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Dingler, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wedowee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36266. It stands on Mad Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lineville East quadrangle.

Dingler within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

82 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Dingler between 1994 and 2020, burning about 654 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use5

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190913-12
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Dingler: 14 past producers, 12 prospects, 7 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic. 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
Graphite ProspectGraphiteProspect
Grizzel ProspectGold, GarnetOccurrenceGold
Grizzell ProspectArsenic, Gold, LeadProspect
Harris Dam QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
W M Sharps MineIronPast Producer
Congo DepositAluminumOccurrence
East Clay County Gibbsite ProspectAluminumOccurrence1977
Lashley ProspectGold, Lead, ArsenicPast ProducerVein
Morris Property ProspectArsenic, LeadProspect
Unnamed MineZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dingler in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDingler$300,000A 75 ton, 40 foot tall, gantry crane on the top of R. L. Harris Dam was moved along its tracks by an apparent microburst. The crane subsequently rolled through its end stops, eventually coming to a stop partially resting over the edge of the dam. The crane itself, and several portions of the dam that it impacted, sustained considerable damage as a result.
January 2023Tornado (EF0)Dingler-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far western Randolph County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph. The tornado touched down just east of the Clay/Randolph County line near County Road 231. Damage consisted of uprooted softwood trees and was observed along County Roads 231, 229, 276, 11, and 113. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing County Road 113.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindDingler-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed near Lake Wedowee.
April 2017HailDingler-Quarter size hail covering the ground.
May 2022HailDingler-no account filed
May 2008HailDingler-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Randolph 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
Ofelia1.3 miles12
Liberty2.7 miles12
Christiana3.2 miles14
Fuller Crossroad4.1 miles13
Swagg5.3 miles12
Milner6.7 miles13
Foster Crossroad7.5 miles13
Center West7.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156272. 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.