Marvyn, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Beauregard-Marvyn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36804. The Survey maps it on the Marvyn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Marvyn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Marvyn between 1994 and 2020, burning about 883 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 burning | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190831-1 |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140828-003 |
| 28 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Marvyn: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Bowery Prospect | Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marvyn in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 3 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Marvyn | 1 hurt | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far southern Lee County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 105 mph.||This tornado was a continuation of the Macon County Tornado. The tornado entered Lee County about 1.2 miles north of Highway 80. It traveled northeast and crossed County Road 29, County Road 11, Cave Mill Road, and Alabama Highway 51. It continued northeast across County Road 166, County Road 165, and finally lifted near County Road 170. Numerous trees were snapped off and uprooted across southern Lee County. Many mobile homes and frame homes suffered varying degrees of roof damage. Two mobile homes were rolled over near the end of the damage path and one person was injured. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Marvyn | $2,000 | Dime to quarter size hail fell across extreme southern Lee County. A few trees wee also blown down and some minor vehicle damage was reported. Most of the reports were near the town of Marvyn and Griffin Mill. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Marvyn | - | Dime size hail was reported in the Marvin community. |
| October 1995 | Hail | Marvyn | - | Nickel-size hail was reported at Marvyn in southern Lee 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watoola | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Dupree | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Whatley Cross Road | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hopewell | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Beauregard | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mitchell Crossroads | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Griffen Mill | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Meadows Crossroads | 8.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122351. 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.




