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Glen Hill, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northwest Rockwall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75087. The Survey maps it on the Rockwall quadrangle.

Glen Hill within Rockwall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

139 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Glen Hill between 2005 and 2018, burning about 492 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Debris and open burning29
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2010-0647
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2016-904
28 September 2005Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2012-638
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2011-0732
18 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARRINGTON
16 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011-0771

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockwall 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
Rockwall2.6 miles16
Mobile City3.9 miles16
Heath4.0 miles13
McLendon5.6 miles13
Fate5.9 miles16
McLendon-Chisholm6.2 miles13
Blackland6.6 miles11
Chisholm6.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378362. 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.