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Chase, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35811. It lies near Chapman Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Meridianville quadrangle.

Chase within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Chase between 1997 and 2019, burning about 96 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning15
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-20
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20120922-001
20 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chase: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Huntsville North QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Teledyne Wah Chang/Huntsville, Ala.MolybdenumUnknown
Baker TerminalSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Base PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chase in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Thunderstorm WindChase$10,000Thunderstorm winds knocked trees onto a home and onto power lines in the vicinity of the 500 block of Old Gurley Road near Townsend Road.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindChase$7,000A tree fell on a power line on Adrian road off of Shield's road near Winchester road in Moores Mill.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindChase$5,000A transformer was blown with power lines on the ground at 104 West Emert Road.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindChase$2,000A few power lines were blown down along highway 72 and Moores Mill road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindChase$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking two lanes of traffic at Moores Mill Road and U.S. Highway 72.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindChase$1,000A tree was knocked down onto a home.
August 2022Heavy RainChase-Measured 4.52 inches of rain at site AAMA1.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindChase-Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down in north Huntsville, including the Moores Mill area.
April 2017HailChase-Quarter sized hail was reported on Jordan Road.
March 2009HailChase-Penny sized hail was reported along Highway 72, about 1 mile east of Moores Mill Road.
June 2009Flash FloodChase-Heavy downpours of up to one inch in 30 minutes produced rapid runoff and brief flash flooding. Up to eight inches of water covered portions of Moores Mill Road between U.S. Highway 72 and Winchester Road.
May 1995HailChase-A funnel cloud was observed by staff of the Environmental Science Department at the University of Alabama at Huntsville about a half mile south of the campus. Three-quarter inch hail was also observed on the campus. Golf ball-size hail was reported at Chase in the northeast part of Huntsville.
June 1995HailChase-Thunderstorm wind that gusted to 58 mph took the roof off the fire department building located at the Huntsville International Airport. There were other reports from around the county of a few trees falling in the wind. At one point about 1,500 customers were without electrical power due primarily to trees falling on lines and lightning. Three-quarter inch hail was reported at Chase just east of Huntsville.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Mercury0.6 miles24
Edmonton Heights1.1 miles24
Normal1.4 miles24
Country Village1.7 miles24
Eastridge1.7 miles24
Meadow Hills1.9 miles24
Ashland2.0 miles24
Edgemont2.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156170. 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.