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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.

Bigbee within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

42 since 1994

Regional 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Debris and open burning9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-22
25 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-23
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160621-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2013Tornado (EF1)Bigbee$30,000The 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 2013Thunderstorm WindBigbee$4,000Winds estimated at 70 mph downed several power poles at the County Road34 junction at Highway 43.
February 2022Flash FloodBigbee-Heavy rain caused flooding near the intersection of CR34 and CR31.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBigbee-High winds downed trees on Highway 34 between Millry and Leroy.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Frankville2.5 miles11
Silver Cross4.6 miles11
Bashi4.8 miles11
Koenton5.3 miles11
Ellisville5.3 miles12
Carpenter6.2 miles12
Wilson7.3 miles12
Loper7.4 miles12

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.