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West Greene, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mantua-West Greene census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35491. It stands on Reeves Branch. The Survey maps it on the West Greene quadrangle. It stands 164 feet above sea level.

West Greene within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

58 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of West Greene between 1994 and 2019, burning about 433 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning12
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes2

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150925-004
23 September 2015Other causesunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150923-001
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160921-6
13 September 2010Other causes2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150829-002
16 August 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene 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 West Greene: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Gre 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Greene in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2015Tornado (EF1)West Greene-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Greene County and confirmed the damage was produced by a tornado. The tornado touched down on County Road 117, south of County Road 115. The tornado nearly paralleled County Road 117 for its entire duration with damage on both side of the road. Damage was light at the beginning of the path with only branches off trees. The damage intensified along the path and dozens of hardwoods and softwoods were snapped off or uprooted. One home had a large tree fall on it causing major damage. One mobile home suffered minor skirting damage and a few outbuildings were damaged.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindWest Greene-A few homes near West Greene reported minor shingle damage.
September 2011Flash FloodWest Greene-Portions of County Road 117 were closed for several hours as a result of flash flooding due to heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee.

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
New West Greene2.6 miles8
Mount Hebron3.4 miles9
New Mount Hebron4.7 miles9
Clinton5.0 miles14
Pleasant Ridge6.2 miles11
Ridge6.7 miles12
Crawford Fork7.5 miles9
Lewiston8.8 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q7985256The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157238. 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.