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Ewell, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ozark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36360. The Survey maps it on the Ewell quadrangle. It stands 400 feet above sea level.

Ewell within Dale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Ewell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 363 acres in total. 4 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3

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
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190907-3
29 September 2011Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 231 S, AL
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140901-001
30 July 1996Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCO.RD. 655, AL
14 July 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2009Smoking7.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 231, AL
9 June 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dale County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ewell: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Garner QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Newton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dale County

Storms near this place

10 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ewell in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
November 2001Tornado (F1)Ewell2 hurt, $75,000An F1 tornado touched down just south of Ewell and destroyed a double wide mobile home. Its two occupants were seriously injured. Damage surveyed by the NWS.
July 2009LightningEwell$75,000Lightning from an early morning thunderstorm struck a mobile home on County Road 20 southeast of Ozark. The resultant blaze destroyed the structure.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindEwell$15,000A double-wide trailer and two adjacent sheds were damaged. Reported by the Dale County EMA.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEwell$6,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Ewell. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindEwell$5,000Two residences had minor damage with trees down and a power line snapped on County Road 20 just off of Highway 27 near Ewell. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEwell$2,000Wind damage occurred to a carport.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindEwell$1,000Downed trees reported by the Dale County EMA.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindEwell-Trees were blown down in Ewell.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindEwell-Multiple trees were blown down on County Road 35.
January 2009Thunderstorm WindEwell-A few trees were blown down in Ewell.

Every storm recorded in Dale 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
Browns Crossroad2.5 miles13
Mabson3.3 miles13
Plainview4.3 miles14
Ozark4.3 miles12
Waterford5.0 miles14
Pleasant Hill5.3 miles12
Snow Hill5.6 miles8
Lewis5.7 miles8

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 EwellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058447The 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 151764. 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.