Glen Spey, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Lumberland town. It lies in ZIP code area 12737. The Survey maps it on the Pond Eddy quadrangle. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1913 USGS Milford quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Milford quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Milford quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Pond Eddy quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Pond Eddy quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Pond Eddy quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
114 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Glen Spey between 1998 and 2020, burning about 167 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 August 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | New York Forest Rangers | BAER RD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen Spey in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Spey | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees in Lumberland and Glen Spey areas. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Spey | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Glen Spey | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Glen Spey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pond Eddy | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Mohican Lake | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Upper Mongaup | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Highland Lake | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Knights Eddy | 4.0 miles | 26 | |
| Mongaup | 4.6 miles | 26 | |
| Handsome Eddy | 4.8 miles | 26 | |
| Eldred | 5.0 miles | 23 |
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 Glen Spey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5568049 | 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 951194. 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.
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.











