Holly Grove, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Townley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35587. It stands on Miner Branch. The Survey maps it on the Townley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Townley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Townley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
204 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Holly Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,697 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 95 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/incendiarism | 95 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160906-5 |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Holly Grove: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Allen No. 2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holly Grove in 2 storm reports in 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | $3,000 | Several trees were uprooted along Pleasant Hill Rd. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly Grove | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down along Coal Valley Rd. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townley | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Cedrum | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Hilliard | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| New Jagger | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Pocahontas | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Saragossa | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| McCollum | 5.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120269. 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.






