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Glenn Hills, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30906. The Survey maps it on the Augusta West quadrangle.

Glenn Hills within Richmond County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

585 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 585 fires within 5 miles of Glenn Hills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,369 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 328 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
Arson/incendiarism328
Debris and open burning139
Misuse of fire by a minor55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural9
Smoking7

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
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-RICHMOND-002
8 September 2008Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-016
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-RICHMOND-002
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-013
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-014
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-015
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-012

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Glenn Hills: 10 occurrences, 8 producers, 3 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Bel Air Mine Ga Vitr BrickClayProducer
Clay Preparation PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Belair PitBrick ClayOccurrence
Foster's Lane PitBrick ClayOccurrence
Barton Chaple PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Barton-Chapel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Davis Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixon Airline Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Duffie Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Richmond 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
Laurel Hill0.4 miles20
Terrace Manor0.4 miles20
Golden Terrace0.6 miles20
Georgetown Estates0.7 miles20
Thomas Woods0.7 miles20
Lumpkin Park0.8 miles20
Southwick1.0 miles20
Fleming Heights1.1 miles20

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.

Wikidata item Q122549361The 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 357863. 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.