California DistrictBLUM
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral California DistrictPENINSULA
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGRAND
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCARRIE
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionROLLINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 136 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 136 workings within 5 miles of Shady Glen: 52 occurrences, 34 unknowns, 27 past producers, 21 producers. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Bear RiverGold, Arsenic, SilverUnknown
Colfax MineClayProducer
Iowa Hill DistrictGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer1853
Steele PropertyMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Pigments
UnnamedGold, Silver, ArsenicPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
VictoryGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
JohnsonAntimonyOccurrence
JohnsonAntimonyOccurrence
Pacific Silica Greenhorn PlantSilicaProducer
You Bet White MillSilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Placer County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shady Glen in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 1 debris flow, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019Flash FloodShady Glen-Roadway flooding on State Route 124 on Placer County side of border just east of Bear River.
January 2017Debris FlowShady Glen-A mudslide blocked Highway 174 at the Bear River Bridge near Odyssey Lane. Traffic used the shoulders to pass.

Every storm recorded in Placer 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
Colfax1.2 miles34
Cape Horn1.5 miles36
Illinoistown (historical)2.1 miles34
Pinecroft3.2 miles34
Magra3.5 miles36
Lander Crossing3.7 miles34
Secret Town4.7 miles36
Iowa Hill4.8 miles33

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 Shady GlenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7460892The 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 1656286. 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.