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Maxine, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35130. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gilmore quadrangle.

Maxine within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

186 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Maxine between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,136 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 77 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/incendiarism77
Debris and open burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1686 OLD COOK FORD ROAD, AL
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burning5.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maxine in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2017: 2 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 2017Thunderstorm WindMaxine-Several trees uprooted along Alliance Road.
March 2012HailMaxine-Hail up to 3 inches in diameter was reported covering the ground at Bluff Creek along Mulberry Fork, at the Jefferson and Walker county line. A large amount of tree debris was also reported on the ground.
March 2012HailMaxine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Wilderness Garden1.4 miles21
Black Creek2.0 miles22
Powhatan2.3 miles22
Port Birmingham2.4 miles22
Alliance2.4 miles21
Short Creek3.1 miles22
Praco3.1 miles22
Labuco3.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122402. 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.

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.