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Loflin, Alabama

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cottonton-Seale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36871. It stands on Bluff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Omaha quadrangle.

Loflin within Russell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

77 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Loflin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 574 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism11
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20130917-001
11 September 1995Debris and open burning8.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1998Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2011Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-STEWART-003
21 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1998Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Loflin: 1 producer. All of them 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
Pit Number 7Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Russell County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loflin in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2015Flash FloodLoflin-Heavy rainfall over several hours during the morning hours led to flash flooding over the southeast portions of Russell County. Several people were trapped by high water on Lakeview Drive and required assistance from emergency personnel. Two hunters were also trapped by high waters near the town of Pittsview. Three to four homes flooded along Mill Creek due to rises along the Chattahoochee River.
November 2014Tornado (EF1)Loflin-This brief tornado touched down just south of Firetower Road, then crossed the road and dissipated quickly. Damage was limited to mainly minor tree damage. However, one concentrated area at the center of the path had a grove of small to medium hardwood trees that were snapped, where maximum winds were 90 mph. One larger hardwood was uprooted in the same location. Power lines were also knocked down along Firetower Road.
March 2011HailLoflin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Russell 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
Holy Trinity2.3 miles10
Cottonton4.0 miles10
Sawokli (historical)4.0 miles10
McLendon4.3 miles10
Hirsch4.9 miles10
Jernigan5.3 miles10
Oswichee5.9 miles20
Pittsview6.8 miles10

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 Q122561689The 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 156625. 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.