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Ansley, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Goshen-Shady Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36079. The Survey maps it on the Ansley quadrangle.

Ansley within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Ansley between 1994 and 2020, burning about 941 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 burning18
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2019Natural12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-12
23 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-5
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2019Arson/incendiarism22 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190915-2
8 August 2000Natural2.4 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2000Natural28 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 June 1998Smoking1.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ansley: 4 unknowns, 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ansley in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 2 tornado, 1 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
November 2001Tornado (F0)Ansley$2,000A very brief tornado touchdown occurred in the Ansley Community. A few trees were blown down along the short path. Beg: 31 53.414/86 07.118 End: 31 53.539/86 06.819
April 2005HailAnsley$1,000Hail up to the size of ping pong balls fell across a large part of Pike County. This was the second largehail producing storm to affect the county in a few hours time. The hail covered the ground in several locations.
April 2022Tornado (EF1)Ansley-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwest Pike County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 110 mph. The tornado touched down just west of the intersection of County Road 1107 and 1101. The tornado tracked northeast nearly paralleling County Road 1107 where damage consisted of numerous snapped and uprooted trees, some of which fell on and caused significant damage to a residence. The tornado also produced minor roof damage to additional nearby homes and shifted a manufactured home off of its block piers. It crossed into southeast Montgomery County just west of Little Patsaliga Creek.

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Shellhorn2.0 miles8
Olustee2.7 miles8
Shady Grove3.0 miles8
Youngblood3.8 miles8
Wingard4.1 miles7
Briar Hill5.1 miles8
Lees Park5.2 miles8
Curry5.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113096. 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.