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Minter, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Carlowville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36761. It stands on Swift Creek. The Survey maps it on the Minter quadrangle. It stands 177 feet above sea level.

Minter within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Minter between 1994 and 2019, burning about 682 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Natural1
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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-21
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Debris and open burning5.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2010Debris and open burning32 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2006Arson/incendiarism83 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minter in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2006: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
April 2005Thunderstorm WindMinter$55,000Significant wind damage occurred generally from Minter to Selma and areas eastward to the Lowndes County line. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across the eastern third of the county.One mobile home was totally destroyed and at least 8 additional homes suffered varying degrees ofdamage. Several vehicles sustained damage from fallen trees. The Sardis Volunteer Fire Department wasdamaged.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMinter$15,000Winds caused significant damage to a bait shop in Shepardsville, along Highway 41. Two outbuildings were also heavily damaged, and multiple trees and power lines were blown down.
February 2005HailMinter$5,000The second hail producing supercell in a few hours moved across southern Dallas County. The supercell storm dropped golf ball size hail along its path just north of the Minter community.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMinter$5,000A few trees were blown down on CR 85 just north of Minter.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindMinter$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in Minter.
April 2005HailMinter$1,000Quarter size hail fell west of the Minter community.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindMinter$1,000no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindMinter-Several trees were knocked down in southern Dallas County near Minter.
July 2006HailMinter-no account filed
August 2003HailMinter-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Carlowville2.2 miles11
Dawsons2.4 miles11
Richmond4.1 miles11
Swink4.1 miles11
Elm Bluff6.6 miles12
Pleasant Hill7.4 miles11
Tilden8.0 miles11
Kings8.6 miles11

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 MinterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12498588The 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 122882. 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.