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Filley, Missouri

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Box Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65785. It stands on Stinking Creek. The Survey maps it on the Filley quadrangle.

Filley within Cedar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Filley between 1994 and 2020, burning about 432 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
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation220639-02007-08022020-1545
9 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190458-02007-04092020-1505
4 March 1994Debris and open burning140 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 February 2018Debris and open burning27 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176331-02007-02152018-1345
14 February 1994Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined202 acresMissouri Department of Conservation240984-02004-11072020-1400
4 November 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179551-02007-11042019-1250
17 November 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cedar County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Filley: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cleveland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cedar County

Storms near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Filley in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Flash FloodFilley$800,000A significant flooding event occurred during the early morning hours of June 9th. Between 4-6 inches of rainfall fell across Cedar County which caused Cedar Creek, Bear Creek, Horse Creek, Turnback Creek and its tributaries to flood. There were damages to bridges and roads which were estimated to be around 800,000 dollars.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindFilley$10,000Report of trees and power lines down south of El Dorado.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindFilley$1,000Route U was closed due to debris on the roadway.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindFilley$1,000no account filed
August 2020HailFilley-Penny sized hail was reported.
June 2009Flash FloodFilley-Excessive rainfall caused flooding over a section of Highway 32 located between Highway 97 and the community of Filly. This stream that flooded is a tributary of Stinking Creek.
March 2008Flash FloodFilley-Two to four inches of rain fell over Cedar County. All locations that typically experience flooding during periods of excessive rain were flooded.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFilley-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several tree limbs at the intersection of Highway 97 and Highway 32.
June 2008Flash FloodFilley-Alder Creek flooded a section of County Road 651.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindFilley-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
April 2015HailFilley-no account filed
May 2008HailFilley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cedar County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Pacetown2.5 miles17
Edsall (historical)2.9 miles14
Willowville4.4 miles17
Ivy4.5 miles18
Olympia4.8 miles17
Fairview (historical)5.6 miles18
Wagoner6.2 miles14
Virgil City6.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 717911. 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.