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Pettusville, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35620. The Survey maps it on the Elkmont quadrangle. It stands 886 feet above sea level.

Pettusville within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

58 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Pettusville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 531 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 burning26
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 1999Smoking5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Debris and open burning140 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
8 June 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pettusville: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Ardmore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerLimestone
Ardmore QuarryStonePast Producer
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No.44Phosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown

Every working recorded in Limestone County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pettusville in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Pettusville-A tornado tornado touched down west of New Bethel Road, uprooting and snapping several large softwood trees and collapsing more than half of a private aircraft hangar. The tornado continued north-northeast, uprooting more large trees and snapping large branches near homes along Shipley Hollow Road, which is where the tornado reached its maximum intensity of 105 mph. Shingles were displaced on a roof of a single family house. Sparse tree damage occurred just west of Old Scrouge Rd as the tornado lifted.
February 2017HailPettusville-Nickel-sized hail was reported along Highway 127 north of Elkmont. Minor damage to cars was reported.

Every storm recorded in Limestone 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
Woodfin Mill1.6 miles20
Locke Crossroads2.5 miles20
Veto2.8 miles20
Holland Gin3.2 miles20
Elkmont3.3 miles20
Estaville (historical)3.5 miles20
Morris Crossroads3.7 miles20
Thach4.6 miles20

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 PettusvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888723The 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 124660. 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.