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Louina, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wadley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36276. It stands on Carlisle Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wadley South quadrangle. It stands 682 feet above sea level.

Louina within Randolph County

On record in Louina

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

116 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Louina between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,268 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 26 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 burning44
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3

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 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2016Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160915-12
8 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Louina: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Arsenic, Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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
Number Two ProspectArsenic, Lead, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceUnderground
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Louina in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 2 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 2021Thunderstorm WindLouina-Several trees uprooted along Highway 22.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindLouina-Several trees uprooted and blocking Highway 22.

Every storm recorded in Randolph 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
Wadley0.8 miles11
Forester Chapel2.6 miles12
Concord2.7 miles12
Blake2.8 miles11
Mount Olive3.9 miles11
Almond4.0 miles12
Dickert4.2 miles11
Pooles Crossroad5.0 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 LouinaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6686352The 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 156631. 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.