Glasgow Corner, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35653. It stands on Mountain Home Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Isbell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1936 USGS Isbell quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Isbell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Isbell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Glasgow Corner between 1997 and 2017, burning about 964 acres in total. None started naturally. 59 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 120 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 120 workings within 5 miles of Glasgow Corner: 93 unknowns, 22 occurrences, 2 plants, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwood Crushed Stone Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Plant | ||
| Rockwood Mine | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Blackburn | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Blackburn Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Blacklidge Tract | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Burrows Tract | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Douglas | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Hargett Tract | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| J H Taylor Tract No. 1 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| J H Taylor Tract No. 2 | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glasgow Corner in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glasgow Corner | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down on Highway 187 and County Road 52. |
| November 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glasgow Corner | $200 | A tree was knocked down on Alabama Highway 187. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Glasgow Corner | - | Quarter sized hail was reported at Little Bear Creek Reservoir at Highway 184 and William Hollow Road in Spruce Pine. |
| March 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Glasgow Corner | - | A funnel cloud descended from a wall cloud. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgreen | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Old Nauvoo | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Guinn Cross Roads | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Rockwood | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Duketon | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Dempsey | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Isbell | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Piney Bend | 6.6 miles | 12 |
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 Q122599066 | 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 156409. 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.
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.







