BlockSalem Corner, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mooresville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35671. It stands on Martin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tanner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Tanner quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Tanner quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Tanner quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Salem Corner between 1997 and 2019, burning about 188 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-4 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160914-10 |
| 12 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salem Corner in 1 storm report in 2013: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Salem Corner | - | Fifteen area and county roads were closed due to high water in southeastern Limestone county, from near Mooresville Road to along and northeast of Huntsville Browns ferry Road. Water was at least a foot to a foot and a half deep. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peets Corner | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Greenbrier | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Belle Mina | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Parker | 3.5 miles | 25 | |
| Murphree Place | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Oakland | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| French Mill | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| Tanner Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157009. 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.
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.