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Dundee, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hartford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36344. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hartford quadrangle. It stands 256 feet above sea level.

Dundee within Geneva County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

33 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Dundee between 1995 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
22 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 103, AL
4 July 1996Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180507-6
25 May 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 May 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200512-7
15 April 2006Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Geneva County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Dundee: 12 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Geneva County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dundee in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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
July 2018Thunderstorm WindDundee$2,000Strong winds blew a tree onto power lines near Lewis and Airport roads, resulting in a power outage.
May 2024Flash FloodDundee-Flooding was reported in the Dundee area.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDundee-A tree was blown down along Highway 52.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDundee-The public estimated wind gusts up to 65 mph at Lewis Road.
July 2012HailDundee-A picture of hail estimated at quarter size was received from the Dundee area via Facebook.
March 2012Tornado (EF0)Dundee-This tornado was seen by at least two people. One person was driving along Highway 52 near Hartford, and the other person who was an instructor pilot out of Ft. Rucker saw it touch down briefly in a peanut field for around 1 minute. No known damage occurred.

Every storm recorded in Geneva 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
Hartford1.8 miles11
Bald Hill3.6 miles12
High Bluff4.0 miles12
Slocomb4.2 miles11
Kellys Crossroads5.5 miles12
Oak Grove5.9 miles12
Bailey Crossroads6.4 miles11
Millville (historical)6.7 miles11

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 DundeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058440The 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 117666. 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.