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Newburg, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35654. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Newburg quadrangle.

Newburg within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

58 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Newburg between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,889 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
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
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180921-6
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use460 acresNational Forests in AlabamaCHERRY HILL
15 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined706 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Newburg: 9 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Sloss Number 7IronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
WacoIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newburg in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNewburg$6,000Several trees were blown down and some minor shingle damage was observed at one home.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNewburg$5,000Several trees were blown down along CR 83.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNewburg$2,000Power lines and trees down in the vicinity of CR 724, CR 91 and CR 81.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindNewburg$1,000no account filed
February 2026HailNewburg-Half dollar sized hail was reported via mPING.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindNewburg-Numerous trees were knocked down near Highway 24.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindNewburg-Several trees were blown down.
June 1995HailNewburg-Three-quarter inch hail was reported at Newburg.
March 2002HailNewburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Tharptown4.0 miles20
Waco4.1 miles14
Oak Grove4.7 miles14
Saints Crossroads4.8 miles19
Bethsaida5.2 miles19
Mountain Star5.9 miles20
Pleasant Ridge6.2 miles20
Union7.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160249. 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.