BlockLavaca, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Butler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36904. It stands on Hopewell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pennington 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 Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Pennington quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Lavaca between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,206 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 196 GREY FOX ROAD, AL |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-28 |
| 19 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 859 MARZETTA ROAD, AL |
| 4 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150804-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lavaca in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavaca | $4,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Lavaca | - | The tornado first touched down just west of the Tombigbee River|and just south of Highway 10 in far eastern Choctaw county, AL. The tornado|intensified rapidly upon touchdown and heavily damaged a single family home.|The home was shifted nearly 6 feet off of the foundation. In addition, a|large section of the roof was removed and a small shed adjacent|to the home was destroyed. A few large trees were also uprooted and a power|pole in front of the home was snapped. This tornado continued east across|the river into Marengo county, AL, which is covered by the National Weather|Service office in Birmingham, AL. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavaca | - | High winds downed trees on Grey Fox Road. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Lavaca | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennington | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Choctaw City | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Little Walker | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Tompkinsville | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Sterling | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Robjohn | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Deas | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Naheola | 6.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 152000. 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.