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Greenwood, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wills Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35954. The Survey maps it on the Keener quadrangle.

Greenwood within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

138 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,541 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 55 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/incendiarism55
Debris and open burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2

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
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-16
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism13 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2006Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Greenwood: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, 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
Taylor Branch HollowIronPast ProducerHematite
Black Warrior River Manganese Pros.ManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite, Wad
C W Chumley PropertyManganesePast Producer1951
Campbell Gap Manganese ProspectManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Etowah 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
Keener1.1 miles20
Yancy1.8 miles20
Tabor1.9 miles20
Smiths Bridge (historical)2.7 miles20
Duck Springs3.4 miles20
Black Creek3.5 miles20
Scrougeout4.0 miles19
Kyuka4.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166207. 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.