BlockLittle Shawmut, Alabama
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lanett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36863. The Survey maps it on the Lanett South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lanett South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Little Shawmut between 1992 and 2020, burning about 820 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 50 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 | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HARRIS-002 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | VETEREANS MEMORIAL PKWY, AL |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Shawmut in 1 storm report in 2023: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Shawmut | - | Multiple trees uprooted between Lanett and Valley. |
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.
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 Q122589913 | 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 121888. 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.