Cornhouse, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wedowee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36278. It stands on Gaston Branch. The Survey maps it on the Roanoke West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Roanoke West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
153 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Cornhouse between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,211 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 29 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 | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-8 |
| 21 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20150920-003 |
| 20 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160915-12 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornhouse in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornhouse | $1,000 | A carport was displaced from a home at the intersection of US-431 and CR-65, in the Rock Stand community. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornhouse | - | A tree was uprooted along Highway 431 and County Road 65. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmon Crossroads | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Broughton | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Friendship | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Tennant | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| West | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Midway | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| White Signboard Crossroad | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hobson | 4.8 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122560835 | 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 156215. 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.






