BlockPine Grove, Alabama
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Beulah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36852. The Survey maps it on the Opelika East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Opelika East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
85 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1994 and 2018, burning about 934 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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 | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Other causes | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120924-001 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 96 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Grove in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Lightning | Pine Grove | $75,000 | A lightning strike caused a house fire, on Lee County Road 390. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down on Lee County Road 266. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down, between Opelika and Valley. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down near the intersection of US-29 and CR-262, northeast of Opelika. |
| November 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Pine Grove | - | This tornado was a continuation of the Chambers County tornado. It was on the ground in Lee County for less than one minute as it crossed through the extreme northwest tip of the county. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove | - | Trees were downed along Highway 29 near Beans Mill. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Pine Grove | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beans Mill | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Yarbrough | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Tillery Crossroad | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Beulah | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| McCulloh | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Halawaka | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Jester | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| West Ridge | 5.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124773. 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.
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.