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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.

Marvyn within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

100 since 1994

Regional 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
16 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190831-1
28 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140828-003
28 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Oak Bowery ProspectSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, IronProspect

Every working recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

4 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2019Tornado (EF1)Marvyn1 hurtNational 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 2002HailMarvyn$2,000Dime 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 1998HailMarvyn-Dime size hail was reported in the Marvin community.
October 1995HailMarvyn-Nickel-size hail was reported at Marvyn in southern Lee County.

Every storm recorded in 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Watoola1.9 miles9
Dupree2.0 miles9
Whatley Cross Road4.1 miles9
Hopewell6.8 miles13
Beauregard7.2 miles13
Mitchell Crossroads7.4 miles13
Griffen Mill7.9 miles13
Meadows Crossroads8.1 miles13

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.