Campbell, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Coffeeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36727. It stands on Tallahatta Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morvin quadrangle. It stands 95 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Morvin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Campbell between 1994 and 2019, burning about 262 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190903-4 |
| 28 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.9 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190816-3 |
| 28 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 May 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Campbell: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cla 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campbell in 1 storm report in 1999: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1999 | Hail | Campbell | - | Nickel to ping pong size hail was reported near Campbell. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failetown | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Opine | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Smyer | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Morvin | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Woods Bluff | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cunningham | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Rock Springs | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Tallahatta Springs | 5.6 miles | 8 |
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 Campbell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2301075 | 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 115488. 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.



