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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.

Yarbrough within Lee County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

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.

Scott-Yarbrough House, 101 Debardeleben Street, Auburn, Lee County, AL
Scott-Yarbrough House, 101 Debardeleben Street, Auburn, Lee County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

115 since 1994

Regional 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 burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Other causes1
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
9 September 2002Debris and open burning3.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2012Other causes25 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120924-001
21 September 2010Debris and open burning96 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2016Natural6.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HARRIS-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cha 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Lee 1 Clay ProspectFeldsparProspect

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Beulah1.0 miles13
Tillery Crossroad1.5 miles13
McCulloh2.7 miles13
Pine Grove2.8 miles15
Jester3.1 miles13
Blanton3.7 miles13
Halawaka3.8 miles13
Beans Mill3.8 miles15

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.