Sealy Springs, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cottonwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36320. The Survey maps it on the Cottonwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Cottonwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Sealy Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 442 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190909-8 |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 32/SELLERS ROAD-0544 |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 32/SELLERS ROAD #2-0547 |
| 18 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200804-2 |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 18195 COTTONWOOD RD, AL |
| 28 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 428 BUDMOORE ROAD, AL |
| 24 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 222 BUDMOORE RD, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sealy Springs in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sealy Springs | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down and a shed was moved on Ramer Loop just off Stateline Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sealy Springs | $5,000 | Strong winds blew part of a structure into a utility pole on Waddell Road. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sealy Springs | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down on the 1400 block of Mt Zion Road in Cottonwood. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sealy Springs | - | A tree was blown down on Waldo Meadows Road near Barnes Road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Madrid | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hodgesville | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Terry Crossroads | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Grangeburg | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| State Line | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Love Hill | 5.8 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568115 | The 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 126507. 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.




