Glenn, Nevada
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the McGill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89318. The Survey maps it on the McGill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1952 USGS Ely quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS McGill quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS McGill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Ely quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Glenn between 1996 and 2013, burning about 22 acres in total. 8 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 2003 | Natural | 12 acres | Ely District Office | BONEYARD |
| 8 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ely District Office | BASSETT |
| 8 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ely District Office | MM68 |
| 19 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | SWITCHBACK |
| 15 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | KINSEY |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | HEISER |
| 4 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | LOWCOVE |
| 2 July 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ely District Office | BASSETT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Glenn: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundy Mill | Tungsten | Past Producer | 1977 | |
| Ray Dar #2 | Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Red Hills Claims. | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Occurrence | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Silver-Lead Prospect | Silver, Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenn in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2021 | Flood | Glenn | - | Heavy rain and runoff caused minor flooding. Two inches of mud had to be removed from US Highway 93 north of McGill. This lasted about an hour. The mud flow occurred around mile marker 67 and was about 0.3 miles in length. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent (historical) | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| McGill | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Steptoe | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Adverse | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| McGill Junction | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lavon | 11.1 miles | 17 | |
| Warm Springs | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Melvin (historical) | 13.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856033. 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.






