Dickert, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wadley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36276. It stands on Boatner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roanoke West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Roanoke West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
140 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Dickert between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,207 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 237, AL |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20150920-003 |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 327 CR 861, AL |
| 17 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dickert in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dickert | - | Several pine trees were snapped on CR 26 northwest of Roanoke. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dickert | - | Several trees uprooted near the intersection of Highway 22 and County Road 65. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dickert | - | Multiple trees uprooted along Highway 22 west of Roanoke. |
| December 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Dickert | - | NWS meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Randolph County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado. The weak tornado touched near County Road 865 just north of Highway 22. Several metal roof panels were blown off a barn on County Road 865, with a few instances of snapped tree branches and snapped, slender pine trees noted downstream. A snapped tree was noted within the city limits of Roanoke. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dickert | - | Several trees uprooted along Louina Road. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dickert | - | A short swath of wind damage occurred in the Dickert community, beginning along Alabama Highway 22 approximately 0.49 miles northeast of County Road 823, where several softwoods were snapped. The short path of damage, approximately 0.1 mile long, continued to the northeast, where softwood and hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted on either side of Highway 22. The swath of damage ended approximately 0.38 miles from County Road 904. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peavy | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pooles Crossroad | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Olive | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Concord | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| High Pine | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Blake | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Zion | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Friendship | 3.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117270. 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.






