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Girard, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phenix City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36867. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Phenix City quadrangle.

Girard within Russell County

On record in Girard

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 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Girard between 1992 and 2018, burning about 624 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150905-001
29 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission2406 SANDFORT RD., AL
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MUSCOGEE-001
11 September 2002Smoking34 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MUSCOGEE-001
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140901-002
1 September 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1998Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Girard: 12 producers, 1 past producer. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. 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
Chattahoochee River GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Dixieland PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
Bussey PitClayProducer
Cilla MineClayProducer
No. 1 PitClayProducer
No. 4 MinesClayPast Producer
Woolfolk MineClayProducer
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kendrick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phenix City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Russell County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Girard in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2009Tornado (EF2)Girard$500,000The tornado touched down near the intersection of 22nd Avenue and 17th Street in Phenix City. It then traveled northeast through the south end of Phenix City, and crossed the Chattahoochee River and moved into Muscogee County Georgia. Five businesses sustained major damage, and seven homes received varying degrees of roof damage. At least 100 and as many as 200 trees were snapped or uprooted.
April 2025Flash FloodGirard-Water surrounded residences on 5th St South in Phenix City.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindGirard-Roof blown off building. Several trees uprooted and power lines snapped.
July 2012HailGirard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Russell 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
Kaolin0.9 miles22
Phenix City1.0 miles22
Rolling Hills1.3 miles22
Garrett Heights1.5 miles26
Fontaine Village1.6 miles22
Greenbrier2.8 miles22
Lakewood Heights3.1 miles22
Carriage Hill3.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119451. 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.