Glenn Village, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Columbia-Cayce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29053. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Columbia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1944 USGS Edmund quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Southwest Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Aiken quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Southwest Columbia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
613 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 613 fires within 5 miles of Glenn Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,484 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined | 280 |
| Debris and open burning | 128 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 93 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 September 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Glenn Village: 19 producers, 11 unknowns, 7 past producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bank Creek | Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Fluvial | |
| Columbia Pit East | Silica | Producer | ||
| Columbia Works | Silica | Producer | ||
| Hites Kaolin Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lexington County Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Lexington County Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Lexington County Mines | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lexington County Mines | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unidentified Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charwood | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Apollo Gardens | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pineridge | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Congaree Gardens | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Arborgate | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lloydswoods | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Silver Lake | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Westcliff Estates | 2.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122546302 | 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 1244181. 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.








