BlockBrownville, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Samantha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35475. It stands on Thornton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brownville quadrangle. It stands 259 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Brownville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Brownville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 591 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 41 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-23 |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140808-001 |
| 30 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownville in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownville | - | Several trees uprooted along Highway 171. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Brownville | - | Quarter size hail fell in Brownville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Lakes | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Shirley | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Echola | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Moores Bridge | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Binion Heights | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Searcy Farms | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Cove Park | 7.9 miles | 18 | |
| Lakeland Forest | 8.0 miles | 18 |
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 Brownville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058410 | The 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 115026. 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.