BlockEnon, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Banks-Josie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36005. The Survey maps it on the Josie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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
- 1968 USGS Josie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Enon between 1994 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200508-2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Enon: 19 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbour County Brown Iron Ore Deposits | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1944 | |
| Pik 9 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enon in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Enon | $2,000 | A brief tornado touched down, near the Enon Community in eastern Pike County, uprooted several hardwood trees, and snapped off several other large branches. This tornado was associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157945. 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.