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Sardine, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Flomaton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36426. The Survey maps it on the Barnett Crossroads quadrangle.

Sardine within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

159 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Sardine between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,190 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 36 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism36
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking4

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-24
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionLITTLE ROCK & PEACOCK LANE, AL
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-4
25 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use9.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-31

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sardine: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Atmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barnett Cross Roads PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Flomaton Sand and Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Parker Number 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

3 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sardine in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
December 2024Tornado (EF1)Sardine-An EF1 tornado began on the north side of I-65 along Charlie|Dawson Road where several trees were leaning over the roadway|with small tree branches taken off. As the tornado continued|northeast, it crossed Priscilla Lane continuing to knock off|small and large tree branches. The tornado strengthened as it|continued to the northeast reaching Eric Odom Road. Here multiple|trees had their tops snapped off with some trees snapped midway|up. The tornado continued to parallel this segment of Eric Odom|Road, continuing to do EF1 tree damage snapping and uprooting|multiple pines. The tornado began to occlude northward impacting|small cabins and snapping multiple trees in the adjacent forest|to the west of Barnett Highway. The tornado then approached|Grissett Bridge Road, continuing to snap multiple pines and|taking out a majority of a tree stand just south of this road.|It's probable the tornado continued northward as it finished out|the occlusion process, however there was limited road access|beyond this location. High resolution satellite imagery will be|needed to determine the exact start and end points for this|tornado when it becomes available.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindSardine-High winds downed multiple trees.
June 2023HailSardine-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
Stanley Crossroads1.4 miles9
Little Rock1.6 miles9
Pineview4.1 miles9
Robinsonville6.1 miles9
Martinville6.6 miles9
Barnett Crossroads7.0 miles9
Wawbeek7.1 miles8
Foshee7.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 133873. 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.