Central City, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Enterprise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36330. It stands on Bells Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coffee Springs quadrangle. It stands 315 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Coffee Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Central City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 254 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-12 |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-3 |
| 11 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190729-11 |
| 8 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 43 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200508-4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Central City: 19 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Graphite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Central City in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Central City | $1,000 | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 27 South and County Road 723. Monetary damage was estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battens Crossroads | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Keyton | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Forest | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Griffin Heights | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Singing Brook | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| College Heights | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Green Acres | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pinedale Estates | 5.1 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 Central City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058416 | 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 154446. 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.






