BlockStrawberry, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35016. It stands on Warrior Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brooksville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Strawberry between 1995 and 2020, burning about 550 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200905-1 |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-8 |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180914-2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Strawberry: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glover Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strawberry in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawberry | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down near Strawberry. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawberry | - | A large storage shed was destroyed along Hopewell Road in far northern Blount County. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawberry | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed along Hopewell Road in far northern Blount County. A few manufactured homes were also damaged. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Strawberry | - | A stationary north to south surface boundary near the I-65 corridor became the focus for back-building thunderstorms. The storms tapped into an unusually warm and moist air mass for the month of October. The storms produced rainfall amounts of 3-5 inches during the evening hours of October 6th, resulting in flash flooding across northern Blount County. Highway 231 in the city of Blountsville was flooded and impassable and County Road 48 in the town of Summit also flooded with a stranded vehicle. |
| March 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Strawberry | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in extreme northern Blount County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph. The tornado began on the west side of Highway 53/231, just south of Berry Road, in extreme northern Blount County. The tornado tracked toward the southeast, impacting four chicken houses on the east side of Highway 53/231, just north of Thomas Yates Road. Sections of metal roofing were blown off the buildings. As the tornado continued southeast, some small trees were snapped, along with large branches broken. The tornado lifted on the east side of Hopewell Road. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Strawberry | - | U.S. Highway 231 closed due to water over bridge at Warrior Creek. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Strawberry | - | Hail up to penny sized was reported at a gas station near the Strawberry community. This was the third hail producing storm of the day at that location. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Strawberry | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Summit | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Roswell | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Fowler (historical) | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Rock Springs | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Brooksville | 6.1 miles | 23 | |
| Birdie | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| McLarty | 7.0 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157117. 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.