Letohatchee, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hayneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36047. The Survey maps it on the Letohatchee quadrangle. It stands 322 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Letohatchee quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Letohatchee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Letohatchee between 1994 and 2020, burning about 656 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | M.M. 155 SOUTH BD. OFF I-65, AL |
| 26 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-19 |
| 20 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-23 |
| 7 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20150807-001 |
| 4 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Letohatchee in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Letohatchee | $45,000 | A tornado moved northwest along CR 97 from Letohatchee to Hayneville. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down, one mobile home was totally destroyed, and several others sustained minor damage. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Letohatchee | - | Multiple trees uprooted in the town of Letohatchee. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steep Creek | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Tyson | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hayneville | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Calhoun | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sandy Ridge | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Beechwood | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lum | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Logan | 9.9 miles | 7 |
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 Letohatchee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3710670 | 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 121509. 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.





