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Greer, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mountainboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35956. It lies near Aurora Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Boaz quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Greer within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

91 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Greer (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,152 acres in total. None started naturally. 47 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/incendiarism47
Debris and open burning31
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190907-7
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-6
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Greer (historical): 5 prospects, 2 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
J H Vanzandt ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect

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
Aurora1.6 miles19
Union1.6 miles23
Skyhaven Estates2.0 miles23
Shady Grove2.2 miles19
Doolans2.7 miles23
Mays2.8 miles19
Mountainboro2.9 miles23
Alice3.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166208. 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.