Enon, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dothan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36376. The Survey maps it on the Dothan East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Dothan East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Enon between 1997 and 2020, burning about 338 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 55 COUNTY ROAD 963, AL |
| 12 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Enon: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbison-Walker Refractories Pit | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enon in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Flash Flood | Enon | $100,000 | Water entered a few homes on Academy Drive in Ashford. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enon | $1,000 | A tree was blown down at the intersection of Johnnie Ingram and Ben Ivey Roads. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enon | - | The Wiregrass Electric Co-op facebook page posted a picture of a downed tree outside of their Ashford office. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Cowarts | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cowarts | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Avon | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| East Gate Estates | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Barber | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Seminole Heights | 2.7 miles | 7 | |
| Smyrna | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Webb | 3.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117997. 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.




