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Glover, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63620. It stands on Goff Branch. The Survey maps it on the Glover quadrangle.

Glover within Iron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 19 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Glover between 1992 and 2016, burning about 598 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1

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
9 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresMark Twain National Forest131 FIRE
30 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 July 1992Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined74 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
18 May 1994Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 May 1997Natural4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 April 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iron County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Glover: 15 past producers, 6 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Lead, Refiner. 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
Biser DiggingsFeldspar, IronPast Producer
Cuthbertson Mtn MineManganese, IronPast Producer
GloverLead, RefinerProducer
Hollman Bros QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ketcherside Gap Copper DepositCopperPast Producer
Unknown - ClayClayProspect
Unknown - LsLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unknown - TitaniumTitaniumPast Producer
Big Bogg Mtn MineIronPast Producer
Buford Mtn MineIron, ManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Iron County

Storms near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glover in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
September 2021Thunderstorm WindGlover1 killed, 1 hurt, $30,000A dead tree fell onto a vehicle that was traveling southbound on Highway 21, injuring the driver and killing the passenger. A witness trailing the vehicle reported there was only light wind and rain, as did a Missouri State Trooper. The vehicle was destroyed.
April 2008Flash FloodGlover$5,000Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time on already saturated soils. Numerous roads were flooded throughout the county including Highway 21 near Hogan, and Highways C, F and K east and west of Annapolis were closed due to high water over them. A couple of homes in the Ironton and Annapolis areas were surrounded by the high water but did not get water in them.
September 2007Flash FloodGlover$1,000Two to three inches of rain fell over a short amount of time on ground that was already saturated from previous rains in the past 24 hours. The sheriff's department reported water on Highway 21 north of Glover in the Royal Gorge area.
July 2017Flash FloodGlover-Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including the south bound lane at the intersection of Highways 21 and 49 on the north side of Glover.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindGlover-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees in the Glover area.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindGlover-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iron 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
Berryman0.7 miles19
Allen Mills1.3 miles25
Hogan1.7 miles25
Chloride1.8 miles19
Sabula5.6 miles19
Arcadia7.8 miles25
Russellville8.2 miles25
Ironton8.4 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 750053. 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.