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Navco, Alabama

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36605. It stands on Bolton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mobile quadrangle.

Navco within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 34 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

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Navco between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,000 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 16/CR 64, AL
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150902-001
1 July 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionTODD ACRES, AL
5 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionTODD ACRES, AL
4 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined450 acresAlabama Forestry Commission4505 COMMERCE BLVD SOUTH, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Navco: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Halls Mill PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Halls Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harrison PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mobile County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Navco in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNavco-High winds damaged a roof and downed power lines on Halls Mill Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNavco-Large tree blown down by severe thunderstorm winds near 60 mph on Halls Mill Road and McVay Drive, blocking traffic. Reported by Mobile Police Department.
December 2015HailNavco-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mobile 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
Forest Park0.9 miles34
Farnell1.0 miles34
Neshota1.1 miles34
Sherwood1.4 miles33
Lloyds1.5 miles33
Cox1.5 miles34
Belvedere1.6 miles34
Spring Valley1.7 miles32

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 Q122541261The 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 123651. 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.