Danzey, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Headland-Newville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36345. It stands on Buck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Newville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Newville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
75 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Danzey between 1994 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-24 |
| 23 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-4 |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-17 |
| 20 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1996 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160727-5 |
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 Danzey: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Deposit | Aluminum | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danzey in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danzey | $6,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down on County Road 99 between County Road 66 and County Road 257. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Danzey | $5,000 | Damage from this tornado was primarily confined to snapped trees consistent with an EF1 tornado with max winds estimated at 95 mph. Roof damage to a double wide manufactured home occurred on Field Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danzey | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 431. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danzey | - | Nine trees were blown down across Henry county. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danzey | - | A tree was blown down onto County Road 99. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danzey | - | A tree was blown down on County Road 32. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakey Grove | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Capps | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Newville | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Tumbleton | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Balkum | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Browns Crossroad | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Union | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Miller | 7.5 miles | 8 |
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 Q122595993 | The 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 156249. 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.




