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Pansey, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36370. The Survey maps it on the Ashford quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.

Pansey within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Pansey between 1994 and 2020, burning about 440 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission461 ANTIOCH CHURCH RD, AL
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission55 COUNTY ROAD 963, AL
19 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2007Debris and open burning1.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pansey: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, General. 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
Jackson Creek Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed Iron DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed Iron DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Houston County

Storms near this place

19 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pansey in 19 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
March 2005Tornado (F2)Pansey4 hurt, $750,000A tornado touched down about a half mile west of Firetower Road. As it traveled northeast, it destroyed three barns on County Road 81, and destroyed two large homes just north of Turnpike Road. Four people were injured and transported to a hospital in Dothan. Several mobile homes were damaged, with numerous trees and power lines down. The storm survey was conducted by the NWS Tallahassee WCM and SOO.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindPansey$30,000Several trees down. Three buildings and a fire station were damaged. Reported by the Houston County EMA.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPansey$9,000Multiple power poles were reported down by law enforcement dispatch. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
February 2018Thunderstorm WindPansey$5,000Minor shingle damage was reported in the Pansey area.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindPansey$5,000Widespread trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPansey$3,000Power lines were blown down along Rocky Creek Road.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindPansey$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down in the Pansey area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPansey$2,000Trees were blown down in the area. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindPansey$1,000Trees were blown down along Bodiford Road near Pansey.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindPansey$1,000Several downed trees reported by the Houston County EMA.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPansey$1,000Downed trees at Hickory Grove Road and County Road 81 reported by the Houston County EMA.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPansey$1,000Downed trees from Pansey to Gordon north of U.S. Highway 84 reported by the Houston County EMA.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPansey$500A few downed trees reported by a Dothan TV meteorologist.
September 2024Flash FloodPansey-The public reported flooding in the Pansey area due to heavy rain in a short period of time.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPansey-Trees were blown down in the Pansey area.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindPansey-A tree was blown down near 1800 East Cook Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPansey-Multiple trees were blown down in the Pansey area.
June 2011HailPansey-The hail was reported to have lasted 10 minutes.
June 2002HailPansey-Golfball size hail reported by a Dothan TV meteorologist.

Every storm recorded in Houston 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
Dupree3.6 miles7
Philadelphia3.6 miles9
Ashford3.8 miles7
Gordon4.3 miles9
Harmon4.5 miles8
Alaga5.8 miles9
Love Hill5.8 miles8
Avon6.3 miles9

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 PanseyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7131583The 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 124402. 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.