Moffet, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Semmes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36587. It stands on Scarbo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Howell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1942 USGS Wilmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wilmer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Howell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
314 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Moffet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,558 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 113 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 113 |
| Debris and open burning | 99 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120927-001 |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190926-5 |
| 25 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 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
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moffet in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Moffet | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warley | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Wilmer | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Fairview | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Georgetown | 7.1 miles | 20 | |
| Boothetown | 7.4 miles | 20 | |
| Millertown | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Lott | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Churchill Downs | 8.6 miles | 19 |
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 Q122557212 | The 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 156725. 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.










