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Plevna, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the New Market census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35761. It lies near Summers Hollow. The Survey maps it on the New Market quadrangle.

Plevna within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

100 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Plevna between 1997 and 2020, burning about 283 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2006Debris and open burning6.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plevna in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPlevna$9,000A tree was reported down and a power pole down near School House Road and Buddy Williamson Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPlevna$5,000A tree and power pole was knocked down near School House Road and Buddy Williamson Road.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindPlevna$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees north of New Market near Plevna.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindPlevna$3,000Powerlines down on Winchester road.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindPlevna$2,000Power lines were knocked down on Buddy Williamson Road. Time was estimated from radar.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Steele Crossing1.2 miles20
Hillsboro1.6 miles20
Roseboro1.7 miles20
Mint Spring2.8 miles20
Fairview3.2 miles20
New Market3.6 miles20
Union Grove4.2 miles20
Walnut Grove4.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 125066. 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.