Clay City, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fairhope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36532. It stands on Polecat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia Springs quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1921 USGS Point Clear quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Weeks Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Weeks Bay quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Magnolia Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Clay City between 1994 and 2018, burning about 473 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150925-002 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180807-3 |
| 18 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 13974 SHERWOOD HIGHLAND RD, AL |
| 11 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HANAK RD, AL |
| 4 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HALEY LANE, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Clay City: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Brick Clay, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay City Clay Pits | Brick Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Quartz | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Clay, Quartz | |
| Fairhope Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Marlow Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clay City in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Clay City | - | Total rainfall of 6.30 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlow | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| River Park | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Turkey Branch | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Silverhill | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Houstonville | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Yupon | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bayside | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Summerdale | 5.7 miles | 17 |
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 Clay City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058418 | The 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 116199. 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.







