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Glendale, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Paxton-Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32433. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle.

Glendale within Walton County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glendale, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Glendale, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Glendale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 528 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning12
Smoking5
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMCLENDON RD (66)
16 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1996Debris and open burning2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMAGNOLIA RANCH FIRE (66)
2 July 2007Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service66/PINEY GROVE COMMAND-0790
7 June 1993Smoking5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Glendale: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendale in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2006LightningGlendale1 killedLightning struck and killed a man. Reported by the Walton County Sheriff.
October 1995Tornado (F0)Glendale$10,000A tornado briefly touched down destroying a mobile home and shed.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGlendale$2,000A power line was blown down at the 1200 block of County Highway 185.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindGlendale$1,500Two trees were blown down near county road 1883 and 183B. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGlendale$1,000A tree was blown down on County Highway 1084. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGlendale$1,000A tree was blown down along county highway 183B near Glendale. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGlendale$1,000Downed trees reported by the Walton County EMA.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindGlendale$500A tree was blown down across a road in northern Walton county. Monetary damage was estimated. Across the border in Geneva county, several trees were blown down.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindGlendale-Trees were blown down in the northern part of the county.
April 2021Flash FloodGlendale-There were several reports of flooding at County Highway 1084.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindGlendale-Trees were blown down at Highway 83 and County Road 1084 along with the De Funiak Springs area.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindGlendale-A tree was blown down onto County Road 185 near Bartlett Road.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindGlendale-Many large trees were toppled by straight line winds between Glendale and Darlington.
February 2009HailGlendale-Baseball sized hail was reported between Glendale and Darlington.

Every storm recorded in Walton 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
Piney Grove4.2 miles12
Center Ridge4.3 miles12
Sand Hill4.4 miles12
Cluster Springs5.1 miles12
Union5.6 miles12
Caney Creek5.6 miles13
Liberty6.0 miles12
Darlington6.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283114. 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.