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Green Bay, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Opp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36467. The Survey maps it on the Onycha quadrangle. It stands 259 feet above sea level.

Green Bay within Covington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

77 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Green Bay between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,662 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 32 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/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2

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
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140707-001
20 July 2010Debris and open burning27 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 1998Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Covington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Green Bay: 6 unknowns, 5 occurrences. 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
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Covington County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Bay in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
November 2006Tornado (F2)Green Bay$1,000,000The tornado first touched down near Hillcrest Ponds around the junction of county roads 34 and 45, then moved northeast, before lifting back into the clouds near county road 70 just west of Friendship. Considerable damage occurred along the path of the tornado. The first residence hit had two large grain silos torn from their foundations. One was thrown roughly 15 yards, the other about 150 yards across the road and into a nearby pasture. Another home sustained considerable damage when an outbuilding was lifted by the tornado and thrown into the home. Several other homes along the path of the tornado suffered roof damage. The most significant and widespread damage along the path of the tornado occurred near Opine, where up to six commercial poultry farm buildings were destroyed or heavily damaged. Approximately 130,000 chickens were killed.
June 2017Tornado (EF1)Green Bay$50,000The tornado touched down on Jackson Town Road, just north of Adams Pond Road. A residence experienced the loss of its roof over an open door garage. Numerous trees|were uprooted in the same area. The tornado continued northwest, causing sporadic damage mainly to trees, but one home did suffer some minor roof damage. The tornado crossed Highway 84 and lifted near Nelson Road. The tornado was rated an EF-1 with estimated peak winds of 95 mph. Damage values are estimated.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$50,000Survey team found evidence of straight line wind damage to several homes and metal buildings. Most of the wind damage occurred to mobile homes and metal buildings with two mobile homes completely destroyed and several other suffering damage. A two story homes also experienced roof damage. Most of the damage was found in an area from one to two miles northeast of Onycha. Based on the damage evidence the team estimated winds around 90 mph.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$5,000A severe thunderstorm wind gust near 60 mph downed trees and power lines on Highway 331 near Onycha.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$5,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew trees and power lines down along US Highway 331 just south of Onycha.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Green Bay.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGreen Bay-High winds downed trees along US331.
January 2008HailGreen Bay-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Covington 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
Blue Springs2.5 miles7
Onycha2.5 miles7
Beulah4.6 miles8
Horn Hill4.9 miles7
Estothel6.7 miles8
Blairs6.9 miles8
Duvall7.2 miles8
Babbie7.3 miles8

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 Green BayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058465The 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 159694. 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.