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Hardaway, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shorter-Hardaway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36039. It stands on Dicks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hardaway quadrangle. It stands 253 feet above sea level.

Hardaway within Macon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

129 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Hardaway between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,370 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism28
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140903-001
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use18 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-34
22 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120912-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macon County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hardaway: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Mac 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Macon County

Storms near this place

5 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardaway in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2009: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
April 2009Tornado (EF1)Hardaway$10,000After its brief journey across the tip of Bullock County, the Montgomery-Cecil tornado moved back into Macon County, near Bughall Creek. These last several miles of the path caused damage mainly to trees. Along the entire path, 3 buildings were destroyed, and another 20 structures suffered varying degrees of damage. Despite the long path, no injuries were reported.
March 2005Thunderstorm WindHardaway$5,000Trees were knocked down in Hardaway near Old Fedler Road.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHardaway$1,000A few trees were blown down at CR-19 and CR-73, near the Hardaway community in Macon County.
March 2000HailHardaway-Dime to quarter size hail was reported in Hardaway.
May 1999HailHardaway-Nickel size hail was reported in southwest Macon County near Hardaway.

Every storm recorded in Macon 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
Downs3.7 miles9
Cross Keys4.0 miles9
Chesson4.0 miles9
La Place6.4 miles9
Liverpool6.7 miles9
Calebee7.1 miles9
Mount Andrew7.2 miles8
Fort Davis8.0 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on HardawayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14679129The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119711. 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.

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.