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Little Texas, Alabama

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Little Texas-Society Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36083. The Survey maps it on the Little Texas quadrangle. It stands 535 feet above sea level.

Little Texas within Macon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

195 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Little Texas between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,260 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 64 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
Arson/incendiarism64
Debris and open burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Smoking16
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural5
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170909-2
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160907-8
6 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 24, AL
22 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160922-3
2 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150918-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macon County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Little Texas: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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
Cheshire PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Connor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tuskeegee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Macon County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Texas in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Little Texas$10,000The tornado touched down along County Road 10, about 4.5 northwest of the Warriorstand Community. It then tracked east southeast for over 9 miles across the remainder of eastern Macon County before crossing into Russell County. Hundreds of trees were either snapped off or blown over along the path.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindLittle Texas$500A couple of trees were blown down on CR-71.
August 2021Tornado (EF0)Little Texas-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Macon County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 75 mph.||A brief tornado touched down just west of Red Oak Lane. The tornado traveled northeast and crossed Red Road before dissipating. Damage consisted of a few uprooted trees and partial loss of siding from a mobile home.

Every storm recorded in Macon 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
Alliance2.6 miles10
Pleasant Hill2.7 miles10
Society Hill6.6 miles9
Tuskegee6.7 miles11
Chehaw8.4 miles11
Warriorstand9.1 miles8
Davisville9.6 miles8
Seasha9.7 miles11

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 TexasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18349909The 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 156618. 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.