Bolling, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chapman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36037. It stands on Arnold Branch. The Survey maps it on the Georgiana East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Georgiana East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
138 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Bolling between 1994 and 2020, burning about 874 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-3 |
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-2 |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160905-3 |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190903-3 |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190928-14 |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-18 |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-7 |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bolling in 1 storm report in 2022: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolling | - | Strong winds downed trees along I-65 at MM 119. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wald | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sand Cut | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Chapman | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| East Chapman | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Brushy Creek | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Providence | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Beacon | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Georgiana | 6.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 114698. 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.



