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Glasgow, Iowa

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mount Vernon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50703. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Glasgow within Black Hawk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

16 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Glasgow (historical) between 2002 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
14 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources315 W DUNKERTON, IOWA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Black Hawk County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Glasgow (historical): 7 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Black Hawk 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
Boies (historical)1.7 miles12
Big Rock (historical)4.5 miles10
Edwards (historical)5.3 miles10
Lamplighter Villa5.8 miles12
Crain Creek (historical)6.1 miles10
Cedar City6.6 miles12
North Cedar6.7 miles12
Castle Hill6.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464146. 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.