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Five Points, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Newton-Midland City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36352. The Survey maps it on the Daleville quadrangle.

Five Points within Dale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

50 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1994 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
18 September 1997Smoking1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150827-001
8 July 1998Smoking1.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2000Debris and open burning8.5 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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
Box QuarryClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Spiegner Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducerQuartz
Dal 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Rosser Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dale County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Five Points in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFive Points$6,000Trees and power lines were blown down. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindFive Points$2,000A fallen tree resulted in a power outage.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFive Points$2,000Power lines were blown down on Dale County Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFive Points$2,000Trees were blown down at State Route 123 and County Road 43. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFive Points$1,000A large tree was blown down on County Road 31. Monetary damage was estimated.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindFive Points-A tree was blown down onto County Road 121.

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
Kelly2.2 miles13
Newton2.5 miles14
Waterford3.7 miles14
Pinckard3.9 miles14
Plainview4.6 miles14
Daleville4.7 miles13
Bowden Terrace5.9 miles13
Munson Heights6.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118337. 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.