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Nuckols, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phenix City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36856. It stands on Cowpen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Mitchell quadrangle.

Nuckols within Russell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

264 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Nuckols between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,226 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 27 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 burning134
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Recreation and ceremony28
Arson/incendiarism27
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural5
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-9
26 September 2010Debris and open burning14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-4
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-11
21 September 2002Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell 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 Nuckols: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Uchee Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Uchee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Russell County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nuckols in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2009Tornado (EF1)Nuckols1 hurt, $50,000The tornado briefly touched down and produced damage near the intersection of Ridge Road and Rutledge Road, about 4 miles east-northeast of Seale. One mobile home was lifted off its foundation, spun and flipped, and completely destroyed. One occupant of the mobile home was injured. Several trees were also blown down along the short path.
June 2019Flash FloodNuckols-Several roads impassable between the cities of Seale and Phenix City.
July 2018HailNuckols-Golf ball sized hail reported along Highway 431 near the Fireworks Outlet.
August 2015Tornado (EF0)Nuckols-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Russell County and have confirmed that the damage was the result of an EF-0 Tornado. The tornado touched down just north of the Avalon Church on Tarver Road near Seale, and tracked northeastward through the Avalon Community, causing sporadic tree damage and damage to outbuildings and unsecured objects. It continued northeastward, crossing Pine Haven Street where sporadic tree damage continued with at least one tree blown down across the road. The tornado continued across the road for a short distance and quickly dissipated. Peak wind estimated at 70 mph.
April 2016HailNuckols-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Russell 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
Fort Mitchell1.8 miles20
Lato2.7 miles20
Flournoys3.3 miles20
Brickyard4.8 miles22
Oswichee4.9 miles20
Uchi (historical)5.6 miles23
Apalatchukla (historical)6.0 miles23
Seale6.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156808. 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.