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Booth, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Prattville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36008. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Old Kingston quadrangle. It stands 282 feet above sea level.

Booth within Autauga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

189 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Booth between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,271 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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 burning96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2002Debris and open burning1.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Smoking3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-14
21 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120921-001
20 September 2005Debris and open burning22 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Debris and open burning30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Autauga County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Booth: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Booth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Autauga County

Storms near this place

16 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Booth in 16 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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 2001Thunderstorm WindBooth$8,000Trees were blown down near Booth and in the Old Kingston Community. Some of these trees fell onto homes causing minor roof damage.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBooth$5,000Several trees were blown down across Autauga County.
December 2000HailBooth$4,000Golf ball size hail was observed in Booth.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBooth$3,000Several trees were knocked down along County Roads 57 and 81.
February 2007Thunderstorm WindBooth$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down in the Booth community, on CR 165 just off US-82.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindBooth$2,000Trees were blown down and blocked the road, at the intersection of CR-10 and CR-57, near the Booth community.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBooth$1,000Trees and power lines were blown down at the intersection of CR-165 and US-82, near the Booth Community.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindBooth$1,000Several trees were blown down on CR-165, southwest of Booth.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBooth$500A large tree was blown down on CR-58, near the Booth community.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBooth-Several trees uprooted in the town of Booth.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBooth-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed along Highway 82. Numerous trees reported uprooted across Autauga County.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBooth-Several trees uprooted near the intersection of County Road 21 and County Road 113.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBooth-One tree was uprooted along County Road 113 and one tree was uprooted along County Road 58.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBooth-Trees were reported down in the Booth area. The power was also out at the EMA office.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBooth-Several trees were uprooted across the eastern portion of Autauga County. Areas affected include County Road 40, continuing southeast along County Road 57 into Prattville. One tree caused structural damage to a home in Prattville.
March 2000Funnel CloudBooth-A funnel cloud was observed in the Old Kingston Community in northern Autauga County.

Every storm recorded in Autauga 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
Gibbons (historical)3.0 miles18
Mount Sinai3.7 miles18
Pate3.7 miles13
White Water4.2 miles12
Forester4.6 miles13
Whispering Pines4.6 miles18
Melmar4.8 miles18
Upper Kingston5.1 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on BoothAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2910555The 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 114739. 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.