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Danway, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waverly census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36801. The Survey maps it on the Moorefield quadrangle.

Danway within Chambers County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Danway between 1994 and 2019, burning about 497 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning22
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
6 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160910-24
8 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCO.RD 290, AL
12 August 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chambers 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 Danway: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Mica. 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
T H Clower ProspectFeldspar, MicaUnknown

Every working recorded in Chambers County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danway in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 tornado. 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
March 2025Tornado (EF0)Danway-The tornado touched down east of Chambers County Road 173 near|Snapper Creek in rural western Chambers County. The location is|based on radar analysis of a velocity couplet and developing|debris signature. The tornado crossed CR 73, where several pine|trees were uprooted. It continued northeastward crossing CR 174,|where a few pine trees were uprooted. The tornado weakened and|dissipated before reaching CR 83.

Every storm recorded in Chambers 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
Tuckersburg0.5 miles14
Oak Bowery3.2 miles12
Liberty Crossroads3.6 miles12
Cusseta4.2 miles14
Boyds4.3 miles12
Sturkie5.6 miles12
Moorefield5.8 miles12
Nelson7.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156248. 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.