Centenary, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Luverne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36049. It stands on Huckleberry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fullers Crossroads quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Fullers Crossroads quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Centenary between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,064 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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 | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170905-1 |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 10, AL |
| 11 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20130911-003 |
| 25 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 57 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Centenary: 43 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 prospects. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crenshaw County Brown Iron Ore Deposits | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1939 | |
| Carl F Parrish Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Crossroads | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Moodys Crossroads | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Center Ridge | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Cherokee Village | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Vernledge | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Fullers Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Rutledge | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Ivy Creek | 4.9 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115828. 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.



