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Stanley, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Andalusia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36420. It stands on Bay Branch. The Survey maps it on the Libertyville quadrangle.

Stanley within Covington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

66 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Stanley between 1994 and 2020, burning about 521 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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 burning20
Arson/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150908-001
30 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2000Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2019Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190910-6
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Covington County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Stanley: 5 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 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
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Covington 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
Libertyville2.9 miles7
Lakeview (historical)3.5 miles7
Red Oak4.3 miles7
Carolina5.0 miles8
Shiloh6.2 miles7
Blue Springs7.2 miles7
Sanford7.4 miles8
Horn Hill7.6 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160665. 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.