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China Grove, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Needmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36081. It stands on China Grove Creek. The Survey maps it on the China Grove quadrangle.

China Grove within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

76 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of China Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 873 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
28 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150920-002
8 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1998Natural5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150810-001
10 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150810-002
7 July 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike 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 China Grove: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Kyanite, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Heavy Mineral PlacerKyanite, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Rutile, Zircon

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names China Grove in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
May 2024HailChina Grove-A photo received via social media showed nickel-size hail in the China Grove area.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindChina Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Stills Crossroads3.5 miles7
Logton5.5 miles7
Orion5.9 miles8
Colina7.8 miles8
Curry8.1 miles8
Linwood8.3 miles8
Saco8.3 miles8
Meeksville8.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164039. 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.