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Burkville, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hayneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36752. It stands on Tallawassee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lowndesboro quadrangle. It stands 151 feet above sea level.

Burkville within Lowndes County

On record in Burkville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 10 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

Photographs

7 photographs, 2011 to 2012

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Young-Nall House, County Highway 40 at Lake Berry Road, Burkville, Lowndes County, AL
Young-Nall House, County Highway 40 at Lake Berry Road, Burkville, Lowndes County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
John McQueen Servant's House, U.S. Highway 80 East of Berry Lake Road, Burkville, Lowndes County, AL
John McQueen Servant's House, U.S. Highway 80 East of Berry Lake Road, Burkville, Lowndes County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
We pick our okra from the left. -- Okra Festival, 25 August 2012, Burkville, Alabama
We pick our okra from the left. -- Okra Festival, 25 August 2012, Burkville, Alabama
Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr., artist, 2011. Library of Congress
McCary Tenant House, U.S. Route 80 near Berry Lake Road, Burkville, Lowndes County, AL
McCary Tenant House, U.S. Route 80 near Berry Lake Road, Burkville, Lowndes County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
The people's vegetable. -- Okra Festival, 27 August 2011, Burkville, AL
The people's vegetable. -- Okra Festival, 27 August 2011, Burkville, AL
Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr., artist, 2011. Library of Congress
New Josiah Haigler Plantation House, County Highway 37 North of U.S. Highway 80, Burkville, Lowndes County, AL
New Josiah Haigler Plantation House, County Highway 37 North of U.S. Highway 80, Burkville, Lowndes County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
We pick our okra from the left. -- Okra Festival, 25 August 2012, Burkville, Alabama
We pick our okra from the left. -- Okra Festival, 25 August 2012, Burkville, Alabama
Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr., artist, 2012. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

51 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Burkville between 1995 and 2019, burning about 688 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 burning15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2001Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 1995Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160727-2
22 July 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2000Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lowndes 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 Burkville: 2 producers. 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
Lowndes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lowndes QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Lowndes County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burkville in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 3 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
October 2022Thunderstorm WindBurkville-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Burkville.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindBurkville-Several trees uprooted in the town of Burkville.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindBurkville-Several trees were reported down on private property in the northern portion of Lowndes County.

Every storm recorded in Lowndes 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
Robinsons1.2 miles13
Manack1.4 miles13
Saint Clair4.2 miles13
Lowndesboro5.4 miles13
White Hall9.3 miles12
Hayneville10.2 miles9
Tyson11.0 miles11
Trickem11.8 miles12

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 BurkvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4999083The 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 156135. 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.