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.
Then and now
1891 to 1977The 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 sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 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.
- 1891 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1938 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
534 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 209 |
| Debris and open burning | 146 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 84 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | PGE |
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | SECRET |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | POWERLINE |
| 7 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Central California District | BLUM |
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central California District | PENINSULA |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GRAND |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | CARRIE |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ROLLINS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 136 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear River | Gold, Arsenic, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Colfax Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Iowa Hill District | Gold, Platinum, Silver | Past Producer | 1853 | |
| Steele Property | Mineral Pigments | Occurrence | Mineral Pigments | |
| Unnamed | Gold, Silver, Arsenic | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Victory | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Johnson | Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Johnson | Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Pacific Silica Greenhorn Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| You Bet White Mill | Silica | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Shady Glen | - | Roadway flooding on State Route 124 on Placer County side of border just east of Bear River. |
| January 2017 | Debris Flow | Shady Glen | - | A mudslide blocked Highway 174 at the Bear River Bridge near Odyssey Lane. Traffic used the shoulders to pass. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colfax | 1.2 miles | 34 | |
| Cape Horn | 1.5 miles | 36 | |
| Illinoistown (historical) | 2.1 miles | 34 | |
| Pinecroft | 3.2 miles | 34 | |
| Magra | 3.5 miles | 36 | |
| Lander Crossing | 3.7 miles | 34 | |
| Secret Town | 4.7 miles | 36 | |
| Iowa Hill | 4.8 miles | 33 |
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 Glen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7460892 | The 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.












