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Genery, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35244. It lies near Bee Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.

Genery within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

141 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Genery between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,105 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism59
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 1995Arson/incendiarism72 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burning14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Genery: 6 producers, 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Mine No. 53Fire Clay (Refractory)Producer
ParkwoodBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Helena QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lacon Plant No. 3 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bessemer PitClayProducer
Jef 6 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Parkwood MineClayProducer
Helena, Ne OfIronPast ProducerResidual
Potter MineIronPast Producer
Pyne MineIronPast ProducerHematite

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Shadywood0.6 miles24
Whispering Oaks0.7 miles24
Russet Woods1.7 miles24
Morgan1.9 miles24
Greenwood2.1 miles24
High Point2.2 miles24
Eden Ridge2.3 miles24
Shades Run2.3 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 Q122593888The 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 118888. 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.