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Freemanville, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Atmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36502. The Survey maps it on the Freemanville quadrangle.

Freemanville within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

179 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Freemanville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,618 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 32 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 burning70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use14
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2165 JAMES RD, AL
21 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Freemanville: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Freeman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gilmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcullough PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith & Kelly Supply Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
South Alabama Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
United Materials Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freemanville in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2020: 5 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
December 2012Thunderstorm WindFreemanville$50,000Winds estimated at 60 mph caused damage near Fast Lane Gas Station on Jack Springs Road 1/2 mile south of Exit 54 and I-65. The strong winds overturned 18 wheelers. Also a house behind gas station was on fire.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindFreemanville$5,000High winds from a thunderstorm downed several trees and treetops along Jack Springs Road.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindFreemanville$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFreemanville-Power lines and trees were downed at Smith Dairy Road and Woods Road by a severe thunderstorm.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFreemanville-Severe thunderstorm winds tore the portion of a roof off of a home in Atmore.

Every storm recorded in Escambia 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
Mount Gillis1.2 miles11
Pleasant Hill1.7 miles9
Martinville2.6 miles9
Poarch3.2 miles11
Atmore3.6 miles9
Ewing Farms3.6 miles11
Raley Forest Hill4.2 miles11
Robinsonville4.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118629. 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.