Glory, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Alapaha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31622. The Survey maps it on the Tenmile Bay 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tenmile Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Glory between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,895 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 20 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 | 145 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BERRIEN015 |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2001 | Natural | 71 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BERRIEN-001 |
| 26 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Natural | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glory in 5 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glory | - | The 511GA reported tree limbs on SR 520 Eastbound at Lawton McMillian Road with the right lane blocked. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Glory | - | Glory Road was flooded and washed out. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Glory | - | Flash flooding on Highway 520 in both directions resulted in two out of four lanes blocked. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glory | - | A tree was blown down on Wyclif Roberts Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glory | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 82. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alapaha | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bannockburn | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Gladys | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Weber | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Enigma | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Nashville | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cottle | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Allenville | 16.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331821. 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.




