Agricola, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dadeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36853. The Survey maps it on the Camp Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Camp Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
107 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Agricola between 1994 and 2020, burning about 908 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 34 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 | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-2 |
| 29 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190917-26 |
| 17 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Agricola in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agricola | - | Several trees uprooted south and southwest of the city of Dadeville, near County Road 42 and County Road 34. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mary | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Blue Creek | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Still Waters | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Ponders | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pinnell | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Dadeville | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sardis | 4.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155980. 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.
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.





