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Grassy, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Arab census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35016. It stands on Hamby Branch. The Survey maps it on the Arab quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.

Grassy within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

59 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Grassy between 1994 and 2017, burning about 569 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 burning24
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Natural1

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
6 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-13
24 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2016Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160902-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Grassy: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Kennmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Langford Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

9 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grassy in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
October 2021Flash FloodGrassy1 killedFlash flood fatality occurred on Friendship Road. A woman's vehicle was swept away in the flood waters and her body was found the next morning.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGrassy$1,000Trees were knocked down onto the road along Thompson Falls Road. Time estimated by radar.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGrassy$500A tree was knocked down across Tower Drive near Lowery Drive. Time estimated by radar.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGrassy$500A tree was knocked down. The time was estimated by radar.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindGrassy$500A tree was knocked down on Shoal Creek Road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGrassy$200A tree was knocked down across Lookout Drive.
May 2025Flash FloodGrassy-Flash flooding occurred at this location, with several inches of swift water running over the road. Depth estimated at 6 to 8 inches.
March 2011Flash FloodGrassy-Flash flooding prompted the closure of Apollo Road near Atlas Lane.
February 2009Flash FloodGrassy-Flash flooding was reported on Apollo Road near the Grassy community.

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Scant City0.9 miles24
Friendship1.5 miles24
Neighbors Mill2.5 miles22
Union Grove3.3 miles22
North Arab3.7 miles20
Eddy3.9 miles20
Meadowood4.0 miles20
Arab4.0 miles24

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 GrassyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058464The 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 119249. 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.