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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
57 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160910-24 |
| 8 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.RD 290, AL |
| 12 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T H Clower Prospect | Feldspar, Mica | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuckersburg | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Bowery | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Liberty Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cusseta | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Boyds | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sturkie | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Moorefield | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Nelson | 7.9 miles | 15 |
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.






