Corley, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72855. It lies near Flattop Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Blue Mountain quadrangle.
On record in Corley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 6 records
Burnett Springslisted 1995
Cove Creek Bridgelisted 1995
Cove Creek Tributary Bridgelisted 1995
Cove Lake Bathhouselisted 1995
Cove Lake Spillway Dam-Bridgelisted 1995- Liberty Schoolhouselisted 2010
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1879 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #4 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Blue Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Corley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 9.4 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DELTIC FIRE |
| 4 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BRAMLET CAMP FIRE |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BIG CARTER |
| 26 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WICKED |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | RED BENCH |
| 12 September 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | JUNK YARD |
| 11 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | POWERLINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Corley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corley in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Tornado (EF2) | Corley | $500,000 | The tornado touched down east of Cove Lake off of Mt. Salem Road where a barn was destroyed. It continued northeast damaging a mobile home along St. Louis Valley Road. After crossing Arkansas Hwy. 109 just west of Midway, the tornado destroyed a mobile home off of Old Military Rd. As it crossed Hwy. 109 again south of Prairie View, chicken houses were destroyed. Homes lost large sections of their roofs along Parks Rd. southeast of Prairie View, but most of their walls remained. Additional outbuildings and chicken houses were damaged or destroyed east of Scranton. Several trees and power lines were blown down along the path. The tornado lifted just north of the Tokalon community. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Corley | - | Hail fell at Mount Magazine. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corley | - | A tree was down just south of Cove Lake along Arkansas Highway 309. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corley | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Corley | - | Hail up to golfball size damaged several vehicles. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corley | - | Several large limbs were blown down. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Corley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subiaco | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Sand Ridge | 6.2 miles | 20 | |
| Spielerville (historical) | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Ellsworth (historical) | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Blue Mountain | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Plainview | 7.4 miles | 20 | |
| Paris | 7.4 miles | 20 | |
| Driggs | 7.5 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71232. 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.










