Allsboro, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It lies near McCluskey Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Bishop quadrangle. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
On record in Allsboro
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- Big Bear Creek Covered Bridge, Allsborofederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Cripple Deer Creek Covered Bridge, Allsborofederal building survey, 6 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1936 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
148 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Allsboro between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,338 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 79 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/incendiarism | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Natchez Trace Parkway | ROCKET |
| 30 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Natchez Trace Parkway | MP 318 |
| 22 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Natchez Trace Parkway | ALLSBORO |
| 22 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Allsboro: 4 producers, 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asphaltic Rock | Limestone, General, Stone | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Mann Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Margerum | Aluminum, Water, Free | Unknown | Surface | |
| Margerum Bauxite District | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | 1921 | |
| Tishomingo Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | 1970 | |
| A Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Allsboro Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| B Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| C Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Mississippi Stone Products | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allsboro in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Lightning | Allsboro | $40,000 | Lightning struck a tree and moved over to a well house, which caused a surge of power into a home, igniting a fire. The lightning strike occurred about five miles south of highway 72 near the Alabama and Mississippi state line near Allsboro. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allsboro | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allsboro | $2,000 | A tree was blown down at the intersection of Allsboro road and Old natchez Trace road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allsboro | $500 | Two trees were knocked down in Allsboro. Time estimated by radar. |
| February 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allsboro | $200 | A tree was knocked down on Old Natchez Trace Road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allsboro | $200 | A tree was knocked down at Highway 72 and Allsboro Road. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Allsboro | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Allsboro | - | Hail up to quarter-sized was reported. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Allsboro | - | Flash flooding was occurring with several inches of water over area roads. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allsboro | - | a few trees blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malone | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bishop | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Maud | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Burnstown | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Good Springs (historical) | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mynot | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Margerum | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Mount Hester | 5.7 miles | 13 |
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 Allsboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4733275 | The 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 113039. 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.







