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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 17 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.
- 1945 USGS Round Spring quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Sinkin quadrangle1:48000
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Round Spring quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Gladden quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | GRAY BRANCH |
| 2 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ORCHARD MILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Gladden | $225,000 | A 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladden | $55,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladden | $2,000 | Power lines and trees were blown down north of Gladden. One tree was blocking Highway 68 north of Gladden. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Gladden | - | Flooding of low water crossings occurred in southeastern Dent County from prolonged heavy rainfall. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladden | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a couple trees north of Gladden. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladden | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Gladden | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Gladden | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Gladden | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Gladden | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gladden | - | no account filed |
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.
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.













