Armstrong, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Davis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36083. The Survey maps it on the Union Springs quadrangle.
On record in Armstrong
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- St. Paul Baptist Church and Armstrong Schoollisted 2023 · 1.0 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Armstrong School, 14580-15144 County Road 2, Armstrongfederal building survey, 1 photograph
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
- 1973 USGS Union Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
166 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Armstrong between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,881 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 61 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 | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Smoking | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-20 |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Armstrong in 1 storm report in 2000: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2000 | Hail | Armstrong | $3,000 | Dime to golfball size hail fell in the Armstrong area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Davis | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Roba | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cotton Valley | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Davisville | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Downs | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hannon | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Warriorstand | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Andrew | 8.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113217. 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.




