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Mexboro, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monroeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36445. The Survey maps it on the Excel quadrangle.

Mexboro within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

211 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Mexboro between 1994 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 burning90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning1.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mexboro: 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Mon 2 Clay Prospect.ClayProspect
Crawford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Millsap PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Scott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mexboro in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
February 2016Thunderstorm WindMexboro$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts around 60 mph downed trees along Oak Grove Church Road near Frisco City and Highway 84.
April 2021HailMexboro-Monroe County EMA reported golf ball size hail.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Mexia Crossing0.4 miles8
Mexia1.2 miles8
West Monroeville1.9 miles8
Ollie2.3 miles8
Monroeville3.5 miles8
Old Salem3.6 miles8
Frisco City4.4 miles9
Excel4.9 miles8

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 Q122567744The 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 122676. 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.