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Grandberry Crossroads, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Headland-Newville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36345. It stands on Grandberry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sigma quadrangle.

Grandberry Crossroads within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

38 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Grandberry Crossroads between 1995 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use5.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160907-1
4 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120817-001
26 July 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200726-1
10 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120710-002
10 July 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 June 2013Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20130605-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Grandberry Crossroads: 5 occurrences, 4 unknowns. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed Iron DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed Iron DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grandberry Crossroads in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 7 thunderstorm wind, 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
January 2017Tornado (EF1)Grandberry Crossroads$100,000An EF1 tornado tracked across southern Henry County, snapping and uprooting numerous trees, destroying a mobile home, and causing minor roof damage to a few structures. Max winds were estimated at 110 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGrandberry Crossroads$3,000Trees were blown down and blocked Highway 134 East. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGrandberry Crossroads$3,000Trees were blown down and blocked County Road 10. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGrandberry Crossroads$1,000A tree was blown down along County Road 2. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGrandberry Crossroads$1,000A tree was blown down along County Road 22. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGrandberry Crossroads$500A tree was blown down on State Highway 134.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindGrandberry Crossroads-Trees were blown down on County Road 6.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindGrandberry Crossroads-A tree was blown down at the corner of county roads 2 and 55.

Every storm recorded in Henry 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
Hebron0.6 miles7
Tumbleton3.9 miles8
Balkum4.4 miles8
Walden Pond Estates5.1 miles7
Browns Crossroad5.3 miles8
Headland6.0 miles7
Haleburg6.0 miles8
Southgate6.5 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156424. 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.