BlockPiney Bend, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Red Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35593. It stands on Turby Branch. The Survey maps it on the Guinn Cross Roads quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1936 USGS Guinn Cross Roads quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Guinn Cross Roads quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Guinn Cross Roads quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Piney Bend between 1997 and 2016, burning about 1,004 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 43 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/incendiarism | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Natural | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 19 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | COUNTY ROAD 37, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Piney Bend: 9 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 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.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordans Mill | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Burntout | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Dempsey | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Old Nauvoo | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Halltown | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Old Burleson | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Guinn Cross Roads | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Seven Pines | 4.4 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595442 | The 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 156899. 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.