BlockBeehive, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Loachapoka-Roxana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36832. The Survey maps it on the Loachapoka quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Loachapoka quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Loachapoka quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
106 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Beehive between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,459 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 27 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 | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 54 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | National Forests in Alabama | SHOOTING RANGE |
| 29 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 147 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 17, AL |
| 13 August 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | National Forests in Alabama | TNT |
| 11 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beehive in 15 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Lightning | Beehive | $100,000 | Lightning struck a house, causing it to catch fire. The roof was completely burned. One occupant escaped without injury. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beehive | $5,000 | A single tree was blown down, which landed on a car. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beehive | $2,000 | Large trees were blown down on Lee Road 17, south of Auburn. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beehive | $1,000 | Power lines were blown down on Lake Street in the city of Auburn. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beehive | - | Multiple trees were downed, some on homes and vehicles, in the Barrons Park neighborhood in Auburn. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beehive | - | Trees and power lines were downed across Lee County. The roof was ripped off a structure along Lee Road 137 southwest of Auburn. |
| January 2023 | Hail | Beehive | - | Quarter size hail reported along I-85 at exit 50. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Beehive | - | Nickel size hail reported along I-85 at exit 51. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beehive | - | A few trees and power lines downed in the Auburn and Beauregard areas, including along Lee Road 10, Lee Road 165, and Casey Avenue. |
| February 2022 | Flash Flood | Beehive | - | Several roads flooded and impassable south of I-85. Uchee Creek out of its banks and into homes along Lee Road 2103. Lee Road 146 flooded and impassable west of Highway 169. |
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Beehive | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Lee County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph. A tornado formed along CR 14 just south of I-85 where a few small pine trees were uprooted and some large branches were broken. The tornado continued northeast, crossing I-85 near Beehive Road and Cox Road, peeling back half of the roof of a mobile home at the Windover Farm mobile home park. It crossed Veterans Boulevard and then caused shingle damage to multiple apartment buildings near Longleaf Drive while breaking tree branches. The tornado dissipated as it crossed Alabama State Road 267 near the southwest boundary of the Auburn University campus. |
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Beehive | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Lee County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph. A weak tornado formed along County Road 23 south of Sand Hill Road where several trees were uprooted. It crossed Sand Hill Road and Wrights Mill Road near Wright Crossroads, and then uprooted several trees at Springwood Drive and Old Creek Trail just inside the Auburn city limits. The tornado then dissipated as it approached Lake Ogletree. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Beehive | - | NWS meteorologists surveyed damage near the near The Greens Apartment Homes, south of the city of Auburn, and determined it was the result of a tornado. The first signs of tornadic damage was observed on Persimmon Drive, where several trees were uprooted. Tree branches were broken along Live Oak Drive, and two trampolines were lofted downstream. The tornado then crossed US-29 into The Greens Apartment Homes, where several trees were uprooted and snapped. Light shingle damage was observed on a few units as well. Dissipation of the tornado took place within the apartment complex near the Clubhouse. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Beehive | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Beehive | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuderna Acres | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Duggar Farms | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Loachapoka | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Ridgewood Village | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Conner Estates | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sand Hill | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Stonegate | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Willow Creek Farms | 4.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164022. 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.