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Morgan City, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Laceys Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35754. It lies near Pine Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Newsome Sinks quadrangle.

Morgan City within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Morgan City between 1994 and 2019, burning about 573 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
30 September 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1268 HICKORY CIRCLE, AL
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-7
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use16 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission505 PINE RIDGE ROAD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Morgan City: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dixie Dredge No.8Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
General Shale PitsClayProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

18 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morgan City in 18 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMorgan City$8,000Trees were blown down near the intersection of Rescue Road and Walters Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMorgan City$3,000A tree and power lines were knocked down.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMorgan City$2,000A tree was knocked down and blocking the roadway. Time estimated by radar.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMorgan City$2,000A tree was knocked down blocking the roadway.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMorgan City$2,000Thunderstorm winds uprooted a tree off of southeastern portions of Lawrence Road in Morgan City.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMorgan City$1,000A tree was reported down at 127 Substation Road blocking the roadway. Time was estimated from radar.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMorgan City$1,000A tree was reported down on Rescue road. Likely caused by outflow from thunderstorms to the N of this location.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMorgan City$1,000A tree was knocked down near the intersection of Borden Road and Farm Supply Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMorgan City$200A tree was knocked down near the intersection of Old Silo Road and U.S. Highway 231. Time estimated by radar.
March 2023Tornado (EF1)Morgan City-A National Weather Service damage survey assessed tornado damage in northeastern Morgan County. Damage was consistent with an EF-1 tornado with a peak wind speed of 94 mph.||Many damage indicators were in the form of uprooted trees and minor structural damage. The tornado touched down near the Highway 32 and Crisco Circle intersection. Tracking east-northeast, numerous trees were uprooted along Rescue Road. Near Rescue Road and Highway 231, an unanchored shed was destroyed. The tornado crossed the highway and uprooted many more trees along Old Silo Road and also damaged the roof to chicken houses. The tornado lifted just west of the Morgan-Marshall County line.
February 2019FloodMorgan City-Road damage on Hwy 231 on Brindlee Mountain. Road is sliding/creeping downhill.
November 2016HailMorgan City-Nickel sized hail was reported.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMorgan City-A large tree and a few power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 2012HailMorgan City-Quarter sized hail was reported on Georgia Mountain.
March 2011HailMorgan City-One inch diameter hail was reported.
April 2009HailMorgan City-Baseball size hail fell in Morgan city.
April 2006HailMorgan City-Nickel size hail was reported.
April 2006HailMorgan City-Nickel size hail was reported.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Briscoe1.4 miles20
West Point4.3 miles20
Laceys Spring4.7 miles23
Apple Grove5.5 miles20
Valhermoso Springs6.5 miles23
Woodland Mills6.6 miles20
Center Grove7.1 miles20
Peach Grove (historical)7.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 123040. 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.