Keytons, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Madrid census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36301. The Survey maps it on the Cottonwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Cottonwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
72 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Keytons between 1994 and 2019, burning about 363 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140823-001 |
| 1 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.9 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140730-001 |
| 30 July 1996 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keytons in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Lightning | Keytons | 1 killed | A 16 years old boy was standing on the porch of his home when a nearby tree was struck by lightning off Willie Varnum Road. The lightning then jumped from the tree to the boy, killing him. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keytons | $2,000 | Multiple trees were blown down on Willie Varnum Road between County Road 33 and Harper Joy Road. |
| February 2024 | Flash Flood | Keytons | - | Patterson Road was impassible due to water over a foot deep flowing over the roadway. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keytons | - | Several trees were blown down around the Hodgesville area. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Keytons | - | County Road 33 at Willie Varnum Road was reported underwater. Radar estimated that 3-4 inches of rain fell in 1 hour. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hodgesville | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ward Acres | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Wiregrass Hills | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Wilson Quarters | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Newton | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Roland | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Big Creek | 4.4 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122555848 | 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 151952. 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.




