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Weathers, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Lineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. It stands on Buzzard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clairmont Springs quadrangle.

Weathers within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

310 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Weathers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,409 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 152 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/incendiarism152
Debris and open burning44
Railroad operations and maintenance40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2006Railroad operations and maintenance57 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMUMP CREEK
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in Alabama4-STRIKES
30 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaTALLADEGA MTN.
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in Alabamanot named
15 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Weathers: 47 past producers, 11 prospects, 11 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Graphite, Mica, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alabama No. 1 MineGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1912
Central Clay County Gibbsite ProspectAluminum, ManganeseOccurrence1977
Gold Log MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1874
Stringfellow ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, CopperOccurrence1854
Stringfellow ProspectCopper, SulfurOccurrence1855
Unnamed OccurrenceUranium, GraphiteOccurrence1974
Woodward ProspectGold, Silver, SulfidesOccurrenceGold, Silver
Woodward ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Caldwell MineSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer
Enitachopco MineGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weathers in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 hail. 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
June 2023HailWeathers-Pictures of quarter size hail along Clairmont Springs Road.

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Clairmont Springs2.0 miles15
Springhill2.7 miles15
Gunthertown2.8 miles15
Erin3.4 miles15
Chambers Springs5.1 miles22
Campbells Crossroads5.2 miles15
Campbell Springs5.6 miles12
Bowden Grove6.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160811. 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.