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Lee, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jack census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36323. It stands on Ham Branch. The Survey maps it on the Elba quadrangle.

Lee within Coffee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

62 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Lee between 1994 and 2020, burning about 558 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 burning22
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
26 September 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 84, AL
17 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-1
5 August 2020Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200805-2
4 August 2015Debris and open burning2.7 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150804-001
30 August 1999Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 342, AL
26 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

15 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lee in 15 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindLee$7,000Several trees and power lines were blown down across the northern portion of the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLee-Numerous trees were blown down across Coffee county.
March 2022Flash FloodLee-Highway 125 just north of County Road 239 near Whitewater Church was flooded and impassable with traffic rerouted.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindLee-A tree was blown down on County Road 359.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindLee-A tree was blown down on South Highway 189.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindLee-A tree was blown down at 541 County Road 306.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindLee-A tree was blown down on Highway 87.
September 2020Flash FloodLee-Water was reported over County Road 349.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLee-A tree was down at CR231 and Highway 87.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLee-A tree was blown down.
October 2017Flash FloodLee-The highway just north of Claxton Ave was flooded about 6 inches deep.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindLee-Trees were blown down on Highway 189.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLee-Trees were blown down onto Highway 87 just north of Elba.
September 2011Heavy RainLee-A 72 hour rainfall total of 4.04 inches was reported at the BIGA1 Big Creek river gauge.
May 2025HailLee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coffee 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
Shady Grove3.2 miles8
Zoar3.5 miles8
Saddle Hill3.7 miles8
Elba5.1 miles8
Arcus5.6 miles11
Newby5.6 miles7
Bluff Springs5.7 miles8
Pine Level6.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 135369. 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.