Beverly, Missouri
46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Fair Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64079. It stands on Bee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Platte City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 46 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 Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 14 printings
- 1910 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1948 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Platte City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Platte City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Beverly between 2015 and 2018, burning about 33 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 | 8 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 119 |
| 19 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1265 |
| 28 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 1112 |
| 15 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Leavenworth County | 81 |
| 14 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 47 |
| 11 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 455 |
| 28 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 387 |
| 16 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Leavenworth County | 25 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Beverly: 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Baker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Benner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Harris Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spratt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Spratt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beverly in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Beverly | $1,950,000 | Tornado in Leavenworth county crossed the Missouri River into Platte county around Missouri Route 92, near its intersection with North Farley Road. F1 damage was noted and extended one and a half miles to the east, with a width around 50 yards. Two barns had major damage and there were 16 homes with minor damage. There was also tree and fence damage noted. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly | - | Several reports of downed limbs and wires near Ode Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Platte | 2.1 miles | 44 | |
| Buxton | 3.4 miles | 46 | |
| Weston | 3.5 miles | 46 | |
| Stillings | 3.5 miles | 49 | |
| East Leavenworth | 3.8 miles | 46 | |
| Tracy | 4.0 miles | 44 | |
| Platte City | 4.5 miles | 46 | |
| Woodruff | 5.9 miles | 44 |
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 Beverly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27983663 | 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 740676. 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.











