BlockBefore

Dilworth, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Dora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35063. It lies near Turkey Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sipsey quadrangle.

Dilworth within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

263 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Dilworth between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,994 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 119 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
Arson/incendiarism119
Debris and open burning84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony12
Other causes5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2

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
9 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burning1.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140928-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dilworth in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Dilworth$5,000The tornado touched down east of CR-77 near the intersection of Gravlee Junction Road and CR-15. The tornado then tracked northeast and entered Cullman County near the intersection of CR-17 and CR-19. The tornado appeared to have caused only minor tree damage in Walker County.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDilworth-Several trees uprooted along Lewis Estate Road.

Every storm recorded in Walker 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
Black Warrior Town (historical)0.7 miles21
Hull2.0 miles21
Rocky Hollow2.2 miles21
Drummond2.3 miles21
Sipsey2.3 miles21
Empire2.3 miles21
Campbellville2.4 miles21
Coon Creek2.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117289. 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.