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Hornady, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tuskegee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36083. It stands on Uphapee Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Place quadrangle.

Hornady 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

199 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Hornady between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,843 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 56 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/incendiarism56
Debris and open burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Smoking18
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2017Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170908-1
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-22
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-1
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-13
29 September 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macon County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hornady: 6 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Milstead PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Milstead QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mitylene QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Sharpe # 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shorter QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ward PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Macon County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hornady in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 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
December 2024Tornado (EF0)Hornady-A tornado began just west of the confluence of Chewacla Creek and the Tallapoosa River near the Elmore County line and moved east-northeast just north of County Road 8. Several trees were snapped or uprooted in a wooded area adjacent to the railroad. Satellite imagery indicated the tornado dissipated along Chewacla Creek northeast of County Road 8. A Tornado Debris Signature was detected by KMXX (Maxwell Air Force Base) radar. Maximum winds were estimated at 75 mph.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHornady-Trees uprooted across Interstate 85 and nearby county roads.
January 2012HailHornady-Hail slightly larger than dime sized was reported on Interstate 85 at mile marker 30.

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
Talasse (historical)1.3 miles9
Milstead2.3 miles9
Franklin3.5 miles9
Goodwyn4.1 miles9
Clough5.5 miles9
Shorter5.6 miles9
Calebee5.6 miles9
La Place6.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156497. 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.