Glenn, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Texas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30217. The Survey maps it on the Glenn quadrangle.

Glenn within Heard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Glenn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Glenn between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,195 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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	50
Arson/incendiarism	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Smoking	7
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
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
7 September 1997	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2015-HEARD-003
5 August 1996	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Heard County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenn in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2003	Hail	Glenn	$25,000	The West Georgia Beacon of Hogansville reported that hail the size of half-dollars dented vechiles in Franklin. The public reported quarter-sized hail in Glenn.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Glenn	$8,000	The Heard County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down between Glenn and Aubrey, along Glenn Road, and along Georgia Highway 34 between Glenn Road and Georgia Highway 219. The West Georgia Beacon of Hogansville reported that a number of trees and power lines were down throughout the county, but the worst damage was along Georgia Highway 34 in the southern part of the county between Glenn and Franklin. The public reported that some of the worst damage was in the Hillabahatchee Creek area southwest of Franklin. In this area, there was also a carport that was destroyed when a tree fell on the structure.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Glenn	$5,000	Emergency manager reported a few trees down along Rock Mills Rd and Glenn Rd.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Glenn	$5,000	The Heard County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down in the community of Glenn.
April 2017	Hail	Glenn	-	The Heard County Emergency Manager reported quarter size hail.
July 2008	Hail	Glenn	-	The Heard County 911 Center reported nickel-sized hail in the far southwest corner of the county in the Glenn area.
March 2003	Hail	Glenn	-	The Heard county sheriff reported penny to nickel size hail in Glenn. A cooperative observer for the National Weather Service reported penny size hail in Franklin.
March 1996	Hail	Glenn	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Heard 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
O'Neals Crossroad	3.0 miles	11
Denver	3.0 miles	11
Houston	3.5 miles	11
Kirk	4.1 miles	11
Aubrey	4.7 miles	11
Waresville	5.5 miles	11
Texas	6.0 miles	11
Owensbyville	6.6 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 314639. 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.