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West Glasgow, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cambridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65330. The Survey maps it on the Saline City quadrangle.

West Glasgow within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

In the county-history sources

2,184 words on this township

History of Saline County, Missouri, Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources ... with a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men .., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Cambridge Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Cambridge Township - 2,184 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of West Glasgow in 1999, burning about 12 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
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
14 November 1999Equipment and vehicle use12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of West Glasgow: 18 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 - Ls-S+GStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Glasgow Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Alkive QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gilliam Rock Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Saline 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
Cambridge4.8 miles15
Saline City6.3 miles16
Gilliam6.9 miles18
New Frankfort9.2 miles16
Slater10.2 miles18
Arrow Rock10.8 miles17
Orearville10.9 miles18
Hardeman11.3 miles18

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 Q122590903The 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 741348. 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.