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Chunchula, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36521. It stands on Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chunchula quadrangle. 195 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 121 feet above sea level.

Chunchula within Mobile County

Population over time

2 figures

Chunchula fell from 210 to 195 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010210
2020195-15 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

404 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 404 fires within 5 miles of Chunchula between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,576 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 207 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
Arson/incendiarism207
Debris and open burning112
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180923-7
22 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chunchula: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alabama Asphalt Paving Co., Inc PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Mob 14 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Mobile County

Storms near this place

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chunchula in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
July 2005Tornado (F0)Chunchula$20,000A tornado developed along the outer fringes of Tropical Storm Cindy. The tornado touched down just east of Chunchula near Celeste . The tornado blew down several trees and power lines.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindChunchula$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindChunchula$5,000Numerous trees were blown down by high thunderstorm winds along Highway 45.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindChunchula-Tress down and blocking the roadway near the intersection of Chunchula Georgetown Road and US Highway 45.
June 2013Flash FloodChunchula-Heavy rain caused flooding of ditches and parking lots.
May 2013Flash FloodChunchula-Stationary thunderstorms produced 5 to 15 inches of rain which caused widespread flooded across western Mobile County caused water to flow over Grand Bay-Wilmer Road...about 1/2 mile north of the intersection with Fort Lake Road. Water was also flowing also Newman Road. Roads and parking lots were flooded in Grand Bay.

Every storm recorded in Mobile 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
Smithtown4.2 miles27
Georgetown4.4 miles20
Celeste4.5 miles22
Oak Grove4.6 miles27
Kali-Oka Springs5.3 miles27
Turnerville5.4 miles21
Gulfcrest5.4 miles21
Mauvilla5.9 miles27

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 ChunchulaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1273444The 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 116112. 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.