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Lucille, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Blocton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35184. The Survey maps it on the West Blocton West quadrangle.

Lucille within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

261 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Lucille between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,690 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 105 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/incendiarism105
Debris and open burning83
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Recreation and ceremony24
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Lucille: 12 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coosa River Clay PitClayProducer
BushIronUnknown
Dago HollowIronUnknown
GreeleyIronUnknown
ShamblinIronUnknown
StandifordIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Bibb County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lucille in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2021Tornado (EF2)Lucille-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Bibb County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 115 mph.||This tornado touched down formed along Highway 24 west of Highway 5. The tornado tracked northeast, crossing Highway 5 northwest of the community of West Blocton, causing tree and shingle damage. The tornado strengthened to EF2 intensity as it continued northeastward into a wooded area where numerous trees were snapped. The tornado weakened as it crossed into Shelby County south of Shelby County Highway 13, continuing to uproot trees.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLucille-Three trees were reported down along County Road 24.

Every storm recorded in Bibb 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
Fikestown (historical)0.3 miles18
Braehead (historical)0.5 miles18
Red Eagle0.9 miles18
Primitive Ridge1.4 miles18
Lowerytown1.6 miles18
Richtown1.9 miles18
West Blocton2.4 miles20
Bucktown (historical)2.5 miles19

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 Q60742991The 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 122101. 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.