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Claiborne, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monroeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36470. It sits by Alabama Heights. The Survey maps it on the Claiborne quadrangle. It stands 180 feet above sea level.

Claiborne within Monroe County

On record in Claiborne

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 1939

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

James Dellet House, Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama
James Dellet House, Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Deer's Store, U.S. Highway 84 (State Highway 12), Claiborne, Monroe County, AL
Deer's Store, U.S. Highway 84 (State Highway 12), Claiborne, Monroe County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Masonic Hall, U.S. Highway 84 (moved from AL, Claiborne), Perdue Hill, Monroe County, AL
Masonic Hall, U.S. Highway 84 (moved from AL, Claiborne), Perdue Hill, Monroe County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Claiborne between 1994 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 84 JUST INSIDE COUNTY LINE, AL
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20170929-1
3 August 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190803-2
4 July 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission10196 HWY 84 W, AL
26 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 2006Natural128 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNORTH CLARK
16 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Claiborne: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Ballard PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Claiborne Lime PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Claiborne in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2007: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 5 injuries. 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
March 1996Tornado (F2)Claiborne5 hurt, $150,000no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindClaiborne$15,000High winds, along the leading edge of a squall line, blew down several trees and power lines near Claiborne.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindClaiborne$5,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Claiborne.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindClaiborne$5,000Numerous trees were blown down along US HWY 84 .
April 1997HailClaiborne-Quarter to dime size hail was reported near Claiborne.
October 2007Flash FloodClaiborne-no account filed
March 1997HailClaiborne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Perdue Hill2.2 miles8
Hixon5.3 miles8
Old Salem5.8 miles8
Fountain6.8 miles8
Manistee6.9 miles9
Finchburg7.1 miles7
Mexia7.1 miles8
Wainwright7.7 miles8

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 ClaiborneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5125051The 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 116160. 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.