Pine Level, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36009. The Survey maps it on the Danleys Crossroads quadrangle. It stands 472 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1968 USGS Danleys Crossroads quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Pine Level between 1994 and 2020, burning about 660 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | LOWER BOZEMAN RD, AL |
| 3 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160603-1 |
| 28 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Pine Level: 12 unknowns, 10 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.
Storms near this place
6 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Level in 6 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Level | $20,000 | Trees were blown down near the Coffee County Lake with a car damaged from the falling trees. Damage cost was estimated. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Level | - | Trees were blown down at County Road 364 and 355 and elsewhere across the county. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Level | - | A tree was blown down onto County Road 353. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Level | - | A tree was blown down on County Road 355. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Level | - | A pine tree was blown down across County Road 364. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Level | - | A tree was blown down on County Road 348. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Hill | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Danleys Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Curtis | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Zoar | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lee | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Newby | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Elba | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Shady Grove | 8.6 miles | 8 |
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 Pine Level | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7195256 | 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 124825. 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.



