BlockDixons Mills, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dixons Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36736. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sweet Water quadrangle. It stands 207 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Sweet Water quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
118 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Dixons Mills between 1994 and 2019, burning about 840 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150920-006 |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190918-13 |
| 17 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-9 |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixons Mills in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2005: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Dixons Mills | $500,000 | A tornado was reported first touching down just inside the Marengo County line about 3 miles south of Dixons Mills. The storm then crossed U. S. Highway 43 about 2.5 miles south of Dixons Mills . Storm track was northeast...crossing County Road 37 and then across State Highway 10 just west of County Road 55. The storm then moved across County Roads 55 and 45. Almost all the damage along this track was to trees. The tornado appeared to be near tree top level along this path.The storm then moved across County Road 56 near Surginer just to the east of County Road 45. This is where most of the structural damage occurred. Two mobile homes were demolished. One home sustained major roof damage, while two others suffered roof and structural damage along County Road 56. Damage was also done to barns and outbuildings here. The tornado lifted back into the cloud just north of County Road 56. No injuries were reported. |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Dixons Mills | $40,000 | A weak tornado first touched down just east of US 43 about 3.6 miles north-northeast of Dixons Mills and traveled north-northeast across mostly rural, wooded areas. The tornado path ended just north of Octagon near the intersection of CR 33 and CR47. Numerous trees were downed along the path. Two parallel power lines owned by Alabama Power Company were damaged near the spot where the power lines crossed CR 30. Several outbuidlings (barns and storage sheds) were destroyed. One brick home in the path of the tornado sustained shingle damage. Beginning: 32 06.556/87 46.522 End: 32 12.650/87 45.350 |
| April 2003 | Hail | Dixons Mills | $26,000 | Supercell 8 briefly moved across extreme southern Marengo County before it moved into NWS Mobile's area of responsibility. As the storm crossed Marengo County, it split into two storms before the left member dissipated and the right member moved out of the area. Hail up to the size of golf balls fell along the path of the storm in extreme southern Marengo County. Several trees were blown down near US 43 in Dixons Mill. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixons Mills | $20,000 | A National Weather Service Storm Survey determined that strong straight line thunderstorm wind damage occurred along Southern Pine Road near US Highway 43 just north of Dixons Mills. Trees were blown down and several trailers were damaged. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Dixons Mills | $8,000 | Hail up to two inches in diameter fell from near Dixons Mill eastward all the way tothe Wilcox County line. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixons Mills | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixons Mills | $2,000 | Trees were knocked down along US 43 near the Marengo-Clark County line. One home sustained minor roof damage. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Dixons Mills | - | Golfball size hail was reported in the area with the high winds. |
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.
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 Dixons Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3710173 | The 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 157934. 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.