McVay, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36545. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle.

McVay within Clarke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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
1978 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

63 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of McVay between 1994 and 2020, burning about 362 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Recreation and ceremony	7
Natural	4
Arson/incendiarism	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190930-26
30 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20200928-2
28 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20140901-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarke County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of McVay: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
02	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Grove Hill Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hebron Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Jackson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Parker Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Pit Number 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Clarke 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
Toddtown	1.3 miles	8
Winn	3.3 miles	8
Stave Creek	4.2 miles	8
Mays Crossroads	4.9 miles	8
Union	6.0 miles	8
Zimco	6.7 miles	8
Jackson	6.7 miles	8
Salitpa	6.8 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122603. 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.