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Grayson, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Addison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35572. The Survey maps it on the Grayson quadrangle.

Grayson within Winston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Grayson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,313 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 117 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/incendiarism117
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning11
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
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 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMORELAND-E
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaPINHOOK
18 September 2019Natural250 acresNational Forests in AlabamaCOLLINS CAMP
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150917-002
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaTOWER #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winston County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grayson in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1997HailGrayson$3,000no account filed
February 2025Thunderstorm WindGrayson-Trees were downed on Cranal Rd near the Sipsey Recreation Area.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGrayson-Several trees uprooted along Cranal Road at the Sipsey River Bridge.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindGrayson-Several trees uprooted along County Road 6 in the Bankhead National Forest.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGrayson-A few trees were blown down in the Bankhead National Forest near Grayson.

Every storm recorded in Winston 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
Ellaville1.6 miles17
Moreland2.9 miles11
Haricon (historical)5.6 miles11
Gray (historical)5.9 miles11
Rock Creek7.0 miles11
Inmanfield7.4 miles13
Pleasant Hill7.8 miles11
Blue Springs7.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159693. 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.

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.