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Glen, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Glen town. It lies in ZIP code area 12072. The Survey maps it on the Tribes Hill quadrangle.

Glen within Montgomery County

Then and now

1896 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glen, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Glen, surveyed 1896

On record in Glen

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

90 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Glen between 2001 and 2020, burning about 89 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2017Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery 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 Glen: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum, Nickel. 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
FondaPlatinum, NickelOccurrenceUnknown
Mohawk Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Randall PittSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1998Thunderstorm WindGlen$100,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindGlen$22,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGlen$19,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindGlen$15,000no account filed
August 2008Flash FloodGlen$5,000Several roads were closed across Montgomery County due to flash flooding from very heavy rainfall. Some of the roads that were closed included, but were not limited to, Logtown Road and Van Epps Road near Glen.||In addition, a minor mud slide occurred at the intersection of Route 5 and Switzer Hill Road just east of Fonda, after a culvert underneath Route 5 was inundated.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGlen$5,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGlen-A tree was downed across Route 5S west of Gordon Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGlen-Trees were reported down near Fultonville.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGlen-A tree fell through a structural building near Mill Point.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindGlen-Numerous trees downed and snapped in the Hamlet of Auriesville.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGlen-Trees were downed on Logtown Road in the Town of Glen.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGlen-A tree was down blocking a road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGlen-The public reported a tree down on the road via Facebook.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGlen-A tree was blown down across two lanes of traffic.
July 2012HailGlen-Tennis ball sized hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Glen.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindGlen-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Glen.
May 2004HailGlen-Observed hail size ranged from pea to quarter-size.
May 2004HailGlen-no account filed
May 2004HailGlen-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindGlen-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindGlen-no account filed
June 1994HailGlen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Auriesville2.9 miles20
Charleston3.3 miles20
Fultonville3.9 miles20
Wellsville4.0 miles20
Fonda4.5 miles21
Fort Hunter4.6 miles20
Stone Ridge4.8 miles21
Lost Valley5.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951165. 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.