Glasco, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Saugerties town. It lies in ZIP code area 12432. The Survey maps it on the Saugerties quadrangle. 2,013 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 151 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1895 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresGlasco fell from 2,099 to 2,013 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 | 2,099 | |
| 2020 | 2,013 | -86 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1895 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1934 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Saugerties quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Saugerties quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
297 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Glasco between 1997 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 137 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Smoking | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Smoking | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Glasco: 13 producers, 8 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General, Bloating Material. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Marion | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Saugerties Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Saugerties Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Glasco Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Glasco Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Malden On Hudson Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Malden On Hudson Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Malden On Hudson Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Malden On Hudson Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Marion Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glasco in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Flood | Glasco | $1,000 | Route 9W in Glenerie was reported flooded. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glasco | - | Trees and wires were downed on a vehicle with entrapment on Route 32. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glasco | - | A few trees were reported down in Glasco. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glasco | - | Wires were downed onto an unoccupied vehicle on Delaware Ave in Glasco. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glasco | - | Trees were reported down in Saugerties due to thunderstorm winds. A portion of U.S. Route 9W was closed due to a tree across the roadway. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glasco | - | Law enforcement reported at least 50 downed trees, and up to 12 power poles snapped due to strong thunderstorm winds near Glenerie. In addition, at least 5 homes sustained minor damage due to the fallen trees.||A National Weather Service storm survey team determined straight line winds from a microburst within a thunderstorm as the cause of the damage. The microburst encompassed a length and width of up to a mile. The straight line winds were estimated to be between 70 and 80 mph.||The damage included the area from just west of the northern tip of Glenerie Boulevard, extending east across the CSX railroad tracks and up a steep hill to North Drive, crossing Route 9W to Old Stage Road.||In addition to minor damage to homes, one mobile home and a few cars were badly damaged. A large tree also reportedly fell onto a freight train as it passed through the area, although there were no reports of injuries or fatalities. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glasco | - | Trees and wires down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenerie | 1.5 miles | 29 | |
| Flatbush | 2.1 miles | 29 | |
| Mount Marion | 2.1 miles | 29 | |
| Saugerties | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Mount Marion Park | 2.7 miles | 29 | |
| Glenerie Lake Park | 2.9 miles | 29 | |
| Ulster Landing | 3.2 miles | 31 | |
| Canoe Hill | 3.4 miles | 29 |
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 Glasco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461847 | 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 951155. 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.











