Cedar Grove, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Stevenson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35772. It lies near Washington Cove. The Survey maps it on the Stevenson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,198 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-10 |
| 18 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180717-1 |
| 15 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO. RD. 54, AL |
| 24 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1,010 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | STEVENSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Grove: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pace Prospect | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Childers Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Grove in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | Flood | Cedar Grove | - | EMA reports approximately 6 inches of standing water covering County Road 45 between Fackler and Stevenson. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hymer (historical) | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Card Switch | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Stevenson | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Rash | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Pinder Hill | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Fackler | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Harris | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Wannville | 3.9 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 151723. 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.










