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Mitchell, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fitzpatrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36029. The Survey maps it on the Fitzpatrick quadrangle.

Mitchell within Bullock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

53 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Mitchell between 1994 and 2018, burning about 290 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140903-001
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-4
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120912-001
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120826-001
25 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150825-001
6 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140606-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bullock County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mitchell: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Bul 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Bullock County

Storms near this place

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mitchell in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 6 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2009Flash FloodMitchell$100,000Flash flooding caused numerous roads to become impassable. High water was reported on several county roads, in and around the city of Union Springs.
August 2005Tornado (F0)Mitchell$70,000no account filed
February 2000Tornado (F0)Mitchell$15,000no account filed
April 2009Tornado (EF0)Mitchell$3,000The long tracked Montgomery-Cecil tornado moved out of Macon County, and cut across the far northwestern tip of Bullock County. The track was through a rural part of the county, and damage was light.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMitchell$3,000Several trees were blown down along SR 110 near mile marker 17.
May 2025Tornado (EF0)Mitchell-A brief tornado touched down in an open pasture east of County|Road 37, where a few large branches were snapped along a tree line|and one tree was uprooted in the field. The tornado tracked to|the east where it crossed through a small hunting club and|uprooted more trees. Most of this area was inaccessible due to|trees across the roadway, but no structural damage was noted. The|tornado then intensified as it crossed County Road 185, where|there was about a 800 to 900 yard wide zone of snapped and|uprooted hardwoods and softwoods. The tornado continued to track|east through various inaccessible pastures and wooded areas|before dissipating near County Road 7 to the south of Fitzpatrick,|where a couple branches were snapped.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMitchell-Trees uprooted along County Road 7.
February 2022Flash FloodMitchell-Several roads flooded and impassable, including portions of Highway 110, County Road 185, and Jack Griswold Road.
April 2017Tornado (EF0)Mitchell-NWS Meteorologists surveyed damage in far western Bullock County and determined the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. |This tornado began in far eastern Montgomery County and crossed into Bullock County just south of the intersection of Stowers Road and County Road 37. The tornado lifted near County Road 37.
April 2016Tornado (EF0)Mitchell-NWS meteorologists surveyed damage to the southeast of Montgomery near the Mitchell Community and determined it was the result of a tornado. The tornado touched down near Alabama Highway 110 and tracked eastward for approximately 3 miles before dissipating near County Road 7. Along the path several trees were snapped and uprooted.

Every storm recorded in Bullock 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
Fitzpatrick3.3 miles9
Thompson7.6 miles9
Cornerstone8.0 miles9
Shopton8.9 miles9
Hector9.4 miles9
Simsville10.4 miles8
Bruceville11.3 miles8
McGowan12.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156719. 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.