Sibley, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Fort Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64088. It stands on Beasley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buckner quadrangle. 314 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
On record in Sibley
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 1 record
Fort OsageNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Population over time
2 figuresSibley fell from 357 to 314 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 | 357 | |
| 2020 | 314 | -43 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Buckner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Buckner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Buckner quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,445 words on this townshipThe History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Fort Osage Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Colonel James Chiles lived west of Sibley about four miles, and Frank Chiles, his brother, lived on an adjoining farm. Both were prominent men in the county, James especially, was a politician and held many important offices. James Chiles now lives in Texas, being a man of eighty-five years of age. He came from Kentucky when a young man and became one of the first settlers in Fort Osage township.
Passage source: The History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881.
Col. John Hambright was an early settler about two and a half miles south- of Sibley. He Hved on the State road and kept a stage station, till there was no more use for stages. He died there about six years ago.
Passage source: The History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881.
Col. A. G. Steele came in 1854, and settled one mile east of Sibley, where he still resides. Samuel Johnson, William Sailors, James Johnson, Nathaniel Teaugus, Lewis Jones, Joseph R. Walker, Joel P. Walker, Ex-Governor Boggs, and others were among the prominent early settlers.
Passage source: The History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Fort Osage Township - it names this place 13 more 13 times.
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Sibley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 79 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 burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177818-02412-08032018-1105 |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177239-02412-05072018-0423 |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176663-04828-04232018-1634 |
| 16 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178717-04828-04162019-1300 |
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 Sibley: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckner Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Orrick Quarry and Mil | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Winfrey Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sibley in 12 storm reports between 2003 and 2017: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 2007 | Flood | Sibley | $750,000 | The Missouri River at Sibley crested at 32.80 feet on May 8, 2007, or 10.80 feet above flood stage. This was the third highest crest ever.|Several homes were flooded. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sibley | $150,000 | NW Electric COOP reported $150,000 in damage. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Sibley | $1,000 | Tornado touched down 1 mile northwest of Sibley in rural areas at 0915 CST...with damage to trees and power lines noted. The tornado crossed into Ray county at 0915 CST...2 miles north northeast of Sibley. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sibley | - | Multiple trees were down on roadways near Sibley. A full 110 gallon water tank was thrown several yards from its original resting place. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sibley | - | This report was gathered via social media. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sibley | - | Jackson County Sheriff reported 2 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs and power lines were down from strong winds. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sibley | - | Three inch hail was reported at the Jackson County Sheriffs Office. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sibley | - | A large tree of unknown size and condition was down on a car in Sibley. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF2) | Sibley | - | A tornado formed near the Jackson and Ray County line along the Missouri River. The tornado crossed into Ray County about 2 minutes after forming in wooded areas along the river. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Sibley | - | The Missouri River near Sibley crested at 24.70 feet, or 2.70 feet above flood stage. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sibley | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Sibley | - | 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.
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 Sibley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2692498 | 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 735854. 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.








