BlockGlenn Springs, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Alpine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79834. The Survey maps it on the Glenn Spring quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1903 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Glenn Spring quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Glenn Springs (historical) between 2002 and 2013, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | CHILICOTAL |
| 5 March 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | RICE TANK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comptons | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rooneys Place | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Casa de Piedra | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Solis | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| San Vicente Crossing | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Solis Landing | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hot Springs | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Rio Grande Village | 9.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034866. 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.