Battles Wharf, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Fairhope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36532. It stands on Point Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Point Clear quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
On record in Battles Wharf
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 1 record
- Battles Wharf Historic Districtlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1921 USGS Point Clear quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Weeks Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Weeks Bay quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Point Clear quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Point Clear quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Battles Wharf between 1995 and 2016, burning about 183 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140801-002 |
| 10 June 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 April 2010 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 March 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Battles Wharf: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Clay, Quartz |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Battles Wharf in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battles Wharf | - | A NWS storm survey found straight line wind damage in in the Point Clear and Fairhope areas. Several trees were downed in the Battles Rd and Old Battles Road areas with sporadic tree damage noted further east along County Road 32, east of US Highway 98. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battles Wharf | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Battles Wharf | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Villa | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Point Clear | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Houstonville | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Magnolia Beach | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Fairhope | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Volanta | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Seacliff | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Montrose | 5.1 miles | 21 |
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 Battles Wharf | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2891847 | 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 157887. 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.








