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Sierra Glen, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Woodlake-Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93603. It stands on Badger Creek. The Survey maps it on the General Grant Grove quadrangle.

Sierra Glen within Tulare County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sierra Glen, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Sierra Glen, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Sierra Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 664 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2001Natural5.0 acresTulare UnitDAVIS
5 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSequoia National ForestESHOM
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksESHOM
30 September 1992Debris and open burning130 acresTulare UnitPG&E
26 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTulare UnitBADGER
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestVALLEY
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHORSE
2 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBADGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Sierra Glen: 8 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Manganese, Gold, Lead. 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
Cortner GroupLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
EschscholtziaGoldProspect
Franklin D. RooseveltLeadOccurrence
Dry CreekManganeseOccurrence
Dry CreekManganeseOccurrence1930
BarringtonTungstenPast ProducerScheelite
BarringtonTungstenPast Producer
Bear MountainTungstenPast Producer
CutlerTungstenUnknown
Eshom CreekTungstenOccurrenceScheelite

Every working recorded in Tulare 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
Badger0.9 miles23
Hartland2.5 miles27
Auckland6.7 miles24
Wilsonia7.0 miles27
Grant Grove Village7.2 miles27
Ellis Place8.2 miles24
Stony Creek Village8.6 miles26
Advance10.0 miles26

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 Q122555170The 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 1659663. 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.