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Dexter, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Wetumpka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36092. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle.

Dexter within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

Fires near this place

197 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Dexter between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,065 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 27 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 burning81
Recreation and ceremony29
Arson/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural5
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-16

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dexter in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDexter$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down on Central Plank Road, northeast of Wetumpka.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindDexter$1,000One tree fell across Blake Road.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindDexter-Trees were downed on Central Plank Rd north of Wetumpka.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDexter-A few trees uprooted and partial roof damage to a home.
June 2018HailDexter-Large hail reported on Dexter Road.
April 2022HailDexter-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elmore 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
Santuck1.1 miles16
Greer2.9 miles16
Central4.1 miles16
Cherokee Estates4.8 miles18
Wallsboro4.8 miles18
Riddle5.3 miles16
Ten Cedars Estates5.4 miles16
Tarwater5.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117267. 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.