BlockDixonville, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Escambia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36426. The Survey maps it on the Brewton South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Brewton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Brewton South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
261 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Dixonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,931 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 67 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/incendiarism | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 82 MATTHEW LANE, AL |
| 26 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | 57 - CAMP LOWERY ROAD FIRE - 0844 |
| 23 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150902-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixonville in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixonville | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the Dixonville and McCall areas of Escambia County. |
| November 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixonville | $40,000 | High winds damaged two homes near the intersection of State Road 41 and County Road 55 near Dixonville. One of the homes had part of its roof blown off. Several barns and silos also suffered damage. Trees and power lines were also blown down. The damage appeared to be caused from a microburst of 80 to 90 mph. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixonville | $1,000 | Dime size hail and two trees were reported blown down due to high winds in the community. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Dixonville | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Keego | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| East Brewton | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Hill | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Brewton | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pollard | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Rock Hill | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Pea Ridge | 8.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117321. 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.