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Oleander, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Union Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35016. It lies near Pritchett Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Newsome Sinks quadrangle.

Oleander within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

49 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Oleander between 1995 and 2019, burning about 464 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning20
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Other causes1

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 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1268 HICKORY CIRCLE, AL
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-7
24 September 2010Debris and open burning26 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2016Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160902-1
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oleander: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
General Shale PitsClayProducer
Shale Pit No 2ClayProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

11 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oleander in 11 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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
May 2009FloodOleander$5,000Heavy rainfall from strong to severe storms caused water to cover the following roads south of Morgan City: Mount View Road, Mount Olive Church Road, Midway Road.
April 2008Tornado (EF0)Oleander$2,000The first area, near Union Grove, found damage consistent with an EF-0 tornado. The tornado produced slight damage to the back of one home, destroyed a shed, and several trees were uprooted. The tornado damage path was approximately 1.6 miles in length, and approximately 100 feet in width. Maximum wind speeds were approximately 85 mph with this tornado.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindOleander$1,000A tree was knocked down on Brock Chapel Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindOleander$1,000A tree was reported down near the intersection of highway 231 and Mountain View road. Time was estimated from radar.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindOleander$500One tree was knocked down on the road at 6000 Union Grove Road near Mountainview Church Road.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindOleander-Several trees were snapped several feet off the ground and blown across the road on Union Grove Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindOleander-Multiple trees were knocked down on McDermott Drive.
November 2017Thunderstorm WindOleander-Power lines were knocked down along Water Tank Road and Mountain View Road in Union Grove.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindOleander-Power lines and trees were knocked down near the intersection of Quarry Road and Union Grove Road.
November 2016Tornado (EF1)Oleander-A tornado developed near the Union Grove Road and Tinner Mayo Road intersection in the Union Grove Community. As it developed multiple trees were snapped and uprooted causing minor roof damage to one single family home. More significant home damage was sustained to another nearby single family house due to trees snapping and falling on the roof.||As the tornado proceeded northeast to Tinner Mayo Road, it flipped a recreational vehicle and moved it into a single family home causing damage to the home and destroying the recreational vehicle. Meanwhile, the tornado caused shingles to come off the roof of this single family house. Further to the northeast, the tornado uplifted the roof of a storage shed for hay and caused minor roof damage to a double wide manufactured home.||More damage was sustained to a single family dwelling near Tinner Mayo and Brock Chapel road as the tornado continued northeast where the roof was completely uplifted and blown into the field. The tornado then snapped a few more hardwood trees before lifting just northeast of Bean Rock Road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindOleander-Trees and power lines were blown down at Brocks Chapel Road and Mountain View Road. Some trees were 4 feet in diameter and over 100 feet tall.

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
Allens Crossroads1.2 miles20
Cherokee Ridge1.9 miles20
Mount Olive3.3 miles20
Meadowood3.6 miles20
Ruth3.8 miles20
Eddy4.2 miles20
Southern (historical)4.2 miles20
Union Grove4.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124276. 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.