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Moshat, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Centre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35960. The Survey maps it on the Ellisville quadrangle. It stands 673 feet above sea level.

Moshat within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Moshat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,125 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 117 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/incendiarism117
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-7
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-11
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined134 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-13
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO. RD. 168, AL
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20120929-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee 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 Moshat: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Che 9 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Cherokee County Hwy. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moshat in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
November 2025Thunderstorm WindMoshat-A few trees and powerlines were downed in and south of Centre, including on Highway 411, CR 14, CR 32, CR 65, CR 7, and CR 29 at CR 45.
March 2018Tornado (EF1)Moshat-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in central Cherokee County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph. The short-lived tornado began near Highway 9 and the Cherokee County Country Club Golf Course. The tornado moved northeast along County Road 163. At the intersection of Highway 9 and County Road 163, a home sustained damage to the garage door and an adjacent pine tree was snapped. Just east of this location, at least ten pine trees were snapped along portions of the golf course. One half mile to the northeast, shingles were blown off several apartment buildings. Just north of the apartment complex, a farm outbuilding was completely destroyed and the metal panels were thrown 300 yards downstream across a field. The tornado dissipated shortly thereafter before it reached Highway 411.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindMoshat-Small outbuilding destroyed and several trees uprooted on County Road 83 near Highway 411.
June 2008HailMoshat-Reported in the Moshat Community.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMoshat-Reported in the Moshat Community.
April 2017HailMoshat-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Ferguson2.2 miles19
Piney2.3 miles19
Bomar2.3 miles18
Coloma (historical)2.9 miles18
Tucker Crossroads2.9 miles19
Brooks Estates2.9 miles19
Northwood Estates3.1 miles19
Tennala3.1 miles18

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 MoshatAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19987201The 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 123107. 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.