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Randolph, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Centreville-Brent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36792. The Survey maps it on the Randolph quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level.

Randolph within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Randolph between 1994 and 2019, burning about 578 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 burning41
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-10
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Randolph: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kyanite, Clay. 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
Bib 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Brand ProspectKyaniteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bibb County

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Randolph in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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
May 1998HailRandolph$45,000Baseball size hail was reported in Randolph by the police department.
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Randolph$10,000The tornado touched near the intersection of CR 36 and New Hope Village, just east of Randolph. The tornado then tracked east southeast for about a mile, before crossing into Chilton County. Several trees were either blown down or snapped off along the short path. One home was damaged by a fallen tree and one home suffered minor shingle damage.
November 1996Thunderstorm WindRandolph$7,000no account filed
January 2003HailRandolph$3,000Golf ball size hail was reported in extreme northeast Bibb County in the Brierfield and Ashby communities.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindRandolph$2,000Trees were blown down in Randolph, Lolley, and in the Marble Community.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindRandolph$1,000A few trees were knocked down on Antioch Road near Randolph.
March 2023HailRandolph-Hail covering the ground, some as large as half dollar size.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindRandolph-Several trees uprooted in the town of Randolph resulting in some power outages.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindRandolph-A few trees were down along County Road 36, about one mile east of Randolph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRandolph-One tree was blown down along Highway 139 near Randolph. Several large tree limbs were also blown out of the tops of the trees at the intersection of Highway 139 and County Road 36.
April 2003HailRandolph-Penny size hail was reported in the Randolph and Lawley area. The hail was being thrown out of the storm occurring just to the south.
March 2000HailRandolph-Penny size hail was observed in Randolph.
April 2020HailRandolph-no account filed
July 2012HailRandolph-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bibb 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
Tucker1.8 miles16
Sand Mountain3.1 miles16
Bibb Mill3.3 miles16
Cox3.4 miles16
Lawley3.5 miles16
Maud4.0 miles16
Active4.1 miles16
Antioch5.6 miles16

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 RandolphAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7291767The 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 160469. 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.