BlockMelvin, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gilbertown-Toxey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36913. The Survey maps it on the Melvin quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Melvin quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Melvin quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Waynesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Melvin between 1993 and 2016, burning about 314 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 450 PLANTATION DRIVE, AL |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Melvin in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Melvin | $60,000 | Brief tornado touchdown at the Hunt Oil Refinery near Melvin. Minor damage to outbuildings and some trees were snapped. |
| January 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvin | $50,000 | Strong winds from a line of thunderstorms blew trees and power lines down from Melvin to Toxey and Gilbertown. In the Melvin area, in addition to trees and power lines blown down, some shingles were blown from a couple of roofs and a trailer suffered minor damage. In the Toxey and Gilbertown areas, in addition to trees being blown down, several outbuildings were also damaged. |
| March 2011 | Flash Flood | Melvin | $10,000 | Heavy rain caused County Road 18 east of Melvin to be closed with one lane impassable due to water line wash out. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melvin | $5,000 | Trees were blown down in the Melvin community. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Melvin | - | Quarter size hail covered the ground between Melvin and Needham. |
| February 2006 | Hail | Melvin | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eiler | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Evansboro | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Okatuppa | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Water Valley | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Paragon | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Turner | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Brightwater | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Needham | 7.6 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Melvin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6813917 | The 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 152299. 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.