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Pine Grove, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Centre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It stands on Morrison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weisner Mountain quadrangle.

Pine Grove within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

260 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 9,419 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 146 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/incendiarism146
Debris and open burning67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-11
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism53 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism50 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

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove: 5 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Gold, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Gilley DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Gilley Fluorspar DepositCalcium, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1900
Johnson ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Neddie Parker PropertyManganeseOccurrence1949
Rock Run-Goshen Ala.Kaolin, AluminumPast Producer1891, 1923
Cherokee CountyIronUnknown
Gilley Fluorspar DepositFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1900
Greer ProspectGoldOccurrence1881
Griffin ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Rumsey Old HousesIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Grove in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
November 2007Thunderstorm WindPine Grove$10,000Several trees were blown down and grain bins were damaged, in the Pine Grove Community.
March 2024FloodPine Grove-Roadways around Centre and Cedar Bluff, including Alexis Rd, County Road 22, County Road 118, County Road 617, and County Road 380, were blocked by standing water after up to 2 inches of rainfall.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindPine Grove-A few trees were downed in roadways, including County Roads 32 and 41.
February 2020FloodPine Grove-Widespread flooding reported across northern Cherokee County with 3-5 inches of rainfall during the overnight period. Multiple roads underwater in the cities of Centre and Cedar Bluff.

Every storm 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
Ball Flat1.7 miles18
Ricks (historical)2.2 miles18
Estes Crossroads2.6 miles16
Gnatville3.1 miles16
Pope4.2 miles18
Old Coloma4.7 miles18
Tennala4.8 miles18
Mona (historical)5.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124772. 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.