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Falakto, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35045. The Survey maps it on the Clanton East quadrangle.

Falakto within Chilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

266 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Falakto between 1994 and 2019, burning about 949 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 48 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 burning113
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Arson/incendiarism48
Recreation and ceremony25
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1

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
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-6
28 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Arson/incendiarism4.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Falakto: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Rippatoe Mine and PlacerGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Chilton County

Storms near this place

16 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Falakto in 16 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2008Tornado (EF1)Falakto$150,000Within a larger area of straight line wind damage, a short tornado damage path was found near and northeast of exit 205 on Interstate 65, southeast of the city of Clanton. The heaviest damage was sustained by a mobile home along County Road 41, where two large oak trees fell on the mobile home and demolished it. Several fast food restaurant signs and a couple of road signs were damaged or destroyed, and a couple hundred trees were also snapped off or uprooted.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFalakto$2,000Numerous large tree limbs were blown down south of Clanton.
March 2021Tornado (EF1)Falakto-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Chilton County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 95 mph. A tornado touched down near County Road 484 and tracked north-northeast producing mainly tree damage along County Roads 491 and 97. Hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted along County Roads 486 and 491. Some minor structural damage was also noted with damage to farm buildings and an outbuilding. The tornado widened to about 500 yards in this area. As the tornado continued northeast towards County Road 28, it began to weaken with more minor tree damage noted. The tornado dissipated quickly just north of County Road 28.
March 2021Tornado (EF2)Falakto-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southeast Chilton County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 120 mph.||The tornado first touched down along CR 495, just east of Clanton, with minor tree damage. The tornado traveled east northeast producing mainly minor tree damage and some structural damage as it crossed CR 97. The tornado then tracked across mainly inaccessible forest land before producing notable tree damage along CR 480 before tracking over several homes along Lake Mitchell, south of County Road 472. Most of the homes had minor roof damage or sustained more damage from fallen trees. One home off of County Road 481 had a garage completely collapse. There were also numerous hardwood trees snapped near the pumphouse on County Road 474. Near this point, the tornado reached its maximum intensity. The tornado then crossed Lake Mitchell into Coosa County.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindFalakto-Several trees uprooted along County Road 7.
December 2014Thunderstorm WindFalakto-Several trees uprooted and power lines down along Highway 31 between the cities of Clanton and Verbena.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindFalakto-Three trees were blown down, blocking the road near the intersection of County Roads 24 and 49.
January 2010Thunderstorm WindFalakto-A spotter with a hand held anemometer measured winds up to 70 mph near the Peach Park exit, at Interstate 65 and US-31 near Clanton.
June 2014HailFalakto-no account filed
March 2013HailFalakto-no account filed
March 2013HailFalakto-no account filed
July 2012HailFalakto-no account filed
March 2011HailFalakto-no account filed
March 2011HailFalakto-no account filed
July 2009HailFalakto-no account filed
June 2008HailFalakto-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chilton 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
Samaria2.2 miles14
Clanton3.0 miles14
Cooper3.3 miles15
Highland4.3 miles14
Enterprise5.0 miles17
Verbena5.8 miles17
Lomax6.2 miles15
Kincheon6.6 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122539815The 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 118170. 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.