Asbury, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ozark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36360. It stands on Cotton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Skipperville quadrangle. It stands 420 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Skipperville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Asbury between 1994 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200604-3 |
| 17 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200507-11 |
| 7 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200507-3 |
| 6 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200506-49 |
| 30 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170503-2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Asbury in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Asbury | - | A tree was blown down on East County Road 36. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Asbury | - | A tree was blown down on County Road 59 near County Road 54. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Asbury | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 54. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beamon | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Mabson | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Skipperville | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Arguta | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Echo | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Snow Hill | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bells Crossroads | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Barefield Crossroads | 5.6 miles | 9 |
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 Asbury | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058383 | 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 113239. 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.
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.




