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Brooklyn, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Evergreen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36401. It stands on Bottle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brooklyn quadrangle. It stands 157 feet above sea level.

Brooklyn within Conecuh County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

97 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Brooklyn between 1994 and 2020, burning about 833 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism26
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2007Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conecuh County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brooklyn in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 2016Tornado (EF2)Brooklyn$750,000This tornado was produced from the same parent supercell thunderstorm that produced the EF-3 tornado in Century, FL. The tornado in Conecuh County first touched down south of County Road 6 and quickly strengthened as it crossed the road. EF-2 intensity damage was observed at the Johnsonville Volunteer Fire Department which was completely destroyed. Significant tree damage was noted in the area and a well built home suffered extensive roof damage. The tornado continued to the northwest toward the Johnsonville Circle area where a few homes suffered roof damage. A single wide mobile home on Johnsonville Circle was destroyed. The mobile home was not anchored. Damage in this area was consistent with EF-1 intensity. The tornado lifted in the woods just to the northeast of the end of Clinton Drive.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Brooklyn$615,000The tornado continued east from the Damascus area of eastern Escambia County, Alabama, snapping or uprooting numerous hardwood and softwood trees along a 150 yard wide path. Alabama Forestry Commission estimates timber losses to be near 615,000 dollars.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn$4,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBrooklyn-High winds downed trees and powerlines just west of Brooklyn.
May 1998HailBrooklyn-Dime size hail was reported just west of Brooklyn.
April 1998HailBrooklyn-no account filed
December 1996HailBrooklyn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Conecuh 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
Georgiaville2.8 miles9
Paul4.2 miles8
Johnsonville5.8 miles7
Melrose6.2 miles8
Spring Hill7.0 miles7
Mount Union8.5 miles7
Cohassett10.0 miles8
Nymph10.3 miles7

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 BrooklynAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4974711The 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 114956. 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.