Little River, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stockton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36550. It stands on Duff Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chrysler quadrangle. It stands 177 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
- 1972 USGS Chrysler quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Little River between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,161 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 31 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 | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150926-004 |
| 26 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 44 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140923-001 |
| 15 September 1997 | Smoking | 24 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140816-002 |
| 20 July 2000 | Natural | 150 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little River in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 | Little River | $4,000 | High winds blew several trees down off of State Highway 59 just south of Little River. |
| August 1998 | Hail | Little River | - | Dime size hail was reported near Little River. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Little River | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Little River. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Little River | - | Quarter size hail was again reported near the community of Little River. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Little River | - | Dime size hail was reported near Little River. |
| October 2007 | Flash Flood | Little River | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Little River | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Little River | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Little River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Blacksher | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Serange | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Montgomery Hill | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Tensaw | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Redtown | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lottie | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Latham | 13.6 miles | 12 |
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 Little River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14679274 | 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 121857. 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.



