Hurley, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hurley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65633. It lies near Bland Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hurley quadrangle. 176 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHurley fell from 178 to 176 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 | 178 | |
| 2020 | 176 | -2 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1907 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Hurley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Table Rock Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Hurley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 991 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 444 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | MARIONVILLE |
| 7 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 36 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hurley: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tract # 8 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
43 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hurley in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Hail | Hurley | $75,000 | Golf ball hail was reported near the town of Hurley. Minor damage occurred to homes and vehicles in town. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | $60,000 | Multiple power poles and lines were downed by high winds causing power outages. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Hurley | $25,000 | A severe storm produced a slim path of up to baseball-size hail that damaged roofs and cars in the Hurley area. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Hurley | $10,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a weak EF-0 tornado touched down in rural Stone County. Minor damage occurred to a home while numerous trees were destroyed. Wind speeds were estimated at 75 mph. The tornado width was 50 yards and the length was approximately a third of a mile long. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | $10,000 | Downburst winds damaged an out building on a farm along with downing several trees and power lines. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts blew debris through a window of a home. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Hurley | - | State Highway CC at Spring Creek was flooded and impassable. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Hurley | - | State Highway AA at the Spring Creek was flooded and impassable in town. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Hurley | - | Route A was closed through Hurley due to flooding. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Hurley | - | Social media report of ping pong ball size hail. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Hurley | - | Route A in Hurley was closed at Spring Creek due to flooding. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Hurley | - | Route A at the Spring Creek in Hurley was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Hurley | - | State Highway CC at the Spring Creek low water crossing was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | Several trees were reported down across County Road CC-30. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Hurley | - | State highway CC at Spring Creek was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Hurley | - | State Highway A at Spring Creek in Hurley was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Hurley | - | Route CC south of Hurley at the Spring Creek was flooded and impassable. |
| January 2020 | Flash Flood | Hurley | - | Excessive rain caused flooding on Highway CC at Spring Creek closing the road. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Hurley | - | Highway CC was flooded near Tin Can Hallow Road. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Hurley | - | Excessive rainfall caused flash flooding along Dry Crane Creek. The creek flooded a section of Twilight Drive east of Hurley. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Hurley | - | There was a rainfall report of 5.50 inches measured. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Hurley | - | State Route BB was closed at Crane Creek due to flooding. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Hurley | - | Highway A and Highway CC in Hurley at Spring Creek was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Hurley | - | A bridge and roadway was flooded on Missouri Highway A.IGHWAY A. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | A couple of trees were blown down. |
| January 2013 | Flood | Hurley | - | Route A near Spring Creek was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Hurley | - | Several streets were flooded. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Hurley | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hurley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| School | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Browns Spring | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Union City | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Crane | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bradfield | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Possum Trot | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Oto | 5.5 miles | 12 |
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 Hurley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q965852 | 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 735662. 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.








