Natis, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Lynn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35578. The Survey maps it on the Poplar Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Poplar Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Poplar Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
187 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Natis between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,980 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 98 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 | 98 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.7 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | PINETUCKEY |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-11 |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200921-4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Natis in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natis | $25,000 | Thirty to forty pine trees were uprooted and fell onto power lines along AL-195. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natis | - | Several trees uprooted along Highway 195. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Natis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Springs | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Kaeiser Bottoms (historical) | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bickford (historical) | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Ashbank | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Tolen Hill (historical) | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Black Pond | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Curtis Crossroads | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Black Swamp (historical) | 5.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160213. 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.






