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Langdale, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36854. It stands on Moores Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lanett South quadrangle.

Langdale within Chambers County

On record in Langdale

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

Photographs

5 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Langdale Cotton Mill, Warehouses, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL
Langdale Cotton Mill, Warehouses, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Langdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL
Langdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Langdale Cotton Mill, Steam Plant, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL
Langdale Cotton Mill, Steam Plant, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Langdale Kindergarten, 6101 Twentieth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL
Langdale Kindergarten, 6101 Twentieth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Langdale Cotton Mill, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL
Langdale Cotton Mill, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Langdale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 761 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 37 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 burning60
Arson/incendiarism37
Recreation and ceremony11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Other causes1

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 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2014Debris and open burning3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-HARRIS-002
16 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2016Natural6.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HARRIS-002
14 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chambers County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Langdale: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Cha 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Chambers County

Storms near this place

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langdale in 15 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
January 2010Thunderstorm WindLangdale$15,000Several trees and large tree limbs were blown down around the cities of Valley and Lanett.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLangdale$3,000Power lines were blown down near city hall.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindLangdale$2,000Shingles and gutters were blown off of a home in Valley. A pine tree was also blown over.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLangdale$2,000Trees were blown down at several locations around the Valley community.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLangdale$2,000Several large tree limbs were blown down in Valley.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLangdale$1,000Several trees were blown down.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLangdale-Several trees uprooted in the town of Valley.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLangdale-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the city of Valley.
February 2019Thunderstorm WindLangdale-Several trees uprooted throughout the town of Valley. One home damaged by a fallen tree.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLangdale-Several trees uprooted in the town of Valley.
March 2013HailLangdale-no account filed
June 2013HailLangdale-no account filed
July 2012HailLangdale-no account filed
March 2011HailLangdale-no account filed
May 2008HailLangdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chambers 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
Valley0.4 miles15
Eady City0.6 miles15
Shawmut1.5 miles15
Fairfax1.8 miles15
Glass2.4 miles15
Plant City2.5 miles15
River View2.6 miles15
Little Shawmut2.7 miles15

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 Q122547449The 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 121381. 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.