Bazemore, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Winfield-Glen Allen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35594. It stands on Tucker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Glen Allen quadrangle.

Bazemore within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Glen Allen quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

98 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Bazemore between 1994 and 2020, burning about 764 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 36 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	36
Debris and open burning	31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Recreation and ceremony	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Natural	2
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
9 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20150909-001
6 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1995	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	11 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1995	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190924-15

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bazemore: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Beasly Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Glen Allen Materials, Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Glen Allen Materials,Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Fayette County

Storms near this place

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bazemore in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. 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 2014	Tornado (EF1)	Bazemore	$250,000	The tornado touched down near the intersection of County Road 73 and County Road 53 in northern Fayette County. Five to ten trees were either snapped or uprooted with some minor roof damage to a home at the initial touchdown. The tornado then crossed County Road 65 near Eldridge Road where a couple of outbuildings lost portions of their roof. The tornado intensified as it crossed County Road 53 near the intersection of Eldridge Road. Here a couple of outbuildings were near total losses, dozens of trees were blown down, and a residence sustained minor damage. The tornado continued northeast and crossed into Marion County.
May 2008	Tornado (EF1)	Bazemore	$25,000	The tornado initially touched down about two and a half miles southwest of the Bazemore Community, one mile north of the intersection of CR-50 and SR-129. The tornado then moved east-northeasward and crossed into Walker County near Barron Creek at State Highway 13. In Fayette County, this tornado destroyed one shed, and damaged another. Other damage in Fayette County was generally light, and confined mostly to snapped off and uprooted trees.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Bazemore	$20,000	Thunderstorm winds caused damage at two closely located areas along CR 53, south of the Bazemore Community. A large tree was uprooted, which fell on both a home and a shed. Damage to the home's roof was minor, but the shed was destroyed. Several other trees were snapped and uprooted. The wind speed was estimated to be around 75 mph.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Bazemore	$5,000	A roof was damaged by high winds at a home on CR 24, in the northern part of the county.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Bazemore	$2,000	A few trees were blown down near the Glen Allen community.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Bazemore	-	Several trees uprooted in the town of Bazemore.
March 2016	Tornado (EF1)	Bazemore	-	National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Fayette County just northeast of Hubbertville and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF-1 tornado. Maximum winds were estimated to be around 90 mph. The tornado touched down near the intersection of County Road 52 and County Road 18. The tornado tracked northeast and uprooted and snapped numerous trees as it crossed County Road 24. From there, it continued northeast along and just north of County Road 24 and produced tree damage before dissipating at Castleberry Road.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Bazemore	-	Several trees were uprooted along County Road 35, with one tree falling onto a house. Additionally, a small barn sustained roof damage and a small outbuilding was destroyed.

Every storm recorded in Fayette 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hubbertville	5.1 miles	10
Bobo	6.6 miles	11
Fowlers Crossroads	6.7 miles	10
Stewart	7.3 miles	9
Howard	7.6 miles	11
Studdards Crossroads	8.4 miles	11
Wayside	10.2 miles	9
Bluff	12.1 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113618. 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.