BlockGlasgow, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Boston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31626. The Survey maps it on the Metcalf quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Metcalf quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Glasgow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 559 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-THOMAS-009 |
| 18 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-THOMAS-106 |
| 18 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 June 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 June 1993 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 June 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch (historical) | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Everett | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Roddenberry (historical) | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Aucilla (historical) | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Metcalf | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Eason | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Beverly (historical) | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lambville (historical) | 6.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343733. 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.