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Docena, Alabama

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Graysville-Adamsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35060. It stands on Second Creek. The Survey maps it on the Adamsville quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.

Docena within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

203 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Docena between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,180 acres in total. None started naturally. 89 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/incendiarism89
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-14
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-27
29 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-8
26 September 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-16
23 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150923-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Docena: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Jef 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Watkins Number 1 PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Docena in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 flash flood. 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
November 2022Flash FloodDocena-A slow moving QLCS produced heavy rainfall across southern Jefferson County, mainly along the I-65 corridor. Rain gauge measurements reported 3-5 inches. Flooding reported at the intersection of Highway 31 and Lorna Road. Ramps along the I-459 and I-65 intersection were flooded and impassable. Village Creek at Ensley rose above flood stage.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Oakwood0.7 miles28
Crumley Chapel1.2 miles28
Sunset Mountain1.3 miles28
Minor1.6 miles28
Sandusky1.8 miles28
Westwood1.9 miles28
Forestdale2.0 miles28
West Ensley2.1 miles28

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 DocenaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14679065The 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 151755. 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.