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Dickinson, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fulton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36436. It stands on Little Bassett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fulton East quadrangle. It stands 223 feet above sea level.

Dickinson within Clarke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

78 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Dickinson between 1994 and 2020, burning about 493 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning22
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20200928-1
20 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined182 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20130920-001
17 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 35, AL
10 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarke County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dickinson: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pit #4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Scyrenne PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Clarke County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dickinson in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2016Thunderstorm WindDickinson$5,000Winds estimated near 70 mph downed trees on Brooksville Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDickinson$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph caused trees to fall on Brookesville Road..
May 2006HailDickinson$5,000Golfball size hail fell from a thunderstorm near Dickinson. The large hail damaged a few vehicles windshields.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindDickinson$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down between Dickinson and Fulton.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindDickinson-Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees on Dickinson Road.

Every storm recorded in Clarke 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
Fulton1.9 miles7
Greenwood2.8 miles8
Scyrene3.4 miles7
Peacock3.4 miles8
Asbury4.4 miles7
Grove Hill5.2 miles8
Nettleboro5.3 miles7
Springfield5.6 miles8

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 DickinsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1403878The 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 117273. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.