Ashley, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ashley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63334. The Survey maps it on the Bowling Green quadrangle. 94 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresAshley grew from 90 to 94 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 | 90 | |
| 2020 | 94 | +4 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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 Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1937 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Ashley between 1997 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 240981-08204-11062020-1427 |
| 24 January 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 117215-02339-01242015-1710 |
| 24 January 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 117217-02339-01242015-1710 |
| 24 January 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 117213-02339-01242015-1530 |
| 24 January 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 117214-02339-01242015-1640 |
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 Ashley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galloway Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashley in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashley | $200 | The county sheriff reported several large trees and limbs down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashley | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and numerous tree limbs. |
| June 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Ashley | - | A tornado briefly touched down in the small town of Ashley. It blew down several trees and large tree limbs. The community center sustained minor shingle damage and an old machine shed on the west side of town had minor damage. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ashley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Clement | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| New Hartford | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Farmer | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bowling Green | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Cyrene | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Tarrants | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Edgewood | 7.8 miles | 18 | |
| Estes | 8.3 miles | 16 |
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 Ashley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459314 | 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 729421. 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.






