BlockFair Oaks, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Panola-Geiger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35442. The Survey maps it on the Panola 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 Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Panola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS De Kalb quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Fair Oaks between 1994 and 2014, burning about 333 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Natural | 211 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140704-002 |
| 3 April 1996 | Smoking | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fair Oaks in 1 storm report in 2012: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Fair Oaks | - | A tornado, with maximum winds speeds of 85 mph, touched down just southeast of Panola, along S. H. and G. Drive, where it caused significant roof damage to one single family residence. As the tornado moved northeast towards Marby Heights, another home sustained minor siding damage. The tornado lifted shortly after crossing Marby Heights. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panola | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Warsaw | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Geiger | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Gainesville | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hamner | 13.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bethel (historical) | 14.5 miles | 8 | |
| Emelle | 14.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sumterville | 15.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156332. 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.
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.