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Massey, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Danville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35619. It stands on Witt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Massey quadrangle.

Massey within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

39 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Massey between 1995 and 2020, burning about 494 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-21
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180918-2
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150824-001
17 August 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Massey in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMassey$15,000A roof was reported blown off a building in Massey.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindMassey$5,000Trees were knocked down on Highway 55 west in Danville.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindMassey$5,000Some windows were blown out in a mobile home.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMassey$3,000Trees and a barn were knocked down at New Cut Road at RB Orr Road. Time estimated by radar.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindMassey$3,000Several power lines were blown down in southwest Morgan County near Massey.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMassey$2,000A tree and power lines were knocked down at the intersection of New Cut Road and R B Orr in Hartselle.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindMassey$2,000Trees were knocked down with blockage near Nance Ford Road and Lee Road. Time estimated by radar.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMassey$2,000A tree was blown down on Bramlett road.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindMassey$1,000A large tree was knocked down at the intersection of West Lacon Road and State Crusher Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMassey$500A tree and power lines were knocked down onto the road at 2531 CR 55.
February 2025Flash FloodMassey-Barkley Bridge Road between 55 and West Lacon Road was reported flooded. Depth of water about a foot deep.
February 2025Flash FloodMassey-Flash flooding reported on New Cut Road near Massey. Depth of water estimated to be 6-8 inches in depth.
March 2022Funnel CloudMassey-A photo of a funnel cloud that was spotted on Nance Ford Road was reported by broadcast media. Time was estimated, but the location of the photo was identified via mapping.
March 2018Tornado (EF1)Massey-A tornado produced widespread tree damage (snapped and uprooted) along the path from near the intersection of County Road 55 and Summerford Rd to Wilhite Rd (east of I 65 on the the Cullman/Morgan Co border). The only structural damage to note was a couple small farm structures and sheds that were heavily damaged or destroyed adjacent to Evergreen Rd, consistent with EF-1 damage. Damage indicators became more widely scattered as it approached I-65, but several trees were observed damaged along Wilhite Rd.
December 2017Flash FloodMassey-Flash flooding with at least 6 inches of swift moving water on Barkley Bridge Road along Mack Creek.
December 2017Flash FloodMassey-Flash flooding reported on New Cut Road at Herrin Creek. Water rescues underway with up to 6 vehicles trapped. 3 feet of swift flood waters reported.
March 2012HailMassey-Quarter sized hail was reported on Freeman Road.
April 2009HailMassey-Golf ball size hail was reported near the Massey community.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMassey-A tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Cedar Plains1.4 miles20
Camp Ground1.9 miles18
Lebanon2.8 miles20
Penn3.4 miles18
Thomas Place3.8 miles20
Andrews Chapel4.0 miles18
Danville4.6 miles17
Tanner Heights6.0 miles19

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 MasseyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q60760697The 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 160053. 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.