Creek Stand, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Warriorstand-Creek Stand census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36860. The Survey maps it on the Creek Stand quadrangle.
On record in Creek Stand
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Creekwoodlisted 1989 · 0.4 miles away- Creek Stand A.M.E. Zion Church Cemeterylisted 2016 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Creek Stand quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
278 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Creek Stand between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7,402 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 99 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 | 99 |
| Debris and open burning | 78 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-19 |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-1 |
| 28 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190928-11 |
| 27 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-3 |
| 24 September 2008 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 51, AL |
| 2 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180917-8 |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Creek Stand: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurtsboro Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hurtsboro Quarry | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Creek Stand in 1 storm report in 2009: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Creek Stand | $500 | A couple of trees were blown down near the intersection of CR-79 and CR-10, near the Creek Stand community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boromville | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Warriorstand | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hannon | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Roba | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Society Hill | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Armstrong | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Davisville | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Little Texas | 11.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116837. 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.




