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Garnsey, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Piper-Coleanor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35035. It stands on Daley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Halfmile Shoals quadrangle.

Garnsey within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

296 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Garnsey between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,868 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 177 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
Arson/incendiarism177
Debris and open burning79
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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 2003Arson/incendiarism24 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200906-2
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Garnsey: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite. 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
Julian Fancher MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Bibb County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garnsey in 1 storm report in 2011: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Garnsey$9,000A tornado initially touched down in northeastern Bibb County and tracked northeast into western Shelby County. The tornado lifted near the community of Pea Ridge. The tornado touched down south of Marvel along CR 65 and moved northeast, where it caused tree damage consistent with an EF1 rating and winds of 105 mph. The tornado moved into Shelby County near CR 54.

Every storm recorded in Bibb 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
Marvel1.0 miles20
Cane Creek (historical)1.2 miles20
Seymour1.5 miles19
Eddings Town1.6 miles18
Garnsey Number 22.0 miles18
Belle Ellen2.7 miles19
Masena2.8 miles20
Nash Town (historical)2.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118845. 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.