Arley, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Addison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35541. The Survey maps it on the Arley quadrangle. 330 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 778 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresArley fell from 357 to 330 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 | 357 | |
| 2020 | 330 | -27 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Arley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Arley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Arley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,817 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 62 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/incendiarism | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | CHAMPION |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180904-2 |
| 4 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 180 acres | National Forests in Alabama | FORSYTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arley in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 6 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2002 | Tornado (F3) | Arley | 5 hurt, $300,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Lightning | Arley | 1 hurt, $2,000 | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | $117,000 | What was believed to be thunderstorm wind totally destroyed one two-story house and caused minor damage to several others. Two floating boat houses were totally destroyed along with numerous downed trees. The damage area was about 4 tenths of a mile wide but only about 400 yards deep immediately on the northern edge of Smith Lake in Winston County. The strong wind was able to destroy the one house due to relatively poor construction including lack of vertical tie-ins between floor, walls, and roof. |
| September 2006 | Lightning | Arley | $50,000 | Lightning struck a mobile home, causing it to burn down. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | $30,000 | There were several trees reported down and porches were blown off a few lake homes in the area along Smith Lake southeast of Arley. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | $27,000 | One mobile home was destroyed, a few power poles were blown down, and the roof of one home was damaged just south of Arley. Marble size hail was also reported with this storm. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | $5,000 | Trees were knocked down just south of Arley. An automobile collided with a downed tree on CR 41. No injuries were reported. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | $5,000 | Several trees were down in the southern Arley area. |
| May 2002 | Lightning | Arley | $4,000 | A home was struck by lightning in Arley. Minor damage was reported. Pea size hail was also reported with this storm. |
| October 1997 | Hail | Arley | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | $2,000 | A few trees were knocked down in Arley. |
| July 2002 | Lightning | Arley | $2,000 | Lightning struck the Dairy Barn near Arley. The business sustained minor damage. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | $1,000 | Power lines were blown down across County Roads 41 and 275, south of Arley. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down in and around Arley. |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | $1,000 | Several small pine trees were reported downed by the wind in the Arley area of Winston County. One tree fell on a power line. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Arley. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | - | Several trees uprooted on Hickory Lane. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Arley | - | Large hail reported on Hickory Lane. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | - | Trees uprooted and blocking both lanes near First Baptist Church in the town of Arley. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | - | House damaged by uprooted tree on Highway 47 south of the town of Arley. |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Arley | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near SR 257 on Smith Lake. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Arley | - | Dime size hail fell in Arley. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Arley | - | Dime size hail was reported near Arley. |
| March 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | - | Thunderstorm wind downed trees up to 18 inches in diameter which also downed power lines. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Arley | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Arley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Houston | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Sachs Bottoms (historical) | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Helicon | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Falls City | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Big Oak (historical) | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Corinth (historical) | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wilson Bend | 6.2 miles | 11 |
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 Arley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q66730 | 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 159081. 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.
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.






