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Active, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Centreville-Brent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36793. The Survey maps it on the Maplesville West quadrangle. It stands 440 feet above sea level.

Active within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

66 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Active between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,530 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3

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 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-10
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb 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 Active: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kyanite. 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
Brand ProspectKyaniteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bibb County

Storms near this place

4 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Active in 4 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 4 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
March 2022Tornado (EF3)Active1 hurtNational Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Bibb County and determined that it was consistent with an EF3 tornado, with maximum winds near 145 mph. This tornado originated in Perry County and crossed into southern Bibb County about one mile west of Beaverdam Creek. The most widespread tree damage occurred near the Perry/Bibb county line in the Oakmulgee National Forest. The tornado continued northeast and crossed Highway 82 near the northeast corner of the National Forest. Trees were uprooted and snapped in this area. The tornado tracked across northeast Bibb County, causing additional timber damage as it approached the Brierfield community. It crossed into Shelby County near Moreland Road.
March 2025Tornado (EF0)Active-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage|associated with a tornado in Eastern Bibb County around 7:39 PM|on March 15, 2025. The tornado began on the north side of Highway|82 near the Maud community. Trees were snapped along Deer Creek|Road before continuing northeastward and crossed Antioch Road,|County Road 171, and Highway 139. The tornado lifted east of|Highway 139 near the Oakley community at around 7:54 PM. Maximum|winds were estimated to be around 80 mph.
January 2023Tornado (EF0)Active-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far southern Bibb County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 70 mph. The tornado touched down southwest of Liberty Road where several large hard and softwood trees where uprooted. This was mainly in rural and inaccessible wooded and pasture lands. The tornado continued northeast and crossed near the intersection of County Road 19 and County Road 29, where substantial tree debris was noted. The tornado dissipated near County Road 423.
March 2020Tornado (EF1)Active-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far southeast Bibb County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 110 mph.||The tornado touched down in a heavily wooded area just west of Liberty Road in southeast Bibb County. The tornado intensified to EF1 strength where it knocked a manufactured home off the foundation, and displaced a nearby vehicle. Nearby, extensive tree damage was observed with at least several dozen trees snapped or uprooted. The tornado continued on an eastward path where it continued to cause extensive tree damage, as well as damage to at least three homes along Maude Tower Road and County Rd 29. The tornado then tracked over a heavily wooded area near Trail Branch before crossing Highway 82. It then caused numerous trees to be snapped or uprooted near the Lawley Fire Department and Community Center. The tornado dissipated just east of County Road 36 near Oakmulgee Creek.

Every storm recorded in Bibb 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
Maud0.9 miles16
Lawley1.5 miles16
Tabernacle1.5 miles11
Sand Mountain3.5 miles16
Trio4.0 miles11
Randolph4.1 miles16
Tucker4.3 miles16
Cox5.0 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on ActiveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18350107The 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 159047. 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.