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Screamer, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shorterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36310. It stands on Barnes Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Gaines NW quadrangle. It stands 335 feet above sea level.

Screamer within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Screamer between 1994 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
25 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-5
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200805-3
29 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commission318 SUMMERHILL ROAD, AL
24 August 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 213 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 213 workings within 5 miles of Screamer: 115 occurrences, 72 past producers, 11 unknowns, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Water, Free, Clay. 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
Abbeville Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Henry County PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
Barbour County Mines Pit 2Fire Clay (Refractory), AluminumProducer
Harbison-Walker Henry County MinesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
W M Bledsoe Henry County MinesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Barbour County MineClayProducer
Barbour County MinesClayProducer
Farmer 2Aluminum, Clay, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Henry County MinesClayProducer
Mathison MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

10 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Screamer in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindScreamer$1,000A tree was blown down along the right of way at 6808 County Road 57 North. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindScreamer$250Straight line winds downed several trees.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindScreamer-Large trees were down in the Screamer area.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindScreamer-Two trees were blown down on County Road 95 South.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindScreamer-A tree was blown down onto County Road 57.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindScreamer-There were multiple trees blown down in northeast Henry county due to a gust front ahead of a line of storms.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindScreamer-Numerous trees were down in Screamer.
December 2009Flash FloodScreamer-State Highway 95 was closed by high water between County Roads 245 and 57 near Screamer.
February 2008HailScreamer-There were numerous reports of quarter to golfball size hail across the northern portion of the county.
December 2005HailScreamer-The Henry County EMA reported golf ball size hail.

Every storm recorded in Henry 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
Coates1.4 miles8
Scottsboro Crossroads2.7 miles8
White Oak3.2 miles8
Otho3.5 miles8
Lawrenceville6.8 miles8
Graball11.0 miles9
Abbeville11.3 miles9
Edwin11.4 miles8

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.

Wikipedia article on ScreamerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21196608The 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 1729818. 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.