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Glenwood, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gladewater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75645. The Survey maps it on the Glenwood quadrangle.

Glenwood within Upshur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 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

550 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 550 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,161 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 33 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
Debris and open burning338
Missing data/not specified/undetermined83
Equipment and vehicle use33
Arson/incendiarism33
Power generation/transmission/distribution24
Natural15
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2

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
9 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service91
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 230
8 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6177
8 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service115
7 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3
6 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service203
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service180406

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upshur County

Storms near this place

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenwood in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Flash FloodGlenwood$5,000A woman was rescued from floodwaters after her vehicle stalled on Glenwood Road southeast of Gilmer, Texas. Numerous roads remained flooded and closed throughout the afternoon.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-Numerous trees downed in parts of southeast Upshur County.
February 2020Flash FloodGlenwood-Mackey Road near the Upshur County line was flooded and closed.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-Trees and powerlines were downed.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-Trees and powerlines were downed southeast of Gilmer, Texas.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindGlenwood-Several large trees down.
March 2008HailGlenwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Upshur 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
East Mountain3.3 miles13
Pattonfield4.1 miles12
West Mountain4.3 miles12
Indian Rock4.8 miles12
Bethel5.6 miles12
Piedmont5.6 miles12
Graceton5.9 miles12
Mings Chapel6.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1336592. 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.

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.