BlockCoatopa, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Belmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35470. It stands on Coatopa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coatopa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Coatopa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Coatopa between 1994 and 2019, burning about 114 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2016 | Natural | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160804-1 |
| 6 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150619-002 |
| 9 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 May 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coatopa in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Coatopa | $22,000 | A weak tornado affected areas in and near the Coatopa community. The tornado touched down near the intersection of State Highway 28 and County Road 23, southeast of Livingston, at approximately 942 PM CDT. The tornado tracked northeastward and crossed Mundy Road in several spots. The tornado lifted near the intersection of Mundy Road and County Road 23 around 946 PM CDT. Several trees were blown down, snapped off, or twisted along the path. Near the end of the tornado path, some of the downed trees caused damage to vehicles and a house trailer. Two small barns also had their roofs partially damaged. The tornado damage path was 2.8 miles long and 50 yards wide at its widest point. This tornado was produced by the remnants of Hurricane Rita.Begin: 32 29.13/88 04.27 End: 32 30.39/88 01.74 |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coatopa | - | A few trees were uprooted along Highway 28 in the town of Coatopa. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Coatopa | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Coatopa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewersville | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Dug Hill | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Arrington (historical) | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Zion Hill | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lilita | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Woodford | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bellamy | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Moore Town | 5.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116316. 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.