Perote, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36005. The Survey maps it on the Perote quadrangle. It stands 482 feet above sea level.
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Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Perote quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
102 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Perote between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,594 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-20 |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-18 |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190923-16 |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-2 |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | 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 Perote: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pik 9 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perote in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Perote | $45,000 | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage along CR 14 between Blues Old Standand areas just south of Midway. It has been determined that the damage was caused by a tornado.The tornado has been rated an F0 with winds estimated around 70 miles an hour. The tornado toucheddown near Blues Old Stand around 754 AM CDT. The tornado traveled northeast for approximately 12.6miles before lifting about 2 miles south of Midway around 810 AM CDT. Numerous trees were snappedoff and uprooted along the tornado path. The crossed US 29, SR 239 and ended just before crossingSR 51. One commercial hunting lodge was damaged and one mobile home sustained roof damage. Begin: 31 59.22/85 43.16 End: 32 02.89/85 30.99 |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perote | $20,000 | Right before the tornado touched down, a large swath of straight line wind damage occurred near theBlues Old Stand Community. One hundred or more large pine trees were snapped off 15 to 25 feet abovethe ground. The area of considerable tree damage was approximately two square miles. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Perote | $11,000 | The left moving supercell that moved through Pike, Barbour, and Russell Counties threw hail out of its core across extreme southeastern Bullock County. The hail affected the Smuteye and Pickett communities but mainly fell in rural areas. The largest hail reported was golf ball size. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perote | $5,000 | A few trees were blown down near the Blues Old Stand Community. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perote | $3,000 | A farmer in the Corinth Community reported that trees were blown down onto power lines. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Perote | $2,000 | Quarter size hail was reported near the Jamback community, southeast of Perote. Additional hail reports were received from the Perote area. |
| January 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perote | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down near the Perote Community. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perote | $1,000 | Trees were blown down near Perote and one out-building was damaged. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perote | - | Several trees uprooted along County Road 8. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perote | - | Several trees uprooted along County Road 53. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perote | - | Numerous trees uprooted in the community of Perote. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Perote | - | Widespread flash flooding occurred over the southeast portions of Bullock County. Three to four inches of rainfall caused water to flow across roadways and creeks to rise above bank full. Several roads were closed, including a U.S. Highway 82 near the Barbour and Bullock county line. A sinkhole developed on Highway 29 south of the town of Perote, causing traffic to be re-routed. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perote | - | Several trees uprooted along County Road 8. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Perote | - | A brief tornado, with maximum winds estimated to be 85 mph, touched down in southern Bullock county, approximately two miles west of the Perote community and just south of County Road 8, damaging several trees. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Perote | - | Penny size hail was reported along the Bullock and Pike County line west northwest of the Perote Community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blues Old Stand | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Sellers Crossroads | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Jamback | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Smuteye | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Corinth | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Tanyard | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Omega | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pickett | 4.7 miles | 7 |
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 Perote | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3709490 | The 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 152872. 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.




