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Roberts, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Escambia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36420. It stands on East Prong Silas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roberts quadrangle.

Roberts within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

110 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Roberts between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,716 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 25 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism25
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burning60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roberts in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2018Thunderstorm WindRoberts$50,000A severe thunderstorm moved across the Florida state line into rural southeastern Escambia County in Alabama and produced areas of sporadic straight line wind damage. Several large trees were uprooted along Raintree Road. More trees were uprooted along Yellow Creek Road with several trees snapped in half and laying in the adjacent field between Raintree and Yellow Creek Roads. There was minor damage to a shed and an awning/roof of a manufactured home along Yellow Creek Road. Sporadic tree damage was also noted further north on Yellow Creek Road near Fuqua Road.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindRoberts$10,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed multiple trees in Roberts.
October 2021Flash FloodRoberts-Partial road closure at US 29 and Ridge Road due to water over the roadway.
March 2019HailRoberts-Quarter size hail was reported near Roberts and Boykin.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindRoberts-Numerous trees blown down on Bradley Road and School House Road.
June 2023HailRoberts-no account filed
June 2023HailRoberts-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Escambia 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
Boykin4.5 miles7
Parker Springs4.6 miles7
Rock Hill6.3 miles7
Damascus6.5 miles7
Rock Creek7.0 miles7
Marietta7.2 miles7
Spring Hill8.0 miles9
Riverview9.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 125692. 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.