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Bomar, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35960. It stands on Cowan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ellisville quadrangle. It stands 568 feet above sea level.

Bomar within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

222 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Bomar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,037 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 139 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/incendiarism139
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-7
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-11
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined134 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-13
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO. RD. 168, AL
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bomar: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Che 9 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

10 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bomar in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBomar-A microburst occurred in the area of CR 40, CR 21, and CR 22 in the Tucker Crossroads community. Several trees were downed, power poles were broken, and at least two homes had trees or power lines down on their roofs. Security camera footage was provided that confirmed the time and intensity of the microburst.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindBomar-The roof was removed from a building along Highway 411 southeast of Centre.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBomar-Multiple trees were blown down on or around homes along Sewell Ferry Rd, and the roof was partially removed from a barn at County Road 31 and County Road 40.
June 2019HailBomar-Hail of varying sizes covering the ground with the largest hailstone at 1.75 inches.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBomar-Several trees uprooted along County Road 124.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBomar-Several trees uprooted near the intersection of County Road 22 and Highway 31.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBomar-Trees and powerlines were reported down on County Road 450, just north of the intersection of County Road 22 and County Road 16.
April 2017HailBomar-no account filed
June 2016HailBomar-no account filed
June 2011HailBomar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Tucker Crossroads1.9 miles19
Noah2.0 miles19
Ferguson2.2 miles19
Moshat2.3 miles18
Key2.5 miles18
Coloma (historical)3.0 miles18
Ellisville3.4 miles18
Newberry Crossroads3.8 miles19

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 BomarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19867955The 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 156091. 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.