Peacock, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Grove Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36451. The Survey maps it on the Fulton West quadrangle.
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 Fulton West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Peacock between 1994 and 2019, burning about 414 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140918-001 |
| 17 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 Peacock: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peacock in 5 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peacock | - | Clarke County EMA estimates 60-70 mph winds. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peacock | - | High winds downed trees along Floral Creek Road. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peacock | - | High winds damaged an awning at Clarke Prep School on Old Highway 43. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peacock | - | High winds downed a large tree and blocked Highway 43 at Bear Fork Road. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peacock | - | High winds from a thunderstorm downed trees on northbound lanes of Highway 43 just north of Clarke Prep School. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Fulton | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Grove Hill | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Dickinson | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Chilton | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Asbury | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Springfield | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Clarksville | 6.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156863. 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.



