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Jack, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jack census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36346. The Survey maps it on the Bluff Springs quadrangle. It stands 390 feet above sea level.

Jack within Coffee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

60 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Jack between 1994 and 2017, burning about 566 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCO.RD.206, AL
3 July 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 201, AL
9 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.6 acresAlabama Forestry Commission2433 CO RD 210, AL
30 June 1996Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission3066 CO RD 305, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Jack: 7 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jack in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 1995TornadoJack1 hurt, $30,000A tornado flipped a mobile home and scattered debris 350 yards into nearby trees. A woman inside received a cut, while her two children escaped unharmed.
February 2008Tornado (EF1)Jack$25,000The parent supercell thunderstorm, which spawned the EF-1 tornado, tracked across the northwest corner of Coffee County from southeast Crenshaw County. The tornado lifted the roofs off two barns, and partially removed the roof off a single family home before entering Pike County (see Storm Data for Alabama, Central, for more information).
February 2008Thunderstorm WindJack$5,000Trees were blown down and a shed's roof was damaged.
February 2013Thunderstorm WindJack$3,000Several trees were blown down across the northern half of the county. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindJack$1,000The Coffee County EMA reported several trees down on State Highway 87 near Zion Chapel High School.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindJack$250Several downed trees partially blocked County Road 201.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindJack-A tree was blown down onto County Road 331.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindJack-Trees were blown down.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJack-A tree was down at 27057 Highway 87.
May 2025HailJack-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coffee County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wilkinstown2.4 miles11
Lowry Mill2.6 miles11
Bluff Springs3.6 miles8
Shady Grove4.0 miles8
Arcus4.4 miles11
Victoria4.5 miles11
Chestnut Grove4.9 miles11
Clowers Crossroads5.8 miles11

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 JackAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6110865The 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 156519. 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.