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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1912 USGS Rockwall quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Royse City quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rockwall quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Rockwall quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
139 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010-0647 |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016-904 |
| 28 September 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-638 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-0732 |
| 18 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARRINGTON |
| 16 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-0771 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwall | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Mobile City | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Heath | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| McLendon | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Fate | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| McLendon-Chisholm | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Blackland | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Chisholm | 6.7 miles | 10 |
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.






