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Gashland, Missouri

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Chouteau Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64118. The Survey maps it on the North Kansas City quadrangle.

Gashland within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 40 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

22 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Gashland between 2007 and 2019, burning about 7 acres in total. None 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/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
31 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Gashland: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Drennon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Riley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wolfert QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

16 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gashland in 16 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2008Tornado (EF2)Gashland$10,000,000An EF2 tornado developed along a bow echo and touched down at 1:03 am in Gladstone. It then traveled northeast and dissipated at 1:08 am.|Numerous homes and businesses suffered damage or total loss.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGashland$1,000Trees were reported down on powerlines, near Highway 169 and North 68th Street. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGashland-Multiple trees down in Gladstone.
May 2025HailGashland-Ping pong sized hail NW of Gladstone.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGashland-Downed tree limbs and wires near 76th Street from thunderstorm outflow north of Gladstone.
May 2024HailGashland-Quarter sized hail was reported near the Maple Woods Natural Area.
May 2024HailGashland-Half dollar sized hail was reported near Oak Grove Park at 76th and Troost.
July 2017Flash FloodGashland-A water rescue was performed at US 169 and 68th street.
August 2017Flash FloodGashland-Numerous roads in the Gladstone area were impassible due to flash flooding.
May 2016Flash FloodGashland-Roads were flooded throughout Gladstone from heavy rain.
May 2014HailGashland-This hail report was relayed via social media.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGashland-Quarter size hail was also reported.
June 2014HailGashland-Sixty mph winds were also reported.
June 2017HailGashland-no account filed
April 2011HailGashland-no account filed
April 2011HailGashland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Thomas Heights1.0 miles40
Barry1.3 miles40
Linden1.7 miles40
Acme2.0 miles40
Oakview2.6 miles40
Oakwood Park3.0 miles40
Oakwood3.1 miles40
Gladstone3.1 miles40

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.

Wikipedia article on GashlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27984553The 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 718369. 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.