Glenaire, Missouri
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64068. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle. 539 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 801 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGlenaire fell from 545 to 539 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 545 | |
| 2020 | 539 | -6 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
47 words on this townshipHistory of Clay County, Missouri, published 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Liberty Township covers position and description, early settlers, liberty landing, country churches, city of liberty, first lacorporatiou.
Read the chapter on Liberty Township - 47 words.
Fires near this place
14 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Glenaire between 2007 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Glenaire: 40 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Bend Pit & Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| City Wide Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wren Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Atwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| International Trade Center | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Randolph Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Schell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenaire in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenaire | - | Downed wires and power outages near Lindenwood Lane. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenaire | - | Several trees and a few fences were damaged due to a microburst. |
| November 2016 | Hail | Glenaire | - | Report received via Twitter. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Glenaire | - | Water reported to be up to an officer's patrol car at Liberty Drive and 291. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Glenaire | - | The tornado caused damage to numerous trees along its path. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenaire | - | Debris was reported in the roadway. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenaire | - | Minor damage was done to the roof of a Walmart and debris from the roof caused car windows to be blown out in the parking lot and adjacent gas station. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenaire | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. Numerous trees were reported down. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Glenaire | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Glenaire | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Hall Fields | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Ravena Gardens | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Liberty | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Claycomo | 2.5 miles | 24 | |
| Liberty Landing (historical) | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Maple Garden | 3.4 miles | 40 | |
| South Liberty | 3.6 miles | 24 |
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 Glenaire | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q965886 | 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 730105. 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.










