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Glen, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Glen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56431. The Survey maps it on the Glen quadrangle. It stands 1,302 feet above sea level.

Glen within Aitkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,176 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Smoking2
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
23 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2005Natural5.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 July 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aitkin 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 Glen: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron. 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
Glen ReserveSulfur-PyritePast ProducerHematite, Magnetite
Glen ReserveIronProspect

Every working recorded in Aitkin County

Storms near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
June 2024Tornado (EF0)Glen-A third tornado developed near Glen, MN. Storm chaser and spotter video depict a wispy tornado with no debris visible. Due to the rural and forested nature of this damage and no reports of damage, a ground survey has not been completed. This tornado rating and details may be updated in the future as additional aerial imagery becomes available.
June 2018Flash FloodGlen-State Highway 47 was washed out south of the town of Glen.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindGlen-A tree was blown down across State Highway 47 at mile marker 110.
June 2024HailGlen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Aitkin 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
Glory4.5 miles10
Malmo5.8 miles10
Thor6.4 miles7
Wealthwood8.3 miles10
Rossburg8.8 miles10
Kimberly10.2 miles6
Bennettville12.4 miles10
Aitkin13.0 miles10

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 GlenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5567540The 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 644171. 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.