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Dublin, Alabama

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ramer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36069. The Survey maps it on the Ramer quadrangle. It stands 547 feet above sea level.

Dublin within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

65 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Dublin between 1994 and 2019, burning about 666 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2014Natural1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140903-002
29 September 2016Debris and open burning32 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-29
21 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dublin in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDublin1 hurtMultiple trees uprooted and power lines downed near the Ramer community with roadways blocked. A tree fell on a home on Mt. Zion Road, causing significant damage. Another tree fell on a vehicle on Highway 94, injuring one person.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDublin-Several trees and power lines were downed along Highway 94 near Dublin and on Centerpoint Rd southeast of Dublin.
June 2023HailDublin-Golf ball size hail reported in the Dublin community.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDublin-Several trees uprooted along Highway 94 near the town of Dublin.
May 1999HailDublin-Dime size hail was reported at Dublin.
August 1999HailDublin-Dime size hail fell in Dublin.
May 2020HailDublin-no account filed
July 2008HailDublin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Friendship1.8 miles10
Meadville2.6 miles10
Pisgah3.3 miles8
Grady3.4 miles8
Ramer3.5 miles10
Gibson4.2 miles10
Currys4.3 miles10
Center Point4.8 miles8

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 DublinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19461415The 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 155057. 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.