BlockHeiberger, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Heiberger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36756. It stands on Potato Patch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Heiberger quadrangle. It stands 200 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Heiberger quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Heiberger quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Heiberger between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,062 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1995 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | 177 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SPROTT |
| 24 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180812-2 |
| 22 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heiberger in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 7 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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 2003 | Hail | Heiberger | $75,000 | The supercell thunderstorm moved along the Bibb and Perry County line throwing large hail into extreme northern Perry County. Hail ranging from penny size up to the size of lemons was reported. The hail fell from north of North Perry, to north of Heiberger, and into the Talladega National Forest near Oakmulgee. |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Heiberger | $40,000 | A weak tornado moved through mostly rural parts of northern Perry County. Numerous trees were blown down or snapped off along the 7 mile path of the tornado. At the Heiberger Grocery Store, one large portable building used for voting was totally destroyed, a glass gas sign was blown out by the high winds, windows were broken, one wall of a building was moved, and the store sustained minor roof damage. Several homes in Heiberger also had minor roof damage. One mobile home had a tree fall on it. Beginning: 32 45.800/87 23.260 Ending: 32 47.050/87 15.771 |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Heiberger | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Heiberger | $5,000 | The second supercell thunderstorm to affect Perry County within an hour followed a path only slightly south of the first storm. Many locations reported twice. Penny to half dollar size hail was reported along the path of this storm. The hail may have been larger but fell in a sparsely populated areas in northern Perry County. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Heiberger | $5,000 | Dime to golf ball size hail fell across extreme northern Perry County just north of North Perry. The hail fell in a rural area but crossed CR 29. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Heiberger | $5,000 | Golfball size hail was reported in Heiberger. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Heiberger | $5,000 | Golfball size hail was reported at the Heiberger Grocery Store on SR 5. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heiberger | - | Several trees uprooted along Highway 5, just south of County Road 16. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Heiberger | - | A tornado, with winds of 110 MPH, briefly touched down along County Road 7 and moved northeast crossing County Road 16 and Alabama Highway 5. Scores of hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted along the path. The tornado lifted just after crossing Alabama Road 175. Merchantable timber losses estimated by the Alabama Forestry Commission for this track are approximately $84K. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heiberger | - | Several trees were reported down at the intersection of Highway 5 and Country Road 16, north of Marion. |
| November 2001 | Hail | Heiberger | - | Golf ball size hail was reported 4 miles northwest of North Perry near the Bibb County line. The hail fell in a rural area with no damage reports received. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Heiberger | - | 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Heiberger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14679132 | 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 159751. 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.