BlockFairfax, Alabama
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36854. It stands on Moores Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lanett South quadrangle.
On record in Fairfax
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fairfax Historic Districtlisted 1999 · 0.2 miles away- Bethlehem Baptist Churchlisted 2017 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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
- 1964 USGS Lanett South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Fairfax between 1992 and 2019, burning about 865 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 45 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 | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HARRIS-002 |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HARRIS-002 |
| 14 September 2007 | 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 Fairfax: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cha 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairfax in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfax | $3,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Fairfax. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Fairfax | - | Penny size hail reported in the town of Valley. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairfax | - | Several dozen trees uprooted south of the town of Valley. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Fairfax | - | A large amount of quarter sized hail fell at the Valley Community Center. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118111. 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.