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Arkdell, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35648. It stands on Little Bluewater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Center Hill quadrangle.

Arkdell within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

80 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Arkdell between 1997 and 2020, burning about 491 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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 burning29
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural2
Smoking2

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 2000Natural10 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission15792 COUNTY ROAD 33, AL
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 33, AL
17 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTennessee Division of ForestryGREEN FIRE
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
3 August 2007Natural4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Storms near this place

21 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arkdell in 21 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindArkdell$2,000A tree and powerlines were knocked down near County Road 640 and County Road 136. Time estimated by radar.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindArkdell$1,000A tree was knocked down near the bridge on CR 136 near CR 159. Time estimated by radar.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindArkdell$1,000A tree was reported down blocking road 1/2 of a mile from Blue Water Bridge near the intersection of highway 64 adn CR 67. Time was estimated from radar.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindArkdell$1,000The 911 call center reported a tree down at CR 496 and highway 136.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindArkdell$500A tree was knocked down and blocking the road at 1249 CR 479. Time estimated by radar.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindArkdell$500One tree was knocked down at CR 136 and CR 159.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindArkdell$500A large oak tree was blown down on CR 496 in Lexington.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindArkdell$500A tree was knocked down on County Road 136.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindArkdell$500A tree was knocked down north of the intersection fo County Road 47 and Highway 64. Time estimated by radar.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindArkdell$200A tree was knocked down at 3639 CR 39.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindArkdell$200A tree was knocked down on CR 470.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindArkdell$200A tree was knocked down at CR 159 near CR 136.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindArkdell$200A tree was knocked down in the road at 378 CR 159 in Lexington.
June 2025Flash FloodArkdell-Portions of County Road 462 reduced to one lane due to flood waters from Hurricane Creek. Depth of water unknown, but roadway is not closed or impassable at this time.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindArkdell-Trees were snapped and knocked down and a shed was damaged on CR 159. Report received via social media.
February 2019FloodArkdell-CR 462 was closed due to flooding. Water depth unknown.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindArkdell-One power line was knocked down at 1163 CR 496.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindArkdell-A tree was knocked down on power lines on CR 493.
June 2011Flash FloodArkdell-County Road 462 was closed due to flash flooding.
May 2010Flash FloodArkdell-Several county roads were reported closed due to high water across eastern Lauderdale county.
August 2007Heavy RainArkdell-A TVA rain gage at Arkdell measured 4.18 inches of rain between 9:00 pm and 1:15 am.

Every storm recorded in Lauderdale 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
Center Hill1.0 miles17
Sweet Gum1.4 miles17
Slabtown (historical)1.4 miles17
Palestine (historical)1.6 miles17
Posey (historical)2.0 miles17
Belew (historical)2.2 miles17
Comer2.5 miles17
Lexington3.2 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122551835The 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 156002. 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.