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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.

Hurley within Stone County

Population over time

2 figures

Hurley 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.

YearPeople Change
2010178
2020176-2 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

38 since 1992

Regional 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined444 acresMissouri Department of ConservationMARIONVILLE
7 April 1992Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 April 1992Debris and open burning36 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 April 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tract # 8IronProspect
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stone County

Storms near this place

43 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020HailHurley$75,000Golf ball hail was reported near the town of Hurley. Minor damage occurred to homes and vehicles in town.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindHurley$60,000Multiple power poles and lines were downed by high winds causing power outages.
May 1995HailHurley$25,000A severe storm produced a slim path of up to baseball-size hail that damaged roofs and cars in the Hurley area.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Hurley$10,000A 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 2005Thunderstorm WindHurley$10,000Downburst winds damaged an out building on a farm along with downing several trees and power lines.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindHurley$5,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHurley$1,000Thunderstorm wind gusts blew debris through a window of a home.
April 2025Flash FloodHurley-State Highway CC at Spring Creek was flooded and impassable.
April 2025Flash FloodHurley-State Highway AA at the Spring Creek was flooded and impassable in town.
May 2025Flash FloodHurley-Route A was closed through Hurley due to flooding.
May 2024HailHurley-Social media report of ping pong ball size hail.
March 2023Flash FloodHurley-Route A in Hurley was closed at Spring Creek due to flooding.
May 2022FloodHurley-Route A at the Spring Creek in Hurley was closed due to flooding.
May 2022FloodHurley-State Highway CC at the Spring Creek low water crossing was closed due to flooding.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHurley-Several trees were reported down across County Road CC-30.
May 2021Flash FloodHurley-State highway CC at Spring Creek was closed due to flooding.
May 2021Flash FloodHurley-State Highway A at Spring Creek in Hurley was closed due to flooding.
March 2020FloodHurley-Route CC south of Hurley at the Spring Creek was flooded and impassable.
January 2020Flash FloodHurley-Excessive rain caused flooding on Highway CC at Spring Creek closing the road.
February 2018FloodHurley-Highway CC was flooded near Tin Can Hallow Road.
July 2016Flash FloodHurley-Excessive rainfall caused flash flooding along Dry Crane Creek. The creek flooded a section of Twilight Drive east of Hurley.
August 2015Heavy RainHurley-There was a rainfall report of 5.50 inches measured.
April 2015FloodHurley-State Route BB was closed at Crane Creek due to flooding.
April 2015FloodHurley-Highway A and Highway CC in Hurley at Spring Creek was closed due to flooding.
July 2015Flash FloodHurley-A bridge and roadway was flooded on Missouri Highway A.IGHWAY A.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHurley-A couple of trees were blown down.
January 2013FloodHurley-Route A near Spring Creek was closed due to flooding.
April 2011FloodHurley-Several streets were flooded.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHurley-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees.
September 2014HailHurley-no account filed
March 2008HailHurley-no account filed
September 2007Thunderstorm WindHurley-no account filed
May 2006HailHurley-no account filed
April 2004Funnel CloudHurley-no account filed
March 2004HailHurley-no account filed
May 2004HailHurley-no account filed
May 2003HailHurley-no account filed
June 2001HailHurley-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHurley-no account filed
April 1998HailHurley-no account filed
May 1998HailHurley-no account filed
May 1996HailHurley-no account filed
June 1996HailHurley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stone 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
Quail2.7 miles12
School2.9 miles12
Browns Spring3.0 miles12
Union City3.7 miles12
Crane4.2 miles12
Bradfield4.7 miles12
Possum Trot4.9 miles12
Oto5.5 miles12

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 HurleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q965852The 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.