Dudley, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Coaling-Vance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35490. It stands on Toxeys Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Coaling quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Cottondale quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Cottondale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Coaling quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Dudley between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,506 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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 | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160914-7 |
| 11 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Dudley: 10 unknowns, 4 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Calcium, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sandy Area | Iron, Calcium, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1900, 1903 | |
| Big Sandy No. 1 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bucksville Area Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Gulf States Paper Corp Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| No Name | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Pinckard | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dudley in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dudley | $1,000 | Power lines were blown down on Wire Road, near Vance. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dudley | - | Several trees uprooted on Wire Road between the cities of Vance and Coaling. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Cove | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Coaling | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Vance | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Grimes | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Dowdle | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Brookwood | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Nichol Hills | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Eastern Hills | 6.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156283. 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.







