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Kirkland, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Brewton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36426. The Survey maps it on the Brewton North quadrangle.

Kirkland within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

159 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Kirkland between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,308 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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 burning77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism27
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

6 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirkland in 6 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2016Thunderstorm WindKirkland$10,000Winds estimated at 70 mph damaged a mobile home and outbuilding on Zion Hill Road.
April 2024HailKirkland-Quarter to golf ball sized hail reported by public to media.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindKirkland-High winds downed trees and powerlines blocking Kirkland Road.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindKirkland-High winds downed trees on Kirkland Road just east of Highway 31.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindKirkland-High winds downed trees on Baggett Street.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindKirkland-High winds downed trees and power lines on Highway 31.

Every storm recorded in Escambia 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
Rock Hill5.2 miles7
Appleton5.3 miles9
Spring Hill5.6 miles9
Pea Ridge6.1 miles9
Brewton6.2 miles9
East Brewton6.8 miles9
Boykin8.8 miles7
Riverview9.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156566. 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.