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North Arab, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Arab census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35016. It stands on Cranford Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hulaco quadrangle.

North Arab within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

33 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of North Arab between 1995 and 2017, burning about 190 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning17
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burning26 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2016Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160902-1
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

14 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Arab in 14 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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
October 2021Flash FloodNorth Arab1 killedFlash flood fatality occurred on Haynes Road in Arab. Vehicle swept away with child inside. 2 other occupants were able to escape.
October 2010Tornado (EF0)North Arab$35,000An EF-0 tornado with peak winds up to 85 mph approached the town of Arab and touched down just east of Highway 231 at Haynes Road. The tornado snapped or uprooted several trees along and produced some minor roof and siding damage at a home at the intersection of Haynes Road and Putter Circle. Additional trees were snapped or uprooted on the golf course across the street from the home. The tornado continued a short track east-northeast causing significant damage to a farm outbuilding on Huckleberry Lane.
August 2023LightningNorth Arab$26,000Lightning struck a farm and killed 19 cattle near Ruth, including one bull. Location and time estimated by the Severe Weather Data Inventory from NCEI.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Arab$5,000A tree was blown down on power lines at Midfield road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNorth Arab$3,000Trees were reported down at the intersection of Midfield road and May Morrow road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Arab$2,000A tree was blown down on Oakleaf Lane.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNorth Arab$500One tree was knocked down onto a house. Also, a large oak tree was uprooted near this same location.
February 2023Flash FloodNorth Arab-Flash flooding along Hogjaw Road near Arab. Water covering the road, rising up to vehicle doors in some areas.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNorth Arab-A tree was knocked down onto a house 2 miles WNW of Arab. A large oak tree was also uprooted at this locaiton.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNorth Arab-Trees were knocked down in different direction about 4 miles NE of Baileyton.
December 2015Flash FloodNorth Arab-Small streams overflowing and covering roadways throughout the county. Intersection of Glendale Road at Eddy Scant City Road is flooded and closed.
March 2011Flash FloodNorth Arab-Flash flooding prompted the closure of Haynes road near Highway 231.
March 2010HailNorth Arab-Nickel size hail was reported near Eddy.
January 2009Flash FloodNorth Arab-Emergency managers reported numerous roads closed in the Arab area due to flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Eddy0.9 miles20
Meadowood1.5 miles20
Egypt1.6 miles20
Sunset Acres1.7 miles20
Arab1.8 miles24
Pine Lake Village1.9 miles20
Rice2.3 miles20
May Apple (historical)2.4 miles20

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 Q122558978The 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 123984. 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.