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.
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
- 1971 USGS Ramer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140903-002 |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-29 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | 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 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dublin | 1 hurt | Multiple 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dublin | - | Several trees and power lines were downed along Highway 94 near Dublin and on Centerpoint Rd southeast of Dublin. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Dublin | - | Golf ball size hail reported in the Dublin community. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dublin | - | Several trees uprooted along Highway 94 near the town of Dublin. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Dublin | - | Dime size hail was reported at Dublin. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Dublin | - | Dime size hail fell in Dublin. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Dublin | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Dublin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Meadville | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pisgah | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Grady | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ramer | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Gibson | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Currys | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Center Point | 4.8 miles | 8 |
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 Dublin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19461415 | 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 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.




