BlockMiller, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Haleburg census division. The Survey maps it on the Haleburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Haleburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Miller between 1994 and 2017, burning about 226 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160907-1 |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120817-001 |
| 30 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2000 | Natural | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miller in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | $3,000 | Trees were blown down at the Edwin Store. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Several trees were blown down at the intersection of County Road 26 and County Road 53. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 53. |
| February 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Miller | - | A short tornado track was determined along CR-53 just north of its intersection with CR-26. This was a concentrated area of damage with large trees uprooted and snapped near a residence. One of the trees had a small amount of debarking with large limbs removed. This tornado was rated EF0 with max winds estimated at 85 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haleburg | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Barnes | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Browns Crossroad | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hardwickburg | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Balkum | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Union | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Tumbleton | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Hayes | 6.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156710. 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.