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Lyeffion, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lyeffion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36401. The Survey maps it on the Lyeffion quadrangle.

Lyeffion within Conecuh County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

126 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Lyeffion between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,174 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 22 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-9
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning2.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conecuh County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Lyeffion: 18 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Conecuh County

Storms near this place

2 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyeffion in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 1996: 1 hail, 1 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
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLyeffion$1,500no account filed
April 1995HailLyeffion-Golf ball-size hail was reported near Lyeffion.

Every storm recorded in Conecuh 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
Cooks Crossroads1.8 miles8
China2.1 miles8
Bowles2.2 miles8
Bookers Mill2.7 miles8
Owassa4.5 miles7
Fairnelson5.0 miles8
Wilcox6.3 miles8
Stokes6.7 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122114. 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.