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Roeton, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Victoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36010. It stands on Butts Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brundidge SE quadrangle. It stands 400 feet above sea level.

Roeton within Coffee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Roeton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 172 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 burning15
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
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
28 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150918-001
17 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-11
23 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 June 2012Natural11 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120603-001
14 June 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Roeton: 1 unknown. 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

Every working recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roeton in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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
December 2015FloodRoeton2 killed, $1,720,000Significant flooding occurred across Coffee county during the last week in December due to 10-20 inches of rain falling in the Pea River basin. The Pea River at Elba reached its third highest crest on record on December 26th. An aerial survey indicated 117 structures submerged with numerous others impacted near Elba. A later survey by the Red Cross indicated that 14 structures were destroyed, 48 received major damage, and 31 received minor damage. A family tried to cross the Pea River on Highway 107 and their vehicle was swept away on December 25th. Two fatalities resulted. The monetary damage to Coffee county is estimated at $1,717,980. Of that amount, $1,039,500 was due to mainly road and bridge damage in the county, $15,219.50 was from the Sheriff's department, $440,260.94 was from the city of Elba, $200,000 was from the city of Enterprise, and $23,000 was from the city of New Brockton.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindRoeton$60,000A barn was destroyed on County Road 104. Numerous trees and power poles were blown down. A tree was down on County Road 315 and a tree fell on a residence on County Road 110.
November 2006Tornado (F0)Roeton$1,500The same supercell which caused F1 damage northeast of Elba spun up another tornado just northwest of Roeton. The F0 tornado uprooted some trees before it crossed into Pike County, AL (See Storm Data for Alabama, Central, for more information).
April 2014Thunderstorm WindRoeton$500A tree was blown down on County Road 110 near the Dale county line.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindRoeton-A tree was blown down in the Roeton area.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindRoeton-Debris was reported on County Road 105.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindRoeton-A tree was blown down near the Roeton Baptist Church.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRoeton-Several trees were blown down.
May 2025HailRoeton-no account filed
May 2025HailRoeton-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
Frisco1.6 miles11
Java2.8 miles11
Clowers Crossroads3.1 miles11
New Hope3.5 miles11
Chestnut Grove4.2 miles11
Victoria7.2 miles11
Wilkinstown8.7 miles11
Lowry Mill8.8 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 RoetonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058542The 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 125899. 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.