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North Auburn, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Auburn-Opelika census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36801. The Survey maps it on the Opelika West quadrangle.

North Auburn within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of North Auburn between 1994 and 2016, burning about 247 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 147, AL
20 June 2002Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 15 OFF N.29, AL
2 June 2002Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 March 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 March 2011Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 147, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of North Auburn: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium, Mica. 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
Bruce Priester ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Crutchfield MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Yarborough-Smith-Neighbor ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Auburn in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 flash 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 2015Flash FloodNorth Auburn-Heavy rainfall led to flash flooding at Auburn University. Flooding was reported on East University Drive and on East Glen Avenue.

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
Aubrey0.8 miles14
Lakewood1.4 miles14
Village Hills1.6 miles14
Spring Hill Heights1.6 miles14
Pepperell2.1 miles14
Town and Country2.1 miles13
Harwell Hills2.2 miles14
Farmville2.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 123985. 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.