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Glenn, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ardmore North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73458. The Survey maps it on the Springer quadrangle.

Glenn within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Glenn between 1996 and 2008, burning about 15,792 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined11,577 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryARBUCKLE COMPLEX
5 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresChickasaw AgencyFOREST LANE
26 August 2006Arson/incendiarism17 acresChickasaw AgencyMOUNT WASHINGTON
19 August 2006Arson/incendiarism12 acresChickasaw AgencyBATTERED PECAN
18 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresChickasaw AgencyTWO CIGAR
17 August 2006Arson/incendiarism45 acresChickasaw AgencySTONE
31 July 2006Smoking9.5 acresChickasaw AgencyBURNSIDE
17 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreChickasaw AgencyHOGPEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Glenn: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter 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
Springer2.8 miles17
Woodford4.9 miles15
Newport6.1 miles15
Milo7.7 miles15
Gene Autry8.7 miles17
Ardmore10.3 miles17
Lone Grove10.5 miles16
Baum11.9 miles14

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 GlennAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18151693The 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 1763558. 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.