Ivy Creek, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Luverne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36071. It stands on Siloam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Luverne quadrangle.

Ivy Creek within Crenshaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Luverne quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

58 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Ivy Creek between 1994 and 2018, burning about 414 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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	25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Arson/incendiarism	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Natural	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Other causes	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
30 September 2003	Debris and open burning	16 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	NEAR SPRINGHILL RD., AL
26 September 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2008	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	HWY 10, AL
12 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20170912-1
12 September 1995	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crenshaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Ivy Creek: 14 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Crenshaw County Brown Iron Ore Deposits	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	1939
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown

Every working recorded in Crenshaw 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Robinson Crossroads	2.0 miles	7
Cherokee Village	2.2 miles	7
Moodys Crossroads	2.5 miles	7
Rutledge	3.4 miles	7
Centenary	4.9 miles	7
Luverne	5.4 miles	7
Vernledge	5.9 miles	7
Center Ridge	7.9 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156518. 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.