BlockLilita, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35470. It stands on Fourth Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bellamy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1971 USGS Bellamy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Lilita between 1994 and 2019, burning about 155 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160910-10 |
| 6 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150619-002 |
| 20 May 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lilita in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lilita | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on County Road 21. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lilita | - | Several trees uprooted and blocking County Road 21 near the intersection of Lilita Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrington (historical) | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bellamy | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Brewersville | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Coatopa | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Zion Hill | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Moore Town | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Dug Hill | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Woodford | 6.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122588365 | 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 156609. 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.