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Newby, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jack census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36323. It lies near Coston Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bullock quadrangle.

Newby within Coffee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

50 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Newby between 1994 and 2020, burning about 804 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning19
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
17 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-1
17 September 2010Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined87 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 June 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission3066 CO RD 305, AL
22 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 June 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20130613-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Newby: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bowers and Burkette PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newby in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2008Thunderstorm WindNewby$1,000Several trees and power lines were knocked down along County Road 330.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindNewby$500A tree was blown down on County Road 321.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindNewby$250Several trees were blown down on County Road 331.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindNewby-Trees were blown down near the 2400 block of County Road 330.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindNewby-Trees were blown down on County Road 330 near Newbia Church.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNewby-A tree was blown down on County Road 307.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindNewby-A large tree was blown down across County Road 326.
December 2015Flash FloodNewby-Flash flooding occurred in the northwest part of the county with 15 roads closed in that area.

Every storm recorded in Coffee 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
Zoar2.1 miles8
Bluff Springs3.6 miles8
Shady Grove5.4 miles8
Lee5.6 miles8
Pine Level6.2 miles8
Saddle Hill6.9 miles8
Jack7.1 miles8
Wilkinstown8.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156791. 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.