Glennie, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Curtis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48737. The Survey maps it on the Glennie quadrangle. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.
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Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Glennie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Hubbard Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Glennie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Glennie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | F 30 |
| 4 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 26 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | LORENZ |
| 31 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | DEERLAND |
| 19 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | HUNTERS |
| 19 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | SHEEP RANCH |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | DEERLAND RD |
| 5 July 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CURTIS TOWNSHIP FD 0000011 - 2019 |
| 5 July 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | DE MOTT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Glennie: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Pit #232 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glennie in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2016: 13 hail, 10 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glennie | $7,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glennie | $4,000 | Numerous trees were downed. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glennie | $2,000 | Tree downed onto power lines. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glennie | - | Trees were downed. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glennie | - | Several trees were downed. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glennie | - | Numerous trees down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glennie | - | Strong straight-line winds downed numerous trees of up to 8 - 12" in diameter in Glennie Park. One mobile home was destroyed by a falling tree. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glennie | - | Strong winds downed trees along routes M-65...M-72 and F-30. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Glennie | - | A former Nationa Weather Service employee reported dime-size hail. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glennie | - | Eight trees, 7 to 15 inches in diameter, were uprooted by very strong thunderstorm winds. Minor damage occurred to two travel trailers and shed 6- x 8-foot sign destroyed. |
| October 2016 | Hail | Glennie | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Glennie | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Glennie | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Glennie | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Glennie | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Glennie | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Glennie | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Glennie | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glennie | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Glennie | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Glennie | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Glennie | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Glennie | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheviers | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wallace | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bryant | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Kurtz | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Curtisville | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Barton City | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| Curran | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Alvin | 15.2 miles | 11 |
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 Glennie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122571655 | The 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 626886. 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.




