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Currys, Alabama

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pine Level census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36036. The Survey maps it on the Pine Level quadrangle.

Currys within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

70 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Currys between 1994 and 2019, burning about 528 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150906-001
3 September 2014Natural1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140903-002
29 September 2016Debris and open burning32 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-29
21 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Currys: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Center Point2.0 miles8
Pisgah2.5 miles8
Pine Level3.6 miles10
Friendship4.1 miles10
Dublin4.3 miles10
Meadville4.8 miles10
Gibson6.5 miles10
Grady6.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116980. 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.