Concord, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Berry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35555. The Survey maps it on the New Lexington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Concord between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,079 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 32 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CANAN ROAD , AL |
| 9 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190801-4 |
| 9 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concord in 2 storm reports between 1994 and 1997: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concord | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 1994 | Hail | Concord | - | Hail in sizes from quarter to golf ball were reported in Concord in southern Fayette 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Newtonville | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Gumbud | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Jerusalem | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ashcraft Corner | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Bankston | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rossland City | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Stough | 10.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137709. 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.
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.




