BlockClopton, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Echo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36317. The Survey maps it on the Clopton quadrangle. It stands 505 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Clopton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Clopton quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Clopton between 1994 and 2019, burning about 601 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-20 |
| 19 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clopton in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Flood | Clopton | $50,000 | Moderate to heavy rain fell across Dale county over a long period of time. Given that 4 to 6 inches of rain had occurred during the prior week, the ground was saturated and areal flooding resulted. Several roads were closed and damaged due to the flooding, including most of the dirt roads in the county. Some roads affected included CR15, CR560, Waterford, Hopeful Church, and Gissendanner. The county engineer estimated at least $50,000 in road damage. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clopton | - | A tree was blown down on County Road 68. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Clopton | - | Dime size hail reported by a SKYWARN spotter. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barefield Crossroads | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bertha | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Roberts Crossroads | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Snells Crossroads | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bells Crossroads | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Dykes Crossroad | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Skipperville | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Asbury | 9.0 miles | 7 |
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 Clopton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5135115 | 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 116275. 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.
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.