Aly, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Ions Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72857. It stands on Robertson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Onyx quadrangle. It stands 840 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Onyx quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Aly between 1992 and 2019, burning about 870 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 17 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 | 17 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 1999 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ALLEN FOOT #2 |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | CHULA |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aly in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Aly | - | This tornado was confirmed by the KSRX (Ft. Smith radar) and KLZK radars as a tornado debris signature (TDS). Due to the limited road network and wooded terrain this tornado crossed over, the extent of the damage is unknown. However, satellite data shows a swath of uprooted or snapped trees beginning just to the east of County Road 86 and north of Onyx Trail. The tornado then moved northeast over County Road 82 towards Forest Service Road 85a-F lifting just before it got to NF Road. The tornado has been given a rating of EF-unknown (EF-U) since the extent of the damage is unknown. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Aly | - | The Yell County sheriff's office reported flash flooding on Hwy. 27 in the Aly community. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Aly | - | A funnel cloud was sighted. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Aly | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly over southern Yell County. The only noted damage was a few small trees that were blown down and some large limbs snapped off trees. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Aly | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Aly | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Aly | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aly | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aly | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chula | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Stillwater | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Onyx | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Fourche Valley | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Briggsville | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bluffton | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Steve | 10.3 miles | 12 |
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 Aly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4738551 | 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 74575. 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.







