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Curry, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Goshen-Shady Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36079. It lies near Becks Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Ansley quadrangle. It stands 522 feet above sea level.

Curry within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

82 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Curry between 1994 and 2020, burning about 878 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Natural12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-12
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150906-001
23 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-5
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150920-001
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20130918-002
17 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140917-002
15 September 2019Arson/incendiarism22 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190915-2
22 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Curry: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Kyanite, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Heavy Mineral PlacerKyanite, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Rutile, Zircon
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pike 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Orion2.4 miles8
Meeksville2.6 miles8
Harmony4.1 miles8
Briar Hill4.7 miles8
Friendship4.8 miles8
Shellhorn4.9 miles8
Ansley5.4 miles8
Lees Park6.0 miles8

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 Q14679055The 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 156243. 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.