BlockSeminole, Alabama
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Robertsdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36574. It stands on Styx River. The Survey maps it on the Seminole quadrangle. It stands 98 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1921 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:25000
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Seminole quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Seminole between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,009 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 24 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 | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 69 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Smoking | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seminole in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | 5 hurt | Winds estimated at 60 mph damaged a large metal awning attached to the front of a home. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Seminole | $200,000 | An F1 tornado touched down just west of Seminole and damaged several homes near the Styx and Perdido rivers. Most of the damage was to roofs with numerous trees blown down. The tornado tracked east and moved into Escambia County Florida. No injuries were reported. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 70 mph downed several trees down with some structural damage to a shed and a mobile home. Damage was reported in the CC Road area on Cactus Court...just north of Elberta. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines near Seminole. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $10,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and power lines just north of I-10 near the Alabama and Florida state line. Golfball size hail was also reported. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $4,500 | Trees blown down by severe thunderstorm winds in Seminole. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down along State Highway 112 just west of the Perdido River. |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down along US Hwy 90 just west of Seminole. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $3,000 | Trees were blown down near Seminole. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $2,000 | High winds downed power lines near Seminole. |
| November 1997 | Hail | Seminole | $2,000 | Golfball size hail fell along U S Highway 90 near the community of Seminole. Several cars suffered damage from dents and cracked windshields as a result of the hail. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $500 | Dime-size hail was reported in Gulf Shores. The storm that caused the hail then moved through Foley blowing some trees and power poles down south of the city. The storm then blew trees and power lines down along Highway 90 near Seminole. The storm then weakened some as it moved into Northwest Florida. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Seminole | - | Donovan Circle in the Seminole Landing community along the Styx River was flooded. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Seminole | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Seminole | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Seminole | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsanor | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Lillian | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Elberta | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| Styx River Estates | 9.8 miles | 17 | |
| Summerdale | 12.1 miles | 17 | |
| Perdido Beach | 12.1 miles | 19 | |
| Blue Grass Recreational Vehicle Park | 12.3 miles | 17 | |
| Miflin | 12.3 miles | 19 |
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 Seminole | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7449492 | 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 126545. 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.