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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Little Texas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Little Texas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
195 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170909-2 |
| 7 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160907-8 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 24, AL |
| 22 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160922-3 |
| 2 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20150918-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Connor Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tuskeegee Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Little Texas | $10,000 | The 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Texas | $500 | A couple of trees were blown down on CR-71. |
| August 2021 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Society Hill | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Tuskegee | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Chehaw | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Warriorstand | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Davisville | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Seasha | 9.7 miles | 11 |
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 Texas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18349909 | 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 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.





