Barney, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cordova census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35550. It stands on Cunningham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goodsprings quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Port Birmingham quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Port Birmingham quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Goodsprings quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Goodsprings quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
327 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of Barney between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,420 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 161 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 | 161 |
| Debris and open burning | 107 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1768 NEW PARRISH HWY, AL |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190904-5 |
| 30 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 68 SCOBEY LANE-DORA, AL |
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Barney: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cordova Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Drummond Coal Co., Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Shale Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barney in 1 storm report in 2019: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Hail | Barney | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113506. 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.








