Glaser Ford, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Brush Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65066. It stands on Big River Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redbird quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1934 USGS Redbird quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Redbird quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Redbird quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Glaser Ford between 1999 and 2020, burning about 257 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178540-02811-03152018-1342 |
| 23 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 261496-03731-02232020-1400 |
| 22 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200564-03734-02222020-1750 |
| 22 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 64 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Glaser Ford: 62 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Iron, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bird Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| John Holt Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown -Fe. | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Grays Pits | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Hunts # 2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Meyer Pit - Et.Al. | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Spring Ford | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Bem | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Sewell Ford | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Redbird | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Leduc (historical) | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Vieman (historical) | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Cleavesville | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Canaan | 5.9 miles | 16 |
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 Q122539017 | 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 740871. 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.








