Langley, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71952. It stands on Little Blocker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Langley quadrangle. It stands 797 feet above sea level.
On record in Langley
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 1 record
Jones General Store and Esso Stationlisted 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1906 USGS Caddo Gap quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Athens quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Langley quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Langley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,849 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 27 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 | 27 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 210 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 103 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | 147 |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | HOG PEN |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Langley: 11 unknowns, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Manganese, Silica, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Mining Co | Slate, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Sugarstick | Cobalt | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Langley | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Silica | Unknown | ||
| Caddo River | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Joseph Kehr Manganese | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Prospect Number Three | Manganese | Prospect | 1916 | |
| United Minerals Industries Inc | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Manganese | Unknown |
Storms near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langley in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 7 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Langley | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Langley | $350,000 | Widespread areal flooding occurred. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Langley | $50,000 | Flash flooding occurred along the Little Missouri River, the Caddo River, and many of their tributaries. Many highways and secondary roads were flooded. In Glenwood, the Caddo River flooded the cattle auction business, a gas station, and a canoe rental business. Just west of Langley, the Little Missouri River rose from 3 feet to more than 23 feet in only 4 hours. Rainfall for the 24 hour period ending at 7 AM on the 11th included 7.60 inches at Glenwood and 7.20 inches at Langley. The majority of this rain occurred after thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours of the 11th. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Langley | $50,000 | Several county roads were under water, and water entered the county jail at Murfreesboro. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Langley | $30,000 | Damage occurred to roadways due to flash flooding. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | $2,000 | A tree was blown down, blocking Arkansas 369 north of U.S. 70. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Langley | - | The sheriff office reported portions of Highway 84 West near Langley was flooded. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Langley | - | The COOP observer reported 12.73 inches for the event total rainfall. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Langley | - | Several county roads are impassable due to rapidly rising creeks near Langley. |
| April 2011 | Heavy Rain | Langley | - | The reporting station at Langley recorded its wettest April ever. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | - | Trees and power lines were reported down across Rocky Hollow Road. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | - | Few trees downed. |
| April 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Langley | - | A weak tornado was spawned in northern Pike County about 2 miles northwest of the Lodi community. The tornado snapped some trees and blew a few trees down. The tornado was on the ground about 2.5 miles before dissipating just northeast of Lodi. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Langley | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Langley | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Langley | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Langley | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Langley | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Langley | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Langley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star of the West (historical) | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Henry | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Newhope | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cooper (historical) | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Lodi | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Daisy | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Grandfield | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Zebulon (historical) | 11.2 miles | 17 |
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 Langley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6486199 | 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 77445. 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.









