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New Prospect, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Marbury census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36091. The Survey maps it on the White City quadrangle.

New Prospect within Autauga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

307 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of New Prospect between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,132 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 48 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 burning142
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Arson/incendiarism48
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1

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
7 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Debris and open burning14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Autauga County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Prospect in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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
December 2011Tornado (EF0)New Prospect$60,000A tornado initially touched down along County Road 57, just south of County Road 49. Here, a mobile home suffered significant roof damage and also damage to its decking material. The tornado continued to the northeast causing tree damage and then crossed Interstate 65 and Highway 31, where additional tree damage occurred. As it continued moving further northeast, it crossed County 68 and Highway 143 where several outdoor building suffered damage and trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado crossed the Elmore County line where it eventually lifted along Tram Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Prospect-Several trees uprooted southwest of Marbury, along County Road 68 and County Road 99.
April 2014FloodNew Prospect-Up to five inches of rain fell across Autauga County, causing many roads to become impassable as rainfall ended, between U.S. Highway 82 and Interstate 65, east of Billingsley. Water, as deep as six inches, spilled out of ditches and culverts and into the roadway. Although numerous roads were temporarily closed, portions of County Road 42 and County Road 123 were washed out and closed until repairs were made.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Prospect-A tree was blown down blocking the roadway along County Road 20 West at the Interstate 65 overpass.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Prospect-A large tree was blown down blocking the roadway near the intersection of County Road 57 and County Road 20.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Prospect-A tree was blown down into roadway at County Road 20 and County Road 65.
March 2013HailNew Prospect-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Autauga 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
Oak Grove3.0 miles18
Wilder Hill (historical)3.2 miles15
White City3.4 miles17
Pyron3.5 miles15
Marbury4.4 miles15
Rollins4.5 miles15
Browntown4.6 miles18
Wadsworth4.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147596. 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.