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Pisgah, Alabama

22 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 35773. The Survey maps it on the Ardmore quadrangle.

Pisgah within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

75 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Pisgah between 1994 and 2020, burning about 370 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 burning39
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160914-5
12 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2007Debris and open burning6.0 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pisgah: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Vulcan Materials Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Limestone County

Storms near this place

12 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pisgah in 12 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
January 2013Thunderstorm WindPisgah$5,000Thunderstorm winds produced roof damage at the Southern Gayles Golf Course between Athens and Toney, Alabama. The time was estimated by radar.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPisgah$500A tree was knocked down at the corner of Bridges and Jennings Chapel Roads. Time estimated from radar.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindPisgah$500A tree was knocked down on Bain Road.
June 2025Flash FloodPisgah-Water covering the roads at Sharp Road and South Road in NE Limestone County. Fields and ditches overflowing. Report and photo from Social Media.
June 2025Flash FloodPisgah-Ditches overflowing and water rushing over the road on Sharp Rd between Drawbaugh Rd and AL-251. Report and photos from Social Media.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPisgah-Trees were uprooted or snapped and roof shingles blown off. Reported via mPING.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindPisgah-A tree and power pole were knocked down onto Colwell Road at Dorning Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPisgah-A National Weather Service team surveyed an area of northeast Limestone County northwest of Harvest. An uprooted tree and additional snapped smaller trees, |including multiple Bradford Pears, were observed, all facing an easterly direction.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPisgah-Trees were knocked down at Mckee Road in Toney.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPisgah-Trees were knocked down at Wooley Springs Road.
November 2017Thunderstorm WindPisgah-Trees and power lines were knocked down at the intersection of McKee Road and Highway 251.
April 2015Tornado (EF0)Pisgah-A small tornado touched down and produced tree damage to several trees along its path, including snapped and uprooted pine trees. One tree fell onto a home on Bridges road in Limestone county during the path of the tornado.

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
Wooley Springs (historical)1.6 miles22
Center Hill2.5 miles21
Sand Spring (historical)2.5 miles22
Oak Grove2.9 miles22
Bethel3.0 miles22
Caro (historical)3.4 miles22
Copeland3.9 miles21
Thach4.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137889. 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.