Warner, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It lies near Davis Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Borden Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Borden Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Borden Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Borden Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
403 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 403 fires within 5 miles of Warner (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 15,692 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 261 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 261 |
| Debris and open burning | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | ZONE ABC #5 |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | National Forests in Alabama | ZONE ABC #4 |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | ZONE ABC #3 |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | ZONE ABC #2 |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | ZONE ABC #1 |
| 7 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | OFF HWY 278, AL |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 149 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 149 workings within 5 miles of Warner (historical): 95 unknowns, 37 past producers, 11 prospects, 6 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Manganese, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penland Hill | Manganese, Cobalt | Occurrence | ||
| Pope-Brittain Deposit | Manganese, Iron, Cobalt | Prospect | Wad | |
| Price-Rowland Prospect | Manganese, Cobalt, Iron | Past Producer | 1938 | |
| Stock Property | Manganese, Stone | Prospect | 1949 | |
| Wood Property | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Wood Property | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Augusta Mines | Cobalt, Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| North of Bluffington Deposits | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Pope Hughes | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | 1938 | |
| Gorman Prospects | Cobalt, Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1930 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tecumseh Furnace | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sidhart (historical) | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Tecumseh | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bluffton | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Gap | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Spring Garden | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rock Run | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| McFrey Crossroads | 6.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 161880. 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.









