Grangeburg, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36343. It stands on Guy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Grangeburg quadrangle. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Grangeburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Grangeburg between 1993 and 2020, burning about 663 acres in total. 2 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 18195 COTTONWOOD RD, AL |
| 7 July 2017 | Natural | 105 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170707-1 |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 32/LOGAN LOOP-0819 |
| 21 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 36 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | BAXTER RD (32) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Grangeburg: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.W. Roberst Contrating, Inc. - W. Dennis Creamer Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| White Construction Company, Inc. - Montegomer Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grangeburg in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grangeburg | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto power lines on Miller Merrett Road. |
| December 2016 | Flood | Grangeburg | - | County Road 81 was flooded between Bazemoore Mill Road and County Road 4 as a result of a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Grangeburg | - | A deputy reported water covering the road near Capps Road and South County Road 81. A local pond in the area likely overflowed. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Grangeburg | - | Hail up to three-quarters of an inch was reported across the southern portion of Houston 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sealy Springs | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cottonwood | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Harmon | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Crosby | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Terry Crossroads | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Love Hill | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Dupree | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Lucy | 9.1 miles | 8 |
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 Grangeburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058459 | 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 119230. 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.




