Le Grand, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hope Hull census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36105. The Survey maps it on the Snowdoun quadrangle. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Letohatchee quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Snowdoun quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Le Grand between 1994 and 2020, burning about 474 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-20 |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SPRAGE JUNCTION ROAD, AL |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170828-2 |
| 24 August 2000 | Smoking | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170818-2 |
| 17 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | BUTLER MILL RD , AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Le Grand in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2015: 2 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Grand | - | Several trees uprooted along Hobbie Road. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Grand | - | Multiple trees were snapped and uprooted just off of Highway 331 behind Sportsman Deer Processing. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roxana | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sprague | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Robinson Crossroads | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hobbie Farm | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Needles | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Tharin | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Red Level | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Canaan | 3.5 miles | 11 |
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 Le Grand | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19986748 | 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 152006. 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.





