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Dixon Corner, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Grand Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36544. It stands on Bishop Manor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coden quadrangle.

Dixon Corner within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

628 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 628 fires within 5 miles of Dixon Corner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 20,442 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 327 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/incendiarism327
Debris and open burning168
Missing data/not specified/undetermined90
Recreation and ceremony24
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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 2016Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-16
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2004Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2004Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile 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 Dixon Corner: 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
Boe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H & J Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Mobile County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixon Corner in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 2008Thunderstorm WindDixon Corner$12,000Several trees were toppled by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindDixon Corner-High winds caused damage to a sign and fence at Alma Bryant High School.
June 2023Flash FloodDixon Corner-Water overflowed Four Mile Road just east of AL 188, trapping several vehicles in the flood waters.
June 2023Flash FloodDixon Corner-Significant flooding was observed impacting Hurricane Boulevard next to Alma Bryant School. Tue vehicles were stuck in the flood waters.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindDixon Corner-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew down fences near the intersection of Highway 188 and Four Mile Road.
June 2023HailDixon Corner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mobile 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
Bayou La Batre3.4 miles24
Fernland3.5 miles22
Saint Elmo3.6 miles23
Kirewakra3.7 miles24
Irvington3.8 miles33
Fowl River3.9 miles24
San Souci Beach4.5 miles22
Nelson4.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117315. 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.