BlockPigeon Creek, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36037. The Survey maps it on the Pigeon Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Pigeon Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Pigeon Creek between 1995 and 2020, burning about 998 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20130827-004 |
| 27 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20130827-001 |
| 27 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20130827-002 |
| 27 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20130827-003 |
| 23 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pigeon Creek: 3 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pigeon Creek in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pigeon Creek | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees along Pigeon Creek Road. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pigeon Creek | - | High winds downed trees near Halso Mill Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sardis | 1.5 miles | 7 | |
| Halso Mill | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Oaky Streak | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Industry | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Glasgow | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Shell | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Brushy Creek | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| East Chapman | 10.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156883. 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.