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Glendale, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Webster No. 5 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62985. It sits by Millstone Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.

Glendale within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Glendale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 726 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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
Recreation and ceremony22
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestJACKSON FALLS CAMPFIRE #2
29 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestJACKSON FALLS CAMPFIRE 1
27 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestSIMPSON LAKE 2
26 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShawnee National ForestMCCONNEL
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresShawnee National ForestMILLSTONE
20 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.2 acresShawnee National ForestSUGAR CREEK
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesPOPE
12 August 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresShawnee National ForestBELLSMITH SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Glendale: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite. 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
Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1Barium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Barite-Fluorite Prospect Number 1Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Dixon Springs Sandstone ExposureStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendale in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2011: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGlendale$100,000Near the intersection of Highways 147 and 145, the roof of a house was heavily damaged. A large portion of the shingles were stripped off, and seven large trees were snapped off or uprooted. One of the largest trees landed on the house. A machine shed used to store a camper was destroyed, along with a smaller shed. A few other houses in the area sustained relatively minor siding and shingle damage. There were numerous reports of downed tree limbs and power lines.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGlendale$15,000no account filed
April 2006HailGlendale-Hail up to the size of golf balls occurred 2 to 3 miles west of Golconda. Nickel size hail fell a mile north of Golconda. Dime size hail was reported at Glendale.
September 2006Funnel CloudGlendale-The funnel cloud was observed for several minutes from Highway 145 as it passed Glendale.
April 1999HailGlendale-Hail the size of quarters fell from Glendale to Eddyville.
April 2006HailGlendale-no account filed
March 2005HailGlendale-no account filed
May 2004HailGlendale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pope 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
Robbs1.5 miles19
Rock4.0 miles21
Dixon Springs4.9 miles19
Eddyville5.3 miles21
Watkins Ford5.9 miles20
Rising Sun6.0 miles21
Allens Spring6.0 miles21
McCormick6.6 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.

Wikipedia article on GlendaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5568321The 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 409067. 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.