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Lomax, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35045. The Survey maps it on the Jemison East quadrangle.

Lomax within Chilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

257 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Lomax between 1994 and 2020, burning about 891 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 40 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 burning106
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Arson/incendiarism40
Recreation and ceremony26
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
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
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20130907-001
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning13 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-6
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-6
29 September 2007Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chilton County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lomax in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
September 2009Tornado (EF0)Lomax$10,000The tornado touched down near the intersection of Reed Road and Judge Avenue, where it removed a few shingles off of a home and peeled back the tin roof of an outbuilding. It continued north-northeastward across Old Henry Road, to the intersection of US-31 and Lomax Drive. Eyewitnesses at this location photographed the tornado as it moved away. A metal roof was totally lifted off of an outbuilding, with portions of this debris deposited nearly a half mile downstream. Damage was|relatively minor and limited to a very narrow yet discernible path. Peak winds were estimated between 60 and 70 mph.
January 2010Thunderstorm WindLomax$5,000Winds estimated around 45 mph caused a portion of a roof of a mobile home to be blown off, near the Collins Chapel community.
May 2025HailLomax-Quarter to half dollar-size hail was reported in the Lomax and Gap of the Mountain areas on the north side of Clanton.
May 2025HailLomax-Social media video of nickel-size hail in the Lomax area of Clanton.
April 2020Flash FloodLomax-Several roads washed out around the city of Clanton.

Every storm recorded in Chilton 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
Clanton3.2 miles14
Gap of the Mountain3.6 miles15
Thorsby3.9 miles15
Samaria4.4 miles14
Collins Chapel4.5 miles15
Mineral Springs5.1 miles15
Highland6.0 miles14
Falakto6.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 121973. 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.