Garden, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Aliceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35442. The Survey maps it on the Aliceville North quadrangle.
On record in Garden
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Parks E. Ball Houselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Aliceville North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
66 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Garden between 1994 and 2020, burning about 496 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150923-002 |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150918-003 |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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 Garden: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garden in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2012: 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden | - | Trees were uprooted along Martin Luther King Road northwest of Aliceville, as well as along County Road 9 and County Road 35 just north of Carrollton. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Garden | - | Numerous roads were flooded across Pickens county as a result of heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee. Numerous streets and parking lots in Aliceville were flooded. Residents of one home had to be evacuated. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Garden | - | Due to heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, several roads and parking lots remained flooded. Waters receded and roads were reopened by Tuesday morning, September 6. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McMullen | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Aliceville | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Beaver Town | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Stevens | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cunningham | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bridgeville | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sapps | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Dillburg | 5.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156393. 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.




