Glenwood, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Luverne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36034. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenwood quadrangle. 152 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 282 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGlenwood fell from 187 to 152 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 187 | |
| 2020 | 152 | -35 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Glenwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood between 1994 and 2018, burning about 227 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150810-003 |
| 6 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150622-001 |
| 17 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Glenwood: 22 unknowns, 19 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cre 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Felix Horn Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| J S Layton Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Joe West Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| O D Warren Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenwood in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Glenwood | $50,000 | A tornado moving northwest out of western Pike County, moved through the community of Glenwood and lifted back into the cloud just northwest of Glenwood. The tornado destroyed a trailer and damaged several other homes. Trees and power lines were also blown down. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed large limbs on County Road 6 between Luverne and Glenwood. Power was knocked out in Luverne. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | $8,000 | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | $1,500 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | High winds downed numerous trees with one on a house. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | High winds downed a tree near the intersection of Glenwood Road and New Hope Church. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Strong winds downed trees and power lines along and north of Goshen Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Social Town | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Shirleys Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Vidette | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Peacock (historical) | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Luverne | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Brantley | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Joquin | 8.4 miles | 7 |
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 Glenwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66896 | 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 119046. 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.



