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Rhodesville, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Oakland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35633. It stands on Fowler Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sinking Creek quadrangle. It stands 581 feet above sea level.

Rhodesville within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

231 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Rhodesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,784 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 109 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/incendiarism109
Debris and open burning68
Equipment and vehicle use28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking8
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use11 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-21
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20140930-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rhodesville: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Lauderdale County

Storms near this place

19 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rhodesville in 19 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2008Tornado (EF1)Rhodesville2 hurt, $300,000A tornado with peak winds of 90 mph began a path near the intersection of County Roads 14 and 16, about 2 miles northwest of Oakland and tracked into the Central Heights community. The tornado produced moderate damage to five homes and uprooted several trees in its path. One of the homes was destroyed along Waterloo Road near Feddler's One Stop Market in Oakland where two men were slightly injured by flying glass. A mobile home was also overturned. The tornado widened to 200 yards before narrowing to around 20 yards toward the end of its path.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$50,000An isolated severe microburst blew down a large tree onto a house causing heavy damage. No injuries were noted. An adjacent barn was also destroyed.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$7,000Trees were blown down and a trampoline was blown onto the road near the intersection of CR 189 and CR 213.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$2,000A tree was knocked down into the roadway blocking both lanes at 8465 CR 189.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$2,000Trees were knocked down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$2,000A tree was blown down.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$2,000Trees were reported down on CR 189.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$1,000A tree was knocked down blocking the eastbound lane of CR 14.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$500A tree was knocked down blocking both lanes of the roadway at the intersection of CR 213 and CR 215. Time estimated by radar.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$500A tree was knocked down onto County Road 189 west of Oakland.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$200Power lines were knocked down on Waterloo Road. Time and location estimated.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$200A tree was knocked down at CR 189 at CR 14 in Oakland.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$200A tree was knocked down along CR 206. Time estimated by radar.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$200A tree was knocked down at 5940 CR 189. Time estimated by radar.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$200A tree was knocked down onto CR 213.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindRhodesville$200A tree was knocked down on the roadway at the intersection of CR 189 and CR 6.
December 2016Thunderstorm WindRhodesville-Power poles were snapped for about 1/2 mile along County Road 189 north of County Road 14. Time estimated by radar.
December 2016Thunderstorm WindRhodesville-Trees were knocked down near the intersection of County Road 189 and County Road 6.
April 2009HailRhodesville-Golf ball hail fell along County Road 219.

Every storm recorded in Lauderdale 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
Gravelly Springs2.2 miles18
Canaan2.9 miles18
New Hope3.9 miles18
Melvin (historical)4.0 miles19
Sullivan Crossroads4.2 miles19
Oakland4.3 miles18
Glen Oaks4.4 miles18
Central Heights4.5 miles19

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 RhodesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19987792The 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 156960. 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.