BlockGrady, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ramer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36036. The Survey maps it on the Grady quadrangle. It stands 456 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Grady quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Grady between 1994 and 2019, burning about 532 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | COLLIER ROAD, AL |
| 30 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1995 | Smoking | 10 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 Grady: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grady in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grady | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were knocked down in the vicinity of Grady. One carport was blown down and destroyed. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grady | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down near Dublin. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grady | $1,000 | One large tree was blown down by gust front winds. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Grady | $1,000 | Quarter size hail was reported along the Pike and Montgomery County line along US 231. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grady | - | Numerous trees snapped and uprooted due to possible microburst. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Grady | - | Penny size hail fell across far southeastern Montgomery County. The hail storm crossed into MontgomeryCounty from Pike County and affected the Pine Level and Curry communities. The storm also dropped hail as it crossed US 231 and SR 94. |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Grady | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3475538 | The 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 119205. 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.