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Embry Bend, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35096. It lies near McCoys Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Ragland quadrangle.

Embry Bend within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

178 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Embry Bend between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,911 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 59 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 burning61
Arson/incendiarism59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-15
4 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190904-6
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190918-19
16 September 2010Arson/incendiarism30 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Embry Bend: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. 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
Ragland Cement PlantStonePlant
Ragland MineClayProducer
Ragland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ragland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ragland Shale PitClayProspect

Every working 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
Sherwood Shores0.7 miles24
Refuge4.9 miles24
Clear Springs6.5 miles24
Lincoln6.6 miles23
Blue Eye6.8 miles24
Embry Crossroads6.9 miles24
Yatesville7.1 miles23
England Isle7.5 miles24

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 Q122549991The 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 144803. 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.