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Greenbriar, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dadeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36861. The Survey maps it on the Dadeville quadrangle.

Greenbriar within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

130 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Greenbriar between 1994 and 2020, burning about 790 acres in total. 6 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
Debris and open burning53
Arson/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190908-7
8 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Natural1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Greenbriar: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Al King MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Alabama King MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Bonner-Terrell MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Franklin MineGoldOccurrenceGold
Holly ProspectGoldOccurrence1911
Preacher Gunn ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Russell Ferry Estates0.9 miles11
Midway1.4 miles11
Piney Point1.6 miles12
River Bend2.1 miles12
Alkehatchee (historical)2.4 miles11
Lake Hill Estates2.5 miles12
Island Home (historical)2.6 miles11
Jacksons Gap3.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137437. 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.