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Bogueloosa, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gilbertown-Toxey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36915. It stands on Long Creek. The Survey maps it on the Toxey quadrangle.

Bogueloosa within Choctaw 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

110 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Bogueloosa between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,015 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200909-1
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-9
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-27
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Choctaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bogueloosa: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fullers Earth, Zeolites. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cho 8 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Tallahatta Claystone, West ButlerFullers Earth, ZeolitesProspectBEDDED

Every working recorded in Choctaw County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bogueloosa in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBogueloosa-Trees and powerlines were down on Wisdom Road.

Every storm recorded in Choctaw 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
Needham0.2 miles12
Brightwater1.3 miles12
Jackson Spur2.3 miles12
Turner2.6 miles12
Lusk2.7 miles12
Land2.8 miles8
Hodgewood3.8 miles12
Red Springs4.4 miles8

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.

Wikidata item Q122548195The 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 114673. 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.