Bigbee, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chatom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36558. The Survey maps it on the Bigbee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Bigbee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Waynesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Bigbee between 1994 and 2019, burning about 395 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-22 |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-23 |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160621-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bigbee in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Bigbee | $30,000 | The tornado touched down in a deeply wooded area west of|County Road 34 in eastern Washington county. The tornado quickly|intensified to EF-1 strength as it crossed County Road 34 damaging|the roofs of a few homes and blowing down numerous pine trees. The|tornado continued northeast across the Tombigbee river crossing into|Clarke County. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bigbee | $4,000 | Winds estimated at 70 mph downed several power poles at the County Road34 junction at Highway 43. |
| February 2022 | Flash Flood | Bigbee | - | Heavy rain caused flooding near the intersection of CR34 and CR31. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bigbee | - | High winds downed trees on Highway 34 between Millry and Leroy. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankville | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Silver Cross | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bashi | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Koenton | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ellisville | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Carpenter | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wilson | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Loper | 7.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156065. 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.




