BlockHuxford, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the McCullough-Huxford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36502. The Survey maps it on the Huxford quadrangle. It stands 335 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huxford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Huxford between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,702 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140903-001 |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 31 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 51 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180813-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huxford in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huxford | 1 hurt, $1,000,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms produced an intense and well defined bow echo, or downburst, over the northwestern part of the county. The extremely high downburst winds, estimated to be around 100 mph, produced extensive damage in the Little River State Forest Park. Media reports indicated several hundred acres of pine forest was destroyed. It was noted that the downed pine timber in the Little River State Park possessed some of the largest known diameters of any of the downed trees in the 3/12/01 severe weather outbreak that occurred over Southwest Alabama. A Park Ranger was severely injured when the vehicle he was in was crushed by one of the falling trees. The same line of storms produced wind damage to structures, and 1 inch hail in Huxford, which is just north of the State Park. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huxford | $10,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Huxford. A breeze way at a local school was also damaged. No one was injured. |
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huxford | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed several trees in Huxford. |
| August 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Huxford | $5,000 | A weak tornado developed near I-65 and Highway 21. The tornado moved northwest along Highway 21 and dissipated near the prison. The weak tornado remained over open farm land and blew down several trees and power lines. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huxford | $5,000 | Trees downed by high thunderstorm winds near the Poarch Creek Indian Reservation. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huxford | $3,000 | A couple of trees were blown down near Huxford. Emergency management officials estimated that winds were 50 to 55 mph. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huxford | - | High winds downed trees and powerlines. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huxford | - | Part of the roof of Huxford Elementary School was damaged. Sheds were also destroyed. A nearby business also suffered significant damage. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huxford | - | A line of severe thunderstorms downed numerous trees across Huxford. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Huxford | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Huxford | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Huxford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCullough | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Jack Springs | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Booneville | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Poarch | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Sardine | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Little Rock | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Barnett Crossroads | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Stanley Crossroads | 8.7 miles | 9 |
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 Huxford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5951367 | 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 151842. 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.