BlockAbernathy, Alabama
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Piedmont SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Piedmont SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Piedmont SE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Abernathy (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,994 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 52 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 82 acres | National Forests in Alabama | not named |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20150924-003 |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | CROOKED BRIDGE #1 |
| 14 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | National Forests in Alabama | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190913-10 |
| 13 September 1998 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | SWEETWATER |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Abernathy (historical): 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burns | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Rabbittown | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Jenkins | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Holley Crossroads | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Whitesides Mill | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Nances Creek | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Hollingsworth | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hallingworth | 7.3 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140782. 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.