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Renfroe, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Renfroe-Laniers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. It stands on Renfroe Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sleeping Giant quadrangle.

Renfroe within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

617 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 617 fires within 5 miles of Renfroe between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7,753 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 202 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 burning249
Arson/incendiarism202
Missing data/not specified/undetermined69
Recreation and ceremony57
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Other causes1

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 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Natural20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Renfroe: 4 unknowns, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Alpine Mountain ProspectIronUnknown
Cook BedsIronPast ProducerResidual
J.M. PattersonIronPast ProducerResidual
Lawson Limonite BanksIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Webb's BankIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Talladega County

Storms near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Renfroe in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRenfroe$1,000A tree was reported down along Concord Church Road.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindRenfroe-Trees and power lines were downed on Plant Rd and Renfroe Rd.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindRenfroe-Several trees uprooted near the intersection of Renfroe Road and Dial Line.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindRenfroe-Several trees uprooted near the intersection of Stemley Road and Renfroe Road.
December 2015Flash FloodRenfroe-Water flowing across West Renfroe Road and impassable.
August 2002HailRenfroe-Nickel size hail fell near Renfroe.

Every storm recorded in Talladega 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
Fair Park1.1 miles21
Jonesview1.4 miles21
Hepzibah1.9 miles21
Barclay2.0 miles21
Saint Ives2.6 miles21
Tucktown3.2 miles21
Feddisburg3.4 miles21
Shocco Springs3.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153136. 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.