Yarbrough, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Beulah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36854. The Survey maps it on the Beulah quadrangle.
On record in Yarbrough
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Franklin Yarbrough Jr. Storelisted 1989 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Beulah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
115 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Yarbrough between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,400 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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 | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Other causes | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120924-001 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 96 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HARRIS-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Yarbrough: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cha 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Lee 1 Clay Prospect | Feldspar | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beulah | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Tillery Crossroad | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| McCulloh | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Grove | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Jester | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Blanton | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Halawaka | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Beans Mill | 3.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157285. 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.






