BlockColumbus City, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Grant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. It stands on Chandler Branch. The Survey maps it on the Columbus City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Columbus City quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Columbus City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Columbus City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Columbus City between 1994 and 2016, burning about 974 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160907-2 |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-4 |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 455 PRESTON ISLAND CIRCLE, AL |
| 20 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | BISHOP MTN, AL |
| 6 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Columbus City in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus City | $3,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms knocked down trees on highway 79 and Columbus City Road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus City | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto a house on Columbus City Road. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus City | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down onto power lines at Highway 79 at Bryant Mill Road. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus City | $500 | One tree was knocked down and blocking Columbus City Road. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus City | $200 | A tree was knocked down at Convict Camp Road at Highway 79. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus City | - | A few trees were knocked down along Convict Camp Road near Lake Guntersville. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus City | - | Trees were knocked down in the peninsula of Guntersville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Haven | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Campbell Mill | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Half Acre Estates | 2.5 miles | 24 | |
| Tanglewood | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Meltonsville | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Henryville | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Five Points | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Pinedale Shores | 3.3 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116461. 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.