Arley, Missouri
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Kearney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64060. It stands on Holtzclaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Arley quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Arley quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Arley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Arley between 1992 and 2007, burning about 152 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
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 Arley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arley in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | $5,000 | A swing set was damaged by a limb falling onto it. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Arley | - | Water was reported over the road at 147th and Stark Ave. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Arley | - | A retired NWS employee reported 1.25 inch hail. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Arley | - | NE 172nd Street east of Arley was impassable due to water over the road from a nearby creek. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arley | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 65 mph. |
| May 2009 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ectonville | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Paradise | 4.1 miles | 37 | |
| Kearney | 5.1 miles | 22 | |
| Winner | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Holt | 6.4 miles | 22 | |
| Smithville | 7.3 miles | 37 | |
| Roosterville | 7.5 miles | 23 | |
| Chandler | 7.9 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740635. 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.











