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.
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
- David Graves House, County Highway 40 at County Highway 37, Burkvillefederal building survey, 6 photographs
- John McQueen House, U.S. Highway 80 west of Highway 37, Burkvillefederal building survey, 1 photograph
- John McQueen Servant's House, U.S. Highway 80 East of Berry Lake Road, Burkvillefederal building survey, 2 photographs
- Josiah Haigler Plantation Commissary, County Highway 37 North of U.S. Highway 80, Burkvillefederal building survey, 7 photographs
- Josiah Haigler Plantation House, County Highway 37 North of U.S. Highway 80, Burkvillefederal building survey, 15 photographs
- McCary Tenant House, U.S. Route 80 near Berry Lake Road, Burkvillefederal building survey, 6 photographs
- New Josiah Haigler Plantation House, County Highway 37 North of U.S. Highway 80, Burkvillefederal building survey, 4 photographs
- Stone-McCarty House, County Road 40, Burkvillefederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Warren Stone House, County Highway 40 west of County Highway 37, Burkvillefederal building survey, 5 photographs
- Young-Nall House, County Highway 40 at Lake Berry Road, Burkvillefederal building survey, 15 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Autaugaville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Autaugaville SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Lowndesboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
7 photographs, 2011 to 2012Taken 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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr., artist, 2011. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr., artist, 2011. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr., artist, 2012. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
51 since 1995Regional 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 burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160727-2 |
| 22 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowndes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lowndes Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkville | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Burkville. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkville | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Burkville. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkville | - | Several trees were reported down on private property in the northern portion of 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinsons | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Manack | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Clair | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lowndesboro | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| White Hall | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hayneville | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Tyson | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Trickem | 11.8 miles | 12 |
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 Burkville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4999083 | 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 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.






