Hawthorn, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Wagarville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36585. It stands on Henson Creek. The Survey maps it on the McIntosh quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1943 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Mc Intosh quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Citronelle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
341 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Hawthorn between 1994 and 2020, burning about 8,943 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 156 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 | 156 |
| Debris and open burning | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 73 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150919-001 |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 265 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawthorn in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorn | $2,500 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hawthorn | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Wakefield | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Toinette | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Topton | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Seaboard | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sunflower | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| McIntosh | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Reid Settlement | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cortelyou | 7.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156459. 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.
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.






