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Glenns, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Columbus North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31909. It lies near Clapp Hill. The Survey maps it on the Fortson quadrangle.

Glenns within Muscogee County

On record in Glenns

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Glenns between 1992 and 2017, burning about 452 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 42 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/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning16
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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 1997Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning20 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-MUSCOGEE-002
3 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor9.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MUSCOGEE-001
2 September 1997Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Arson/incendiarism10.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1993Arson/incendiarism4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1996Arson/incendiarism27 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Glenns: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Barin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Columbus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Storms near this place

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenns in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017Flash FloodGlenns$35,000The Ledger Enquirer reported isolated areas of street flooding, particularly along portions of Veterans Parkway resulting in several stalled vehicles. Flooding also occurred at Heath Lake Park and Cooper Creek Park, closing the parks. In total, 2.5 to 3.0 inches of rainfall occurred in a short period of time.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGlenns$10,000A Columbus television news station reported several trees down in north Columbus west of the airport. Georgia Power Company reported around 1700 customers without power.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGlenns$1,000Tree reported down on home on Vultee Dr.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGlenns-KCSG reported a wind gust of 64 mph.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindGlenns-ASOS station KCSG Columbus reported wind gust of 66mph.
April 2017HailGlenns-The public reported penny size hail along Armour Road in Columbus.

Every storm recorded in Muscogee 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
Ogletree Woods0.2 miles18
Weems Valley0.2 miles18
Lincoln Hills0.3 miles18
North Kingston0.8 miles18
Fox Chapel0.8 miles18
Sunshine Acres0.9 miles18
Kingston1.0 miles18
Wayne Terrace1.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331819. 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.