Cleburne, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Heflin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36264. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Choccolocco quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Choccolocco quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Choccolocco quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Choccolocco quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Cleburne between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,282 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 87 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 87 |
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-16 |
| 28 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | TRAILHEAD |
| 28 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160915-13 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Cleburne: 8 past producers, 7 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C H Mitchell Mine | Arsenic, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Henderson Deposit | Manganese | Past Producer | 1953 | |
| Heflin Mill | Mica | Plant | ||
| Schefner No. 2 Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Austin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bennett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cobb Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hewitt Limonite Bank | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Iron City Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Goethite, Magnetite | |
| Pentegrass Or Dunn Beds | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleburne in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleburne | $2,000 | Numerous reports of trees blown down in Cleburne. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heflin | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Belltown | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Five Points | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Gold Hill | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Chulafinnee | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Edwardsville | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Arbacoochee (historical) | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Abel | 8.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159414. 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.







