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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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 Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Roden Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Keener quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
133 since 1997Regional 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/incendiarism | 65 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190925-16 |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Known | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Taylor Branch Hollow | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Black Warrior River Manganese Pros. | Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite, Wad | |
| C W Chumley Property | Manganese | Past Producer | 1951 | |
| Campbell Gap Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Hail | Keener | $75,000 | Penny 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keener | $6,000 | A few trees were knocked down around Keener in northern Etowah County. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keener | - | Several trees uprooted and blocking Scenic Highway Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keener | - | A tree was reported down across Highway 11, about one mile north of Keener. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keener | - | 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 2011 | Flash Flood | Keener | - | Due to heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, portions of Keener Gap Rd were closed due to flood waters. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Keener | - | 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 2006 | Hail | Keener | - | Reported in Duck Springs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Yancy | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Tabor | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Smiths Bridge (historical) | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Duck Springs | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Kyuka | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Black Creek | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Oakdale | 4.4 miles | 18 |
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.









