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Pebble, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Haleyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35565. It stands on Dunn Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kinlock Spring quadrangle.

Pebble within Winston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

66 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Pebble between 1995 and 2020, burning about 668 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 28 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
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2016Debris and open burning65 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160912-4
30 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1995Arson/incendiarism10 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMACEDONIA
23 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winston County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pebble: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Winston County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pebble in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPebble$7,000Power lines were blown down near the Pebble community.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindPebble$5,000Straight line winds, estimated at 60 mph, damaged a 300 yards long by 300 yards wide area, just southeast of the Pebble Community. At least a dozen shingles were blown off two homes, one cedar tree was snapped, and few additional large limbs were blown down.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindPebble$1,000Several trees were blown down in the Pebble community.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindPebble-Extensive damage to Barns and Silos near the intersection of Highway 243 and County Road 3418. Barn shifted off foundation and collapsed.

Every storm recorded in Winston 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
Forkville1.2 miles12
Martintown2.1 miles12
Center2.7 miles12
Littleville2.9 miles12
Rabbittown3.1 miles18
Needmore3.2 miles13
DeFoor4.7 miles13
Donaldson Mill4.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160354. 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.