Nadawah, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Beatrice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36425. It stands on Galley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nadawah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Nadawah quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Nadawah between 1994 and 2020, burning about 552 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-14 |
| 31 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140828-002 |
| 17 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 168 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190817-3 |
| 22 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2019 | Natural | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190701-6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nadawah in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nadawah | $45,000 | A roof was blown off of a trailer and a house. 2 barns and a shed were destroyed. Numerous trees were blown down. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Nadawah | - | Dime hail was reported near Nadawah. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Nadawah | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkestan (historical) | 2.7 miles | 7 | |
| Chestnut | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Buena Vista | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Pineville | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Beatrice | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Riley | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Turnbull | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Natchez | 7.6 miles | 7 |
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 Q122560788 | 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 156764. 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.



