Hardwickburg, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shorterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36373. It stands on Fleming Branch. The Survey maps it on the Haleburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Haleburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Hardwickburg between 1994 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2000 | Natural | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | 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 Hardwickburg: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 Deposit | Aluminum | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardwickburg in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardwickburg | $3,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 95 South between Abbeville and Haleburg. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| February 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Hardwickburg | - | A short tornado path was observed along CR-65 just to the east of its intersection with Highway 95. Many large trees were snapped or uprooted along this short path. This tornado was rated EF1 with max winds estimated around 105 mph. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardwickburg | - | A tree was blown down onto County Road 65. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Barnes | 2.7 miles | 7 | |
| Miller | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hayes | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wills Crossroads | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Browns Crossroad | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Shorterville | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Oakey Grove | 5.8 miles | 8 |
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 Q122542884 | The 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 155090. 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.




