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Greenbrier, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mooresville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35756. It stands on Hardiman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenbrier quadrangle.

Greenbrier within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Greenbrier between 1994 and 2019, burning about 299 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined85 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 97-8
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-4
20 September 2019Debris and open burning28 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-27
20 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 97-9
16 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Storms near this place

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenbrier in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. 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
May 2009Tornado (EF2)Greenbrier$40,000A tornado touched down along Segers Road in eastern Limestone county, snapping and uprooting numerous large trees. A tree fell on a mobile home on Hardiman Road and split it in half. Peak wind speed was estimated at 115 mph with a path width of 75 yards.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindGreenbrier$10,000A roof was torn off a barn just north of Madison Blvd. on County Line Road.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGreenbrier$8,000no account filed
October 2010Tornado (EF0)Greenbrier$5,000An EF-0 tornado with peak winds up to 70 mph touched down very briefly along Greenbrier Road north of the of the Interstate 565 interchange. The tornado uprooted several small trees and snapped several large tree limbs.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindGreenbrier$5,000Several trees were reported down on Power Road in Belle Mina. A power pole was broken by the wind in Greenbrier. Two airplanes were flipped over by the wind at the Mooresville Airport east of the city.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGreenbrier$5,000Large trees were reported down in Greenbrier along with power outages.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGreenbrier$1,000A tree was knocked down on the road at this location on Segers road. Time was estimated from radar data.
June 2023HailGreenbrier-One inch diameter hail was reported via mPING.
June 2023HailGreenbrier-Hail of 1.25 inches in diameter was reported via mPING.
January 2019FloodGreenbrier-Flooding of the west-bound lanes of Old Highway 20 near Segers Road. The flooded portion of the road has been barricaded by Huntsville Police.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindGreenbrier-Multiple trees down near Greenbrier restaurant. Report relayed via social media and 911 call center. Time estimated from radar.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindGreenbrier-A partial roof collapse of an agricultural equipment shed was reported.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGreenbrier-Straight-line winds in excess of 60 MPH knocked a large tree down on top of a mobile home. The occupant escaped without injury.
May 2010Flash FloodGreenbrier-One foot of water covered Madison Blvd west of County Line Road.
May 2010Flash FloodGreenbrier-One foot of water was reported covering Madison Blvd. west of County Line road.
April 2009HailGreenbrier-Quarter size hail fell 3 miles east of Salem.
April 2006Tornado (F0)Greenbrier-A tornado briefly touched down along Interstate 565 and damaged a small sign and two trees along the interstate before quickly dissipating.

Every storm recorded in Limestone 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
Belle Mina2.1 miles22
Salem Corner2.8 miles22
Parker3.4 miles25
Mooresville3.5 miles22
Oakland4.5 miles25
Peets Corner4.5 miles22
Burgreen Gin4.7 miles25
Sweetwater4.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119357. 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.