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Richburg, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Elba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36323. It stands on Marsh Branch. The Survey maps it on the New Brockton quadrangle. It stands 417 feet above sea level.

Richburg within Coffee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

66 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Richburg between 1994 and 2019, burning about 626 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
6 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission11367 HWY 84, AL
30 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140703-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Richburg: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Cof 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

12 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richburg in 12 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
February 2025Thunderstorm WindRichburg-There were widespread reports of downed trees across Coffee county.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRichburg-Trees were blown down and blocking the road on County Road 62.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindRichburg-Multiple trees were blown down on County Road 248 near Highway 84.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRichburg-Widespread trees were blown down across Coffee county.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindRichburg-A tree was blown down onto County Road 248.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindRichburg-A tree was blown down onto County Road 248.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindRichburg-A tree was blown down onto County Road 515.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindRichburg-Trees and limbs were blown down around Elba.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindRichburg-A tree was down on W McKinnon Street.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindRichburg-Trees were blown down along County Road 514.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindRichburg-Trees were blown down on County Highway 513.
March 2023HailRichburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coffee 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
New Brockton1.8 miles11
Clintonville3.6 miles11
Gateway Estates5.4 miles12
Damascus5.8 miles8
Elba5.8 miles8
Turner Crossroads5.9 miles11
Tabernacle6.0 miles12
Mixson6.3 miles11

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 RichburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058540The 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 156964. 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.