BlockHorton, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Douglas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35980. It stands on Little Branch. The Survey maps it on the Douglas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS High Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Horton between 1995 and 2016, burning about 184 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-10 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-25 |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20140926-001 |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horton in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | $8,000 | Two large trees, approximately 5 feet in diameter, were blown down onto Bethany road in the Horton community. |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Horton | $7,000 | During an early morning thunderstorm, lightning struck a tree next to a mobile home and traveled into the home through the wiring and blew the telephone off the wall and blew out two TV sets. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | $5,000 | A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | $500 | A tree was knocked down on Horton-Nixon Road. |
| November 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | $200 | A tree was knocked down on Lazy Creek Circle. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Horton | - | Hail up to golf ball sized was reported on Oak Grove Road north of Douglas. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Horton | - | Hail up to golf ball sized was reported on Horton Road northwest of Horton. |
| March 2018 | Tornado (EF2) | Horton | - | The tornado began west of Old Oneota Road and Dixie Dale Road. Numerous trees were |either snapped or uprooted along and adjacent to Old Oneota Road, indicative of 90 mph. More significant damage was noted on the west side of Ole Oneota Road where two chicken houses and a barn were destroyed. The team determined winds to be 112 mph, or a low-end EF-2. A second set of chicken houses were destroyed near Oneota |Cutoff Rd, however these were not as heavily as damaged. As the tornado tracked due east toward Hwy 75 , the most prevalent damage was snapped or uprooted trees. On the west side of Highway 75, damage was noted to a weak farm building. Numerous snapped or uprooted trees were observed along White Oak Road and east toward Whitesville Road. Structural damage was recorded on Whitesville Road to a third set of chicken houses. The tornado was estimated to lift just east of Whitesville Road before Walnut Street. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Horton | - | Nickel sized hail was reported in Horton. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down at Lazy Creek Circle near Highway 75. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | - | A large power line was downed by thunderstorm winds onto a yard on old Oneonta road in Horton, Alabama. |
| January 2012 | Flash Flood | Horton | - | Flash flooding occurred at the White Oak Bridge on White Oak Road. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Horton | - | Carnes road near Horton was barricaded due to high water. |
| September 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Horton | - | A funnel cloud was spotted. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | - | A few trees were blown down |
| May 2003 | Hail | Horton | - | nickel size hail reported |
| May 2002 | Hail | Horton | - | Quarter size hail was observed in the extreme southern part of the county near Horton. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horton | - | Wind was estimated at 55 to 60 miles an hour in Horton and in Albertville. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Horton | - | Dime size hail was reported in the Horton community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlett (historical) | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Douglas | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Needmore | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Reedbrake (historical) | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| High Point | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Hyatt | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Whitesville | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Friendship (historical) | 3.5 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120437. 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.