BlockLapine, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ramer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36046. It stands on Tan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lapine quadrangle. It stands 427 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Lapine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville 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 Lapine between 1994 and 2020, burning about 560 acres in total. 2 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 burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140927-001 |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120805-001 |
| 27 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lapine: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cre 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Cre 7 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lapine in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Lapine | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in extreme southwest Montgomery County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph. The tornado touched down just east of Philadelphia Church Road, northeast of Lapine and west of Grady. The tornado tracked northeastward and crossed Philadelphia Church Road and Naftel Ramer Road. The tornado lifted just after it crossed Smiley Ferry Road. Several trees were uprooted or snapped along the damage path. The most concentrated area of damage was just as the tornado was lifting near Smiley Ferry Road, but still limited to tree damage. |
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.
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 Lapine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14679253 | 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 151995. 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.