Grantley, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Fruithurst census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It stands on Marys Creek. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont SE quadrangle.

Grantley within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Piedmont SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1975 USGS Piedmont SE quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2001 USGS Piedmont SE quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Grantley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 9,062 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 123 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/incendiarism	123
Debris and open burning	38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Natural	7
Recreation and ceremony	6
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
7 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	8.8 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	42 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	82 acres	National Forests in Alabama	not named
24 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	29 acres	National Forests in Alabama	VIGO
23 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	NER-20150923-004
17 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	National Forests in Alabama	CROOKED BRIDGE #1
17 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	24 acres	National Forests in Alabama	CROOKED BRIDGE #2
17 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	120 acres	National Forests in Alabama	CROOKED BRIDGE #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Grantley: 3 unknowns, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Cleburne 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Liberty Hill	1.5 miles	16
Oak Level	3.6 miles	16
Borden Wheeler Springs	5.9 miles	17
Piney Woods	6.4 miles	16
Borden Springs	6.6 miles	17
Coldwater	6.8 miles	16
Palestine	7.9 miles	17
Mars Hill	8.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159688. 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.