Glen Robbins, Ohio
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43943. The Survey maps it on the Tiltonsville quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1902 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1902 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Wheeling quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Tiltonsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Tiltonsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1997 USGS Tiltonsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Glen Robbins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CLEARVIEW AVE |
| 29 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | 23 RD. ST. |
| 20 April 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WHITMAR HILLS |
| 19 April 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WINDSOR HEIGHTS |
| 18 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4385 |
| 17 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15159 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 183 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 183 specimens collected within 10 miles of Glen Robbins between 1876 and 1974: 156 Animalia, 25 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Arden R. Gaufin, C.H. Kennedy, Calkins, W. W. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1876 | Collector(s): C. G. Newberry | York Township |
![]() | Mniotilta varia (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1876 | Collector(s): C. G. Newberry | York Township |
![]() | Betula lenta L. | 1877 | Wertz, H.W. | Buffalo Creek near Wheeling |
![]() | Ionaspis lacustris (With.) Lutzoni | 1893 | Calkins, W. W. | Short Creek |
![]() | Taxonus pallicoxus | 1924 | C.H. Kennedy | |
| Halictidae | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Harrisville, Ohio | |
![]() | Atrichopogon levis (Coquillett, 1901) | 1927 | not recorded | Smithfield |
![]() | Bombus affinis Cresson, 1863 | 1927 | not recorded | Jug Run, Smith-field, OH |
| Bombus bimaculatus Cresson, 1863 | 1927 | not recorded | Jug Run, Smith-field, OH | |
![]() | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1927 | not recorded | Jug Run, Smith-field, OH |
![]() | Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) | 1927 | not recorded | "Jug Run, Smith-field, OH""" |
| Macrophya Dahlbom, 1835 | 1927 | C.H. Kennedy |
All 183 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Glen Robbins: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Iron, Bituminous, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayers Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ayers Limestone Quarry,Inc. | Bituminous, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dredge No. 16 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wheeling-Pgh/ Martins Ferry, Ohio | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen Robbins in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glen Robbins | $3,000 | A county 911 official reported that a tree and power lines were blown down near Mount Pleasant. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Glen Robbins | - | The public reported hail to quarter near Tiltonsville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upland Heights | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| Grandview Heights | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| Jackson Heights | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Tiltonsville | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Glen Run | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Connor | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Connorville | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Highland City | 2.8 miles | 27 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122597099 | 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 1048789. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.



















