Canoe, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Atmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36502. The Survey maps it on the Atmore quadrangle. It stands 282 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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
- 1960 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Canoe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 872 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 22 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-13 |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SAM JONESRD, AL |
| 31 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 Canoe: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Sand and Gravel Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Red Sand and Gravel - Sunday Road Mine | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canoe in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 4 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 2001 | Hail | Canoe | $7,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Canoe | - | Dime sized hail was reported in the community. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Canoe | - | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Hail | Canoe | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Wawbeek | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Robinsonville | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Old Bratt Road Estates | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Southern Estates | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Briar Lake Estates | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Atmore | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.9 miles | 9 |
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 Canoe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5032871 | 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 115587. 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.



