BlockLowery, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Samson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36453. It stands on Triangle Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kinston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Kinston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Lowery between 1994 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140808-003 |
| 7 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2015 | Natural | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150729-001 |
| 29 July 2015 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150729-002 |
| 14 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 87 , AL |
| 10 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lowery: 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 5 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Alabama District #3 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Margaret H Hooper Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowery in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2016: 3 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2013 | Flood | Lowery | $2,400,000 | Flash flooding transitioned to widespread areal flooding across the county with numerous roads and bridges damaged. Emergency management estimated damage in the county at $2.4 million. $1 million of that total was for a single bridge, and the other $1.4 million was due to road damage. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Lowery | $451,000 | Significant river flooding along the Pea and Choctawhatchee Rivers and heavy rainfall in the county resulted in flood damages estimated at $451,038 in Geneva county. Of that amount, $148,538 came from the city of Geneva and the remaining $302,500 came from other areas in the county, mainly in the form of road damage. In addition, between 25 and 40 homes suffered water damage. |
| August 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Lowery | $20,000 | The Geneva county emergency manager confirmed that an EF1 tornado touched down around the Highway 52 and County Road 20 area. Several large trees were blown down, and the roof was blown off a mobile home along with damage to sheds and a barn near County Road 5 and Bear Branch Road. This tornado continued into far southwest Coffee county before lifting. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Lowery | - | Flash flooding transitioned to areal flooding during the afternoon hours of April 1st with numerous road closures reported across Geneva county. Some roads remained closed through April 3rd. These roads included but may not be limited to Tindil Creek Rd, Mitchell Rd, Dock Wilson Rd, Mixon Miller Rd, Caldwell Rd, James Johnson Rd, Wilson Jones Rd, Maloy Rd, Macedonia Rd, Tim Helms Rd, Forest Area Rd, Hundley Rd, Sandy Creek Rd at the bridge, and Stephens Ferry Rd at the bridge. This information was reported on the Geneva County Sheriff's facebook page. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Earlytown | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pera | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Piney Grove | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ganer | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Samson | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hacoda | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Mount Carmel | 7.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122084. 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.