Glen Haven, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Grant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35769. It lies near Bryant Mill Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Columbus City quadrangle.

Glen Haven within Marshall County

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.

1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1936 USGS Columbus City quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Columbus City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1949 USGS Columbus City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

61 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Glen Haven between 1994 and 2016, burning about 841 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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	23
Debris and open burning	20
Arson/incendiarism	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	1
Natural	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
7 September 2016	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160907-2
30 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160930-4
22 September 2005	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
26 August 2011	Debris and open burning	28 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	455 PRESTON ISLAND CIRCLE, AL
22 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 August 2008	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	BISHOP MTN, AL
6 July 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 July 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Campbell Mill	1.5 miles	23
Tanglewood	1.5 miles	23
Columbus City	1.6 miles	23
Breezeway Bay	2.3 miles	21
Five Points	3.3 miles	23
Half Acre Estates	3.3 miles	24
Mid (historical)	3.6 miles	23
Meltonsville	3.6 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148888. 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.