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Stringer, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Somerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35670. It lies near McAllister Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Somerville quadrangle.

Stringer within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

86 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Stringer between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,060 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 burning31
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2018Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180915-4
15 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission260 WATER TOWER ROAD, AL
19 August 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stringer: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Plant No. 5 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stringer in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 WindStringer-Damaging straight-line winds knocked down 11 power poles/lines along Highway 67 between Couey Road and Eva Rd/CR 35.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Six Mile0.8 miles20
Pence0.9 miles20
Turney Crossroads1.6 miles20
Union1.8 miles20
Lynntown2.7 miles20
Florette3.1 miles20
Gum Spring3.3 miles20
Somerville3.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157119. 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.