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Greenbrier, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phenix City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36867. It stands on Holland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Phenix City quadrangle.

Greenbrier within Russell County

On record in Greenbrier

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

95 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Greenbrier between 1993 and 2018, burning about 408 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 burning31
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Other causes1

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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150905-001
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission2406 SANDFORT RD., AL
2 September 1997Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140901-002
27 August 2014Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140827-002
18 August 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell 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 Greenbrier: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Phenix City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bussey PitClayProducer
No. 1 PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Russell 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
Lakewood Heights0.3 miles22
Carriage Hill0.6 miles14
Phenix City2.1 miles22
Girard2.8 miles22
Ladonia3.2 miles22
Rolling Hills3.3 miles22
Kaolin3.5 miles22
Garrett Heights4.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138714. 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.