BlockNettleboro, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fulton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36751. The Survey maps it on the Lower Peach Tree 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
- 1973 USGS Lower Peach Tree quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Nettleboro between 1995 and 2020, burning about 430 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 182 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20130920-001 |
| 17 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 35, AL |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190806-1 |
| 3 August 2015 | Natural | 42 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150803-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Nettleboro: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Scyrenne Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nettleboro in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2016: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nettleboro | $10,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm downed several trees in northeastern Clarke county on County Road 1. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nettleboro | $3,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees on Nettesboro Road near Syrene and Chance. |
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.
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 Q122567570 | 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 156777. 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.