Glenwood, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the DeLand census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32720. The Survey maps it on the DeLand quadrangle. It stands 85 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


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.
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS De Land quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
174 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,708 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SPRING GARDEN (64) |
| 6 September 1992 | Natural | 100 acres | Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge | GATOR LAKE |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF ARREDONDO 0718 |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FEASERS & 17 (64) |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | REYNOLDS ROAD FIRE(64) |
| 17 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge | HOT TIME |
| 26 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge | BFD |
| 22 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge | MALLARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenwood in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Glenwood | - | CoCoRaHS station FL-VL-9 recorded a storm total of 5.49 of rain during Tropical Storm Andrea. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees near Lake Dexter. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees near Glenwood. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees west of Glenwood. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahasse - Yuchi (historical) | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| De Leon Springs | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| North DeLand | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| De Leon Springs Heights | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Daisy Lake | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| DeLand | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| DeLand Highlands | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| West DeLand | 5.0 miles | 10 |
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 Q47008586 | 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 283118. 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.
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.




