Glasgow, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43837. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newcomerstown quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1911 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Newcomerstown quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
7 since 2016The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Glasgow between 2016 and 2020, burning about 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9245 |
| 15 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9247 |
| 13 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12989 |
| 20 February 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12990 |
| 11 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16052 |
| 15 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6166 |
| 20 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15317 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 133 shownMuseums hold 133 specimens collected within 10 miles of Glasgow between 1851 and 1973: 82 Animalia, 28 Fungi, 22 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Perry, Allen, John, Borror, D.J. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Paxina hispida (Schaeff.) Seaver | 1935 | Cooke, William Bridge | Rock House |
![]() | Cambarus bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1960 | Holt | Newcomerstown, 3.5 Mile NW Of junction Highway 21 & 258 on 21 |
![]() | Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Tuscarawa City |
![]() | Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791) | 1910 | Allen, John | Hahn's Grove, near Dover Bay |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Notropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Notropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Notropis volucellus volucellus | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
All 133 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Glasgow: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Plant | ||
| E J Heston Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Newcomerstown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Playford Bliss Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Port Washington Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Port Washington Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Stocker Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
3 since 2011The National Weather Service names Glasgow in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glasgow | $50,000 | Law enforcement reported a garage destroyed on Beagle Club Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glasgow | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down blocking River Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glasgow | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down in Newcomertown, OH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Port Washington | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mizers | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Creekside Crossing | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bernice | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Coalport | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Newcomerstown | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hartwood | 4.1 miles | 15 |
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 Glasgow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133777 | 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 1062783. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.

























