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Keener, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wills Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35954. The Survey maps it on the Keener quadrangle.

Keener within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

133 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Keener between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,872 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 65 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/incendiarism65
Debris and open burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2

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
29 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-16
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism13 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Keener: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron. 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
Not KnownIronPast ProducerHematite
Taylor Branch HollowIronPast ProducerHematite
Black Warrior River Manganese Pros.ManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite, Wad
C W Chumley PropertyManganesePast Producer1951
Campbell Gap Manganese ProspectManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Etowah County

Storms near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keener in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
May 2003HailKeener$75,000Penny to baseball size hail fell along the eastern Etowah County line. The hail fell from near Keener to near Ball Play. A few trees were also blown down near Ball Play. The hail may have been larger in rural areas because of larger reports in adjacent counties.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindKeener$6,000A few trees were knocked down around Keener in northern Etowah County.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindKeener-Several trees uprooted and blocking Scenic Highway Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindKeener-A tree was reported down across Highway 11, about one mile north of Keener.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindKeener-A mobile home sustained minor damage and an outbuilding was blown over along Little Wills Road near Keener. A tree was also reported down in the area.
September 2011Flash FloodKeener-Due to heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, portions of Keener Gap Rd were closed due to flood waters.
September 2011FloodKeener-Due to heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, portions of Keener Gap Rd were closed due to flood waters, and remained closed through Wednesday morning, September 7.
April 2006HailKeener-Reported in Duck Springs.

Every storm recorded in Etowah 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
Greenwood1.1 miles20
Yancy1.8 miles20
Tabor1.8 miles20
Smiths Bridge (historical)1.9 miles20
Duck Springs2.6 miles20
Kyuka3.8 miles22
Black Creek4.1 miles20
Oakdale4.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 121099. 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.