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Newberry Cove, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35960. It stands on Three Mile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Bluff quadrangle.

Newberry Cove within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Newberry Cove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,402 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 81 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/incendiarism81
Debris and open burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2007Debris and open burning16 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Newberry Cove: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Che 9 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Newberry Crossroads0.4 miles19
Howells Crossroads1.9 miles19
Ferguson2.0 miles19
Tucker Crossroads2.2 miles19
Noah2.6 miles19
Pathkiller Cove2.7 miles19
Piney2.7 miles19
Northwood Estates2.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 136947. 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.