Hurricane, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Bay Minette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36507. It stands on Hurricane Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Hurricane quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1941 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Hurricane quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Hurricane quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hurricane quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Hurricane quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
250 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Hurricane between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,860 acres in total. None started naturally. 88 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 | 97 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 88 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-4 |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150918-001 |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140808-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hurricane: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hurricane in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 2010: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Lightning | Hurricane | 1 killed | A Semmes, Alabama man was killed by a lightning strike as he and his wife were heading in from a day of boating on the Tensaw River just west of Bay Minette, Alabama. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hurricane | $1,000 | Several trees and power poles were blown down in northwest Baldwin county near Hurricane. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Crossroads | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Whitehouse Forks | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| D'Olive | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Douglasville | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Blakeley | 6.9 miles | 24 | |
| Bromley | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bay Minette | 7.4 miles | 13 |
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 Hurricane | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28153499 | 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 157989. 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.









