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Arcus, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Victoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36323. It stands on Shoal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Victoria quadrangle.

Arcus within Coffee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

83 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Arcus between 1994 and 2020, burning about 767 acres in total. 2 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
6 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120927-001
21 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2020Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200805-2
4 August 2015Debris and open burning2.7 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150804-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

6 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcus in 6 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 6 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
March 2025Thunderstorm WindArcus-A tree was blown down onto County Road 228.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindArcus-A tree was blocking both lanes of traffic on County Road 237 off of County Road 233.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindArcus-A tree was blown down and blocked both lanes near County Road 232 and 230.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindArcus-A tree was blown down in the road and blocked both lanes near the intersection of Highway 125 and County Road 221.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindArcus-Trees were blown down on Highway 125 between Elba and Highway 167.
January 2016Thunderstorm WindArcus-Trees were blown down across County Road 228 near the intersection with County Road 230.

Every storm recorded in Coffee 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
Lowry Mill1.8 miles11
Victoria2.3 miles11
Shady Grove3.4 miles8
Mixson3.6 miles11
Jack4.4 miles8
Lee5.6 miles8
Bluff Springs6.3 miles8
New Hope6.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 135289. 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.