Barkley, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in South River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63401. It stands on College Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rensselaer quadrangle.
On record in Barkley
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Levi Barkley Houselisted 1984 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1903 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Rensselaer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Barkley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2020 | Other causes | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230745-06438-08172020-2035 |
| 25 July 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179720-06417-07252019-1010 |
| 10 July 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179032-06438-07102019-2250 |
| 21 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178954-06438-05072019-1824 |
| 13 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177505-06438-05132018-1502 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177504-06438-04302018-2136 |
| 27 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177501-06438-04272018-1335 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Barkley: 6 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Stone #7 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marblehead Lime Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| White Bear Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withers Mill | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Uva | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Zion Community | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| West Ely | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| White Bear | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Dodge City | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Palmyra | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Woodland | 4.6 miles | 13 |
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 Barkley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27985895 | 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 732982. 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.




