BlockAlmeria, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36089. The Survey maps it on the Almeria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Almeria quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Almeria between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,433 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20130903-001 |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 77 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120701-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Almeria in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Almeria | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Bullock County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 95 mph. A tornado touched down near Mascott Road and tracked eastward across Beaverdam Creek. As it approached County Road 14 in the High Ridge area, the tornado intensified and broadened, uprooting numerous softwood trees or snapping large limbs on some hardwood trees, especially alongside the road. The tornado then ascended the High Ridge area and dissipated somewhere over inaccessible land west of Alabama Highway 223. |
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Almeria | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Bullock County just west of Clayton determined that the damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds estimated near 90 mph. The tornado touched down along CR 13, between CR 7 and Rabbit Rd, and then traveled northeast. The majority of the damage was around Hooks Crossroads, the intersection of CR 14 and CR 15, where numerous trees were snapped or uprooted and one camper was overturned. A concentrated area of tree damage was noted in a wooded area between CR 15 and East Creek. The tornado lifted just north of East Creek. Special thanks to Bullock County Emergency Management Agency for their help in conducting the survey. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hooks Crossroads | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Beans Crossroads | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Postoak | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Hillard | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| High Ridge | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Jenkins Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Omega | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bruceville | 4.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155990. 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.