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Maud, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It lies near Todd Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Bishop quadrangle. It stands 551 feet above sea level.

Maud within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Maud between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,832 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 36 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
Arson/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
22 September 2004Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNatchez Trace ParkwayALLSBORO
15 September 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined43 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160912-3
9 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMississippi Forestry CommissionMS0 0808-1710809003
26 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2000Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2006Natural40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Maud: 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone. 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
Asphaltic RockLimestone, General, StoneOccurrenceSedimentary
Mann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
MargerumAluminum, Water, FreeUnknownSurface
Allsboro Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
C ProspectAluminumProspect
Mississippi Stone ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Colbert County

Storms near this place

8 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maud in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMaud1 hurt, $135,000A bowing line of severe thunderstorms producing winds between 60-70 MPH resulted in widespread wind damage across much of Colbert county. This system caused additional wind damage in the Cherokee area and across western portions of Colbert county. Damaging winds continued east along and ahead of the severe line of storms. Numerous power outages and downed trees were reported down across the county. A few power poles were knocked down by the damaging winds. Some structural damage to buildings, sheds, vehicles, and garages was reported, particularly in the Muscle Shoals and Cherokee areas. The roof was torn off the HR Block building on the corner of Avalon Avenue and Woodward Avenue in the Muscle Shoals area. Also, one person was injured at their house on Nashville Avenue. A thunderstorm wind gust of 67 mph was measured at the Northwest Alabama Regional Airport at the Muscle Shoals (MSL) ASOS at 22:17 CST.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindMaud$200A tree was knocked down at 1465 Maud Road. Time estimated by radar.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindMaud$200A tree was knocked down at the intersection of Mingo Road and Maud Road. Time estimated by radar.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindMaud$200A tree was knocked down.
March 2020Tornado (EF1)Maud-The tornado touched down in western Tishomingo County in northeast Mississippi producing EF-1 damage, before crossing into Colbert County, Alabama just north of the Natchez Trace Parkway. As the tornado entered Colbert County, dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted and a single-family home received minor roof damage. The tornado continued on an easterly path, crossing Natchez Trace Parkway and uprooting several more trees. As the tornado reached Mynot Road, a chicken house was destroyed and a few trees were uprooted. The tornado continued to the east-|northeast, uprooting a couple of trees before lifting near White Pike Road.
March 2015HailMaud-Quarter sized hail was reported.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMaud-Power lines were blown down on Gypsey Loop Road.
May 2002HailMaud-Dime size hail was reported in Maud.

Every storm recorded in Colbert 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
Burnstown0.5 miles13
Good Springs (historical)0.7 miles13
Bishop1.6 miles13
Mynot3.1 miles13
Allsboro3.5 miles13
Malone5.5 miles13
Hub (historical)7.1 miles19
Mount Hester7.8 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q6792197The 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 156670. 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.