Fowl River, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Bayou La Batre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36582. It stands on Muddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1921 USGS Delchamps quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Cedar Point quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Cedar Point quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Coden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Biloxi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
273 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Fowl River between 1994 and 2020, burning about 8,586 acres in total. None started naturally. 137 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/incendiarism | 137 |
| Debris and open burning | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140924-006 |
| 24 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140924-007 |
| 20 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fowl River: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fowl River in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 1 waterspout, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Flash Flood | Fowl River | $300,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowl River | $20,000 | A severe thunderstorm collapsed near the Fowl River. Several trees were blown down. A couple of boats were blown loose from their tie lines. Eyewitnesses reported a strong wind from the northeast then a few seconds later it switched to the southwest. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Fowl River | - | Public reports water over roadway on Bellingrath Road at River Plantation Drive. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Fowl River | - | Portions of Bellingrath Road and Fowl River Road were flooded. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Fowl River | - | Several portions of Bellingrtah Road was flooded between Half Mile Road and Deakle Road. |
| May 1999 | Waterspout | Fowl River | - | A waterspout was reported along the Fowl River. The waterspout only lasted a couple of minutes and dissipated over the river. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Orchard | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| Kirewakra | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Laurendine | 2.5 miles | 24 | |
| Smithport | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Bayleys Corner | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Mon Louis | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Faustinas | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Sunny Cove | 3.9 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118561. 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.










