BlockFlatwood, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 36728. The Survey maps it on the Flatwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Flatwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Selma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Flatwood between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,179 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180807-1 |
| 29 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160829-1 |
| 23 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170823-1 |
| 21 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Flatwood: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bloating Material. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agee Property | Bloating Material | Occurrence | 1972 | |
| Taylor Property | Bloating Material | Occurrence | 1972 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flatwood in 1 storm report in 2023: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Flatwood | - | The tornado originated from eastern Marengo County (BMX CWA) and |continued east/southeast across a heavily wooded area that could |not be accessed by the survey team. The tornado eventually |approached Highway 5 and snapped numerous trees on both sides of |the Highway, with downed powerlines as well. The tornado could |have continued farther to the east; however, due to the heavily |wooded area it entered, the survey team could not assess any |further. High resolution satellite data will need to be analyzed |over the next several days to further refine the tornado track. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lamison | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Boiling Springs | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Catherine | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Prairie | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Gastonburg | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Prairie Bluff | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Anne Manie | 7.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118401. 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.