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Nokomis, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Atmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36502. The Survey maps it on the Freemanville quadrangle. It stands 272 feet above sea level.

Nokomis within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

351 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Nokomis between 1994 and 2019, burning about 4,281 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 162 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/incendiarism162
Debris and open burning97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Equipment and vehicle use22
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Smoking22 acresFlorida Forest Service17-JAKE'S ROAD FIRE-1553
27 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-11
26 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2165 JAMES RD, AL
26 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1994Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nokomis in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNokomis$7,000Winds estimated at 60 mph caused minor damage to mobile homes. Trees and power lines were also knocked down.
April 2020Flash FloodNokomis$5,000Flash flooding occurred in many areas of Brewton, Atmore, and Flomaton. Several roads were closed due to high water.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindNokomis$5,000no account filed
September 2020Flash FloodNokomis-Hurricane Sally produced 10 to almost 20 inches of rain across a large portion of Escambia County, AL. The flooding resulted in several roads becoming impassable with many roads impassable in the Brewton area. The Burnt Corn creek in Brewton crested at 18.8 feet, which is the fourth highest crest on record. Flooding was also experienced on Murder Creek, which impacted nearby businesses and structures. Some county roads and a few bridges suffered wash outs as well.
March 2023HailNokomis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Escambia 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
Raley Forest Hill2.8 miles11
Atmore3.9 miles9
Briar Lake Estates4.5 miles9
Freemanville4.8 miles11
Southern Estates4.9 miles9
Ewing Farms5.1 miles11
Pleasant Hill5.4 miles9
Old Bratt Road Estates5.8 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on NokomisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7048084The 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 155179. 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.