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Florette, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Eva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35670. It stands on Six Mile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Center Grove quadrangle.

Florette within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

62 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Florette between 1993 and 2019, burning about 789 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
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
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2018Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180915-4
14 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission260 WATER TOWER ROAD, AL
19 August 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160704-18

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan 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 Florette: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Plant No. 5 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

7 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florette in 7 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 7 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
May 2023Thunderstorm WindFlorette$3,000Several trees were reported down on Cotaco-Florette Road in Somerville, AL just north of Highway 67.Time was estimated from radar.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindFlorette$2,000A tree and power lines were knocked down at 1980 Cotaco Florette Road.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindFlorette$1,000A tree was knocked down into the roadway on Greasy Cove Road at the sharp curve near Pine Burr.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindFlorette$1,000A tree was knocked down into the road at 59 Eva Road.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindFlorette$500A tree was knocked down with partial road blockage near Eva Road at Chapman Drive. Time estimated by radar.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindFlorette$500A tree was knocked down on Peck Mountain Road near Gullian Farms.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindFlorette-Trees were knocked down and blocking the road at Eva road at Latham Road. Time estimated by radar.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Lynntown1.0 miles20
Peach Grove (historical)2.7 miles20
Six Mile2.9 miles20
Stringer3.1 miles20
Union3.3 miles20
Pence3.7 miles20
West Point3.9 miles20
Woodland Mills4.0 miles20

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 Q122597519The 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 118449. 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.