Caswell, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Foley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36561. It lies near Walker Island. The Survey maps it on the Orange Beach quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1921 USGS Bon Secour quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Foley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Foley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Miflin quadrangle1:25000
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Orange Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Orange Beach quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Caswell between 1994 and 2016, burning about 727 acres in total. 3 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130907-002 |
| 30 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | FISH TRAP ROAD, AL |
| 24 June 1998 | Natural | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 June 2015 | Natural | 305 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150623-003 |
| 24 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 115 acres | 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 Caswell: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Perdido Bay Prospect | Titanium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caswell in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 heavy rain. 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 2025 | Heavy Rain | Caswell | - | Daily rainfall amount of 6.17 inches of rain measured at the mesonet station (DW9919 Gulf Shores) on Ono Island, AL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Beach | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Josephine | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Perdido Beach | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Romar Beach | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Miflin | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Swift | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Elberta | 8.9 miles | 17 | |
| Foley Recreational Vehicle Park | 8.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115689. 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.









