Moscow, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sulligent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35586. The Survey maps it on the Vernon quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS West Point quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Moscow between 1994 and 2020, burning about 558 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 23 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 19 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-6 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160910-4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moscow in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down on Moscow Road, near Sulligent. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down on Mulberry Road, southeast of the city of Vernon. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Moscow | - | Dime to quarter size hail along Highway 17 near the intersection of Military Grove Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow | - | Several trees uprooted near Hankins Bottom Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulligent | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Crews | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Springs | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Beaverton | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mansfield | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Bedford | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Vernon | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Blooming Grove | 8.4 miles | 11 |
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 Moscow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q106515003 | 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 123100. 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.





