BlockOpine, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Thomasville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36784. The Survey maps it on the Morvin quadrangle. It stands 157 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Morvin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Opine between 1995 and 2019, burning about 381 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190903-4 |
| 28 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190816-3 |
| 14 August 2009 | Natural | 36 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2009 | Natural | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Opine: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cla 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Opine in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opine | $5,000 | High winds downed multiple trees along state route 69 near Tallahatta Springs Road. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opine | - | Trees down on Tallahatta Springs Road. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Opine | - | Tree and power lines down at Tallahatta Springs Road and Strawberry Road. |
| March 2001 | Hail | Opine | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Opine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058529 | The 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 156841. 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.