Inverness, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36089. The Survey maps it on the Aberfoil quadrangle. It stands 427 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Aberfoil quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
125 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Inverness between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,870 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-8 |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-18 |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-16 |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-2 |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140828-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inverness in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | $2,000 | Several small trees were knocked down between Halls Crossroads and Inverness. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | Multiple trees uprooted between County Road 223 and Highway 29. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inverness | - | Several trees uprooted along County Road 14. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins Crossroads | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Scottland | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Blues Old Stand | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Omega | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bread Tray Hill | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sellers Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Postoak | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Tito | 4.6 miles | 8 |
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 Inverness | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709416 | The 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 155113. 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.
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.




