Muscadine, Alabama
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fruithurst census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36269. It stands on Muscadine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fruithurst quadrangle. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Fruithurst quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Fruithurst quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
899 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 899 fires within 5 miles of Muscadine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,092 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 598 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 | 598 |
| Debris and open burning | 222 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-5 |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190908-8 |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HARALSON-006 |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HARALSON-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Muscadine: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Muscadine in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muscadine | - | A tree was downed at Highway 78 and County Road 49, and another tree was downed on County Road 49 near Interstate 20. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muscadine | - | Several trees uprooted along County Road 49. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muscadine | - | Powerlines were downed just north of Muscadine. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruithurst | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lebanon | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Bethel | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Plainview | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Coldwater | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Abernathy | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Piney Woods | 6.5 miles | 16 |
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 Muscadine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14679315 | 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 152573. 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.








