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Curry, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Talladega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36268. The Survey maps it on the Talladega quadrangle. It stands 538 feet above sea level.

Curry within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

305 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 305 fires within 5 miles of Curry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,872 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 118 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/incendiarism118
Debris and open burning111
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony22
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking3

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 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150908-001
3 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionIRONATON ROAD, AL
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180924-3
21 September 2010Natural16 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Curry: 8 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducerQuartz
Camp Ore BedsIronPast ProducerResidual
Jone's Limonite BanksIronPast ProducerResidual
No NameIronPast ProducerResidual
Poor House Limonite BanksIronPast ProducerResidual
Uncertain, Ironaton DistrictIronPast ProducerResidual
Uncertain, Ironaton DistrictIronPast ProducerResidual
Uncertain, Ironton DistrictIronPast ProducerResidual
Uncertain, Tronaton DistrictIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curry in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCurry-Several trees and a couple power lines were downed in the Lincoln, Munford, and Talladega areas along Patton Chapel Rd, Motes Rd, E Damon Ave, Turner Rd, Watts Rd, and Saddleridge Rd. KASN recorded a gust of 43 mph at 9:25 am CDT.
August 2023HailCurry-Half-dollar size hail reported in Curry.
March 2020HailCurry-Dime to quarter size hail.
March 2020HailCurry-Large hail reported along Curry Station Road.
May 2013Flash FloodCurry-Four to five inches of rainfall across portions of central Talladega County led to numerous roads becoming impassable due to high water, including Coosa St., Ward St., Battle St., Court St., and East St., all in the city of Talladega. In addition, Kelly Springs Rd at Eastaboga Rd was impassable, and U.S. Highway 77 between Talladega and Waldo was impassable.

Every storm recorded in Talladega 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
Hall Grove2.8 miles21
McElderry2.8 miles14
Providence2.9 miles23
Chinnabee3.1 miles14
Bethlehem3.2 miles21
Turner3.7 miles23
Brecon4.3 miles22
Stockdale4.4 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on CurryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15051792The 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 159473. 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.