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.
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
- Deer's Store, U.S. Highway 84 (State Highway 12), Claibornefederal building survey, 3 photographs
- James Dellet House, U.S. Highway 84 (State Highway 12), Claibornefederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Masonic Hall, U.S. Highway 84 (moved from AL, Claiborne), Perdue Hillfederal building survey, 5 photographs
- William B. Travis House, Claibornefederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Claiborne quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
3 photographs, 1939Taken 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.
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
47 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 84 JUST INSIDE COUNTY LINE, AL |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170929-1 |
| 3 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190803-2 |
| 4 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 10196 HWY 84 W, AL |
| 26 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | 128 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NORTH CLARK |
| 16 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballard Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Claiborne Lime Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Claiborne | 5 hurt, $150,000 | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claiborne | $15,000 | High winds, along the leading edge of a squall line, blew down several trees and power lines near Claiborne. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claiborne | $5,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Claiborne. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claiborne | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down along US HWY 84 . |
| April 1997 | Hail | Claiborne | - | Quarter to dime size hail was reported near Claiborne. |
| October 2007 | Flash Flood | Claiborne | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Claiborne | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perdue Hill | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hixon | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Old Salem | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Fountain | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Manistee | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Finchburg | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Mexia | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wainwright | 7.7 miles | 8 |
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 Claiborne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5125051 | 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 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.



