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Marl, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Geneva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36477. The Survey maps it on the Geneva West quadrangle.

Marl within Geneva County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Marl between 1994 and 2020, burning about 448 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 2019Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-17
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140919-001
17 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140808-001
31 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120605-001
2 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120602-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Geneva County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Marl: 7 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 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
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Geneva County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marl in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 2009Thunderstorm WindMarl$10,000Numerous trees and power lines were down on County Roads 4, 19, 41 and State Highway 52. Power outages were reported in Geneva. A roof was torn off a barn near Hartford. State Highway 167 south of Hartford was closed for several hours due to fallen power lines.
March 2016Flash FloodMarl-Water was covering portions of State Highway 52.
February 2013Flash FloodMarl-A picture from the Dothan Eagle newspaper confirmed that water from a creek was running over a bridge on Sandy Creek Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMarl-Several trees were down on County Road 16.

Every storm recorded in Geneva 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
Lytle1.8 miles12
Sellersville3.0 miles8
Spears3.8 miles12
Samson3.8 miles8
Morrisville (historical)4.4 miles12
Costilla (historical)5.0 miles12
Mount Carmel5.7 miles8
Coffee Springs6.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156658. 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.