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Roxana, Alabama

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Loachapoka-Roxana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36850. The Survey maps it on the Thornton quadrangle. It stands 738 feet above sea level.

Roxana within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Roxana between 1994 and 2019, burning about 577 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning10
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2002Natural4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2000Arson/incendiarism75 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 June 2007Natural3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roxana in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRoxana$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of CR-72 and CR-73.
April 2009Tornado (EF0)Roxana$2,000The tornado that started in Tallapoosa County crossed into Lee County near Moss Flat Road, before it lifted near Lee Road 217 and Cane Creek. Its brief path in Lee County produced only light damage.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindRoxana-Multiple trees and some power lines were blown down near Auburn and Opelika, including along Lee Road 395, Lee Road 10, Lee Road 70, Lee Road 11, Lee Road 45, Cox Road, and Lee Road 27.
April 2020Flash FloodRoxana-Rainfall amounts of 4-6 inches across Lee County produced widespread flash flooding with many roadways impassable.
April 2013Tornado (EF0)Roxana-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage in Macon and Lee Counties and have determined that the damage was due to an EF-2 tornado. Winds of 120 mph had weakened to less than 86 mph before the tornado crossed into Lee County. The tornado initially touched down along St. Johns Church Road at Saint Johns Church in Macon County. The most significant damage along the path was found in Macon County north of Tallapoosa Street on the northwest side of Notasulga. Here several mobile homes were damage or destroyed and a two story home was significantly damaged. It continued to the northeast crossing into Lee County, where only minor tree damage occurred. The tornado quickly lifted along Roxana Road.
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Roxana-An EF0 tornado with winds of 50-60 MPH touched down just west of County Road 217 southwest of Roxana, causing damage to several trees. The tornado tracked northeastward and crossed County Road 66, where it continued to cause minor tree damage. The tornado dissipated just east of County Road 66.
April 2009HailRoxana-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
Jamesville3.1 miles11
Middle Brooks Crossroads3.6 miles11
Rowells Crossroads4.9 miles11
McRitchie Mill5.1 miles11
James5.9 miles11
Loachapoka7.0 miles13
Ridge Grove8.3 miles11
Gold Hill8.9 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 RoxanaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7372321The 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 125999. 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.