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Pearce, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dothan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36376. It stands on Nalls Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sigma quadrangle.

Pearce 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

37 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Pearce between 1994 and 2020, burning about 280 acres in total. 2 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-15
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission55 COUNTY ROAD 963, AL
12 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 July 2000Equipment and vehicle use6.0 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

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Pearce: 8 unknowns, 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Houston County

Storms near this place

10 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pearce in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPearce$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 52 between Webb and Columbia. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPearce$2,000The Dothan Eagle reported trees down on Wallace Buie Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindPearce$1,000A power outage occurred along Hunter Road due to trees down on lines.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindPearce-Fallen pine trees blocked Wallace Blue Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPearce-Trees were blown down on Hopkins Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPearce-A tree was blown down along Highway 52.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindPearce-A tree was blown down at the intersection of Benton Store Road and Highway 52.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPearce-A tree was blown down on Cedar Springs Road.
February 2013Flash FloodPearce-WTVY reported that Cedar Spring Road at King Road was closed due to flooding.
February 2013Flash FloodPearce-WTVY reported that Cedar Springs Road at Ebenezer Road was closed due to flooding.

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
Seminole Heights1.4 miles7
Barber1.8 miles7
Sigma2.2 miles7
Webb2.5 miles7
Pleasant Plains3.1 miles7
Enon4.0 miles9
Williams4.6 miles7
North Cowarts4.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124548. 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.