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Oswichee, 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 Sweetwater Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fort Mitchell quadrangle.

Oswichee 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

105 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Oswichee between 1994 and 2020, burning about 954 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2010Debris and open burning14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2000Smoking8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150722-001

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 Oswichee: 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
Pit Number 7Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Uchee Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Uchee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Russell County

Storms near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oswichee in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
February 2025Thunderstorm WindOswichee-The National Weather Service in Birmingham surveyed damage near Fort Mitchell in Russell County on February 13, 2025, in relation to thunderstorms in the area the previous night. The damage was consistent with straight-line winds up to 60 mph. At the Branching Pines RV community along Highway 165, several trees were uprooted or split and large limbs were snapped. Approximately five camper trailers were damaged, all by falling trees. Three had trees uproot and fall through them, causing considerable damage, while others had limbs fall onto the roofs. Although many of the camper trailers were occupied, no injuries occurred.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindOswichee-Several trees uprooted and on power lines along Owens Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindOswichee-Several trees uprooted along Highway 18.
April 2015Tornado (EF1)Oswichee-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Russell County and confirmed a tornado. The tornado touched down south of County Road 18 just west of Highway 165. The tornado tracked northeast and crossed Highway 165 causing structural damage to several businesses in the drop zone market, removing the roof off a metal building, and tossing several rooftop air conditioning units. A large hardwood tree was uprooted in this same location. As it continued northeast, it crossed two subdivisions causing mainly roof and siding damage to numerous houses in the subdivisions. The tornado moved into the Alabama portion of Fort Benning, mainly over forested areas of the installation before reaching the Chattahoochee River. Estimated peak wind was 95 mph.

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
Apalatchukla (historical)2.6 miles23
Uchi (historical)3.0 miles23
Yuchi (historical)3.4 miles23
Holy Trinity3.9 miles10
Fort Mitchell4.4 miles20
Nuckols4.9 miles20
Loflin5.9 miles10
Lato6.1 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 Q122588765The 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 158049. 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.