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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.

Centenary within Crenshaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

121 since 1994

Regional 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 burning49
Arson/incendiarism25
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2017Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170905-1
30 September 2003Debris and open burning16 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 10, AL
11 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20130911-003
25 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crenshaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crenshaw County Brown Iron Ore DepositsIron, ManganesePast Producer1939
Carl F Parrish ProspectIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Crenshaw 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
Robinson Crossroads3.0 miles7
Moodys Crossroads3.4 miles7
Center Ridge3.5 miles7
Cherokee Village3.8 miles7
Vernledge4.0 miles7
Fullers Crossroads4.0 miles7
Rutledge4.5 miles7
Ivy Creek4.9 miles7

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.