BlockMineola, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Uriah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36480. The Survey maps it on the Chrysler quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Chrysler quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
129 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Mineola between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,307 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 26 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 | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150907-002 |
| 23 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140923-001 |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150807-002 |
| 31 August 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140824-001 |
| 2 August 2010 | Natural | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mineola in 1 storm report in 1998: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Hail | Mineola | $50,000 | Baseball to golfball size hail fell from Miniola to Uriah. This is the second month in a row that this area has received large hail. The area did not suffer as much damage from this storm as they did from the April storm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chrysler | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Palmers Crossroads | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Eliska | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Homewood | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Uriah | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Jeddo | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Grove Hill | 7.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156717. 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.