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Dill, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ozark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36360. The Survey maps it on the Ariton quadrangle.

Dill within Dale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

58 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Dill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 311 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
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
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140829-001
18 July 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 June 1998Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 June 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160625-4
23 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dale County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dill: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Dal 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Dale County

Storms near this place

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dill in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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
March 2024Thunderstorm WindDill-A tree was blown down along Jernigan Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDill-A few trees blew down north of Ozark.
March 2022Flash FloodDill-Flooding was reported on Jernigan Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDill-Two trees were blown down on County Road 58 near Highway 123.
April 2015Flash FloodDill-The intersection of County Road 50 and Jernigan Road was flooded.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDill-There were an estimated 15 to 20 reports of trees blown down in Dale county, especially across northern and central sections of the county. One concentrated area was between Ozark and Ariton.

Every storm recorded in Dale 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
Dillard2.2 miles8
Barnes2.4 miles8
Marley Mill2.6 miles12
Beamon3.6 miles7
Ozark3.7 miles12
Arguta5.1 miles7
Mabson5.6 miles13
Pleasant Hill5.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117282. 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.