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Willow Glen, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Yosemite Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93614. It stands on Picayune Creek. The Survey maps it on the O'Neals quadrangle. It stands 1,831 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Willow Glen within Madera County

Then and now

1912 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Willow Glen (historical), surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Willow Glen (historical), surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

446 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 446 fires within 5 miles of Willow Glen (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,968 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined159
Equipment and vehicle use110
Debris and open burning74
Arson/incendiarism42
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Smoking10
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictSEMINOLE
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitTRABUCCO
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitGULCH
8 September 2013Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitLAKE
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitSPRINGS
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitKLIEWER
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 400 / RD 415 7
4 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1637

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Willow Glen (historical): 31 past producers, 17 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Arsenic, 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
Ecke Rare Earth PropertiesTitanium, REEOccurrence
Quartz MtnGold, ArsenicPast ProducerUnderground
Scott ProspectManganeseOccurrence
WaterlooGold, LeadPast ProducerUnderground
HardscrabbleGold, SilverPast Producer
Jordan RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
KennedyGold, SilverPast Producer
Pierce RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
Polk RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
Swede GulchGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madera 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
Narbo (historical)0.5 miles25
Indian Lakes Estates1.5 miles25
Coarsegold3.5 miles25
Yosemite Lakes3.7 miles23
Yosemite Lakes Park3.8 miles23
Fresno Crossing4.0 miles23
Magnet (historical)4.8 miles25
Fine Gold5.0 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.

Wikipedia article on Willow Glen (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8022313The 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 1812734. 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.