BlockRabun, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Stockton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36507. The Survey maps it on the Perdido quadrangle. It stands 259 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1942 USGS Perdido quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Perdido quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Perdido quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Perdido quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
607 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 607 fires within 5 miles of Rabun between 1994 and 2020, burning about 9,505 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 355 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 355 |
| Debris and open burning | 136 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170926-2 |
| 22 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 28 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150922-001 |
| 18 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150918-002 |
| 17 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rabun in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2016: 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Rabun | $50,000 | A weak tornado touched down along Old Ganey Road blowing down several trees on both sides of the road. The tornado generally paralleled the roadway to the intersection of Silas Ganey Road where it began to parallel that road for a brief period. The tornado then crosses Majors Creek then dissipated shortly thereafter. No structures were in the path of the tornado. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rabun | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 70 mph downed numerous trees and power lines from Rabun through the Robertsdale area. |
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.
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 Rabun | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058539 | 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 125397. 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.