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Little Rock, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Atmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36502. The Survey maps it on the Atmore quadrangle.

Little Rock within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

153 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Little Rock between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,895 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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 burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural6
Smoking4

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-24
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionLITTLE ROCK & PEACOCK LANE, AL
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-4
22 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use9.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Little Rock: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Atmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Flomaton Sand and Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

2 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Rock in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2004: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 1997Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock$35,000High winds caused minor damage to three homes in the Little Rock community. A barn and four silos were also damaged by the winds. Several trees and power lines were also blown down. No injures were reported.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindLittle Rock$8,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and power lines near Little Rock.

Every storm recorded in Escambia 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
Sardine1.6 miles9
Stanley Crossroads2.9 miles9
Robinsonville4.5 miles9
Martinville5.1 miles9
Pineview5.5 miles9
Wawbeek6.2 miles8
Canoe6.2 miles9
Pleasant Hill6.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155138. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.