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Allison, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Boligee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35443. The Survey maps it on the Eutaw quadrangle.

Allison within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

100 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Allison between 1994 and 2019, burning about 592 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 33 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
Arson/incendiarism33
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1994Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined39 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150926-001
25 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Smoking3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2000Arson/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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Allison: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thetford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allison in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2015: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2015Thunderstorm WindAllison-Several trees uprooted along Highway 11 between the towns of Boligee and Eutaw.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindAllison-Trees were uprooted in the Allison community.

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
Lizzieville2.8 miles9
Boligee3.5 miles9
Five Points3.9 miles13
Crawford Fork4.7 miles9
Hycutt5.6 miles13
Eutaw6.0 miles15
Fowler6.1 miles13
Walden Quarters6.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155987. 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.