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Gladden, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Gladden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65560. It lies near Water Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Gladden quadrangle.

Gladden within Dent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 17 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Gladden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,094 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning23
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1

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
7 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 August 2001Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 August 2012Arson/incendiarism65 acresMark Twain National ForestGRAY BRANCH
2 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 July 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 May 2001Arson/incendiarism16 acresMark Twain National ForestORCHARD MILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dent County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gladden: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dent County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gladden in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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
October 2021Tornado (EF1)Gladden$225,000A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed that an EF-1 tornado with winds estimated at 100 mph began near Gladden, MO. The tornado then caused some uplift to a portion of the roof on a house which resulted in the partial failure of an exterior wall near County Road 5510. The tornado continued traveling towards the northeast, where it uprooted and snapped numerous trees before completely destroying a barn and small shed as it crossed over Highway N southeast of Turtle, MO. Numerous additional trees were uprooted and snapped at their trunks as the tornado crossed County Road 5380 and continued into a heavily wooded area.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGladden$55,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindGladden$2,000Power lines and trees were blown down north of Gladden. One tree was blocking Highway 68 north of Gladden.
June 2018FloodGladden-Flooding of low water crossings occurred in southeastern Dent County from prolonged heavy rainfall.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGladden-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a couple trees north of Gladden.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGladden-Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
April 2011HailGladden-no account filed
July 2009HailGladden-no account filed
April 2007HailGladden-no account filed
May 1998HailGladden-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindGladden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dent 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
Turtle2.9 miles18
Fawn3.3 miles18
Halcyon4.2 miles17
Custer4.2 miles17
Doss5.6 miles18
Jadwin6.1 miles22
Max6.5 miles18
Darien7.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750047. 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.