BlockLucy, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36343. The Survey maps it on the Saffold quadrangle. It stands 128 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Saffold quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Lucy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 341 acres in total. 3 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 | 69 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-SEMINOLE-006 |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LEO ROAD (32) |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-SEMINOLE-006 |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lucy in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2021 | Lightning | Lucy | $150,000 | The Lucy Fire Department Facebook page reported a residential structure fire due to lightning with significant damage. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucy | $1,000 | A couple of trees were blown down near Chattahoochee State Park. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lucy | - | A tree was blown down in the Lucy area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crosby | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Alaga | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Harmon | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Gordon | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Grangeburg | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Philadelphia | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pansey | 11.7 miles | 7 | |
| Dupree | 12.7 miles | 7 |
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 Lucy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058497 | The 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 156635. 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.