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Rutherford, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hurtsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36860. It stands on Collins Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rutherford quadrangle.

Rutherford within Russell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

197 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Rutherford between 1994 and 2019, burning about 6,050 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 67 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 burning77
Arson/incendiarism67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Smoking20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning30 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-27
21 September 2010Debris and open burning80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell County

Storms near this place

2 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rutherford in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2023Thunderstorm WindRutherford-Numerous trees uprooted between Pittsview and Hurtsboro.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRutherford-Several trees uprooted in the town of Rutherford.

Every storm recorded in Russell 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
Persons3.1 miles8
Hooks4.5 miles10
Wende4.9 miles9
Hatchechubbee6.1 miles9
Hurtsboro6.4 miles8
Colbert7.8 miles20
Pittsview8.2 miles10
Glennville8.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153233. 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.