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Sandy Ridge, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fort Deposit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36047. It lies near Pierces Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sandy Ridge quadrangle. It stands 384 feet above sea level.

Sandy Ridge within Lowndes County

On record in Sandy Ridge

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

91 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Ridge between 1994 and 2020, burning about 737 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20130908-001
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-14
30 September 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 97/56, AL
22 September 2019Debris and open burning8.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-6
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1994Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lowndes County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sandy Ridge: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, 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
Sandy RidgeBentonitePast Producer1965
Sandy Ridge Mine & MillClayProducer

Every working recorded in Lowndes County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandy Ridge in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
March 2007Tornado (EF2)Sandy Ridge4 hurt, $50,000What would eventually become a large tornado first touched down in far southeastern Lowndes County, along US Highway 31 in the Sandy Ridge Community. The tornado tracked northeastward, roughly parallel to US 31, before moving into extreme southwestern Montgomery County. During its short path in Lowndes County, the tornado damaged several structures and downed numerous trees.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindSandy Ridge$7,000A few trees were blown down, and at least one building sustained minor roof damage, near the Sandy Ridge Community.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindSandy Ridge-Several trees uprooted along Highway 31 in the Sandy Ridge Community.

Every storm recorded in Lowndes 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
Ellis Crossroads3.2 miles7
Flatwoods3.4 miles7
Logan3.4 miles7
Calhoun5.2 miles9
Fort Deposit7.3 miles8
Letohatchee7.5 miles11
Steep Creek9.0 miles11
Lum10.9 miles9

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 Sandy RidgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7417434The 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 155234. 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.