BlockGlennville, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cottonton-Seale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36871. The Survey maps it on the Pittsview quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Pittsview quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Glennville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,304 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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 burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160727-4 |
| 19 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 465 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | DUDLEY |
| 14 July 2000 | Natural | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160625-2 |
| 21 June 1995 | Natural | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 June 2011 | Natural | 200 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | OFF CO RD 12, AL |
| 12 June 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119045. 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.