Shawnee, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Camden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36726. The Survey maps it on the Rosebud quadrangle.

Shawnee within Wilcox County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Rosebud quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

113 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Shawnee between 1994 and 2020, burning about 665 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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	36
Equipment and vehicle use	26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Arson/incendiarism	11
Recreation and ceremony	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Natural	2
Smoking	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
7 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20130907-001
7 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20130907-003
7 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20130907-004
7 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20130907-005
7 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20130907-006
6 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160906-3
4 September 2002	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	HWY 41, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilcox County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shawnee in 3 storm reports in 2023: 3 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
March 2023	Tornado (EF1)	Shawnee	-	The third and final tornado in this cyclic supercell developed to the south of the occluding second tornado. This tornado began southwest of Highway 10 East where it quickly grew in size and intensified as it curved to the north, reaching a max width of 300 yards. Based on numerous uproots and snaps visible on high resolution Worldview satellite imagery, the tornadoes intensity is estimated to have peaked here at around 110mph. The tornado narrowed as it moved over Pursley Creek and weakened to EF0 intensity as it crossed Highway 10 East, downing a couple of trees as it crossed. From here the tornado remained weak intermittently damaging trees visible on worldview satellite imagery up to its crossing of highway 28 East. It appears the tornado lifted at this point as satellite imagery revealed no damage past the highway. Ground survey crew were able to assess the damage point at Highway 28 East where a couple trees were snapped and damaged powerlines.
March 2023	Tornado (EF1)	Shawnee	-	A unique scenario unfolded between Highway 265 South and Highway 10 East on 3/27/2023. A rapid succession of tornadoes occurred from the same supercell producing three separate tornadoes discernible on high resolution Worldview satellite imagery. This first tornado occurred just southeast of a small lake/pond in between several dirt roads. The tornado began by moving due north on the right side of the lake and dirt road, expanding rapidly to about 500 yards in width and uprooting/snapping many softwood and hardwood trees. It was here that it reached its peak intensity around 110mph as an EF1. The tornado starts moving northeast after this point, quickly beginning an occlusion to the north and northwest which is clearly evident with a narrow convergent path of tree uproots visible on high resolution Worldview satellite imagery. The tornado reached its peak intensity by the small lake with winds around 110mph.
March 2023	Tornado (EF1)	Shawnee	-	The second Estelle tornado began immediately as the prior tornado quickly occluded off to the northwest. This tornado began just east of the prior tornado path causing a narrow swath of tree uproots. It continued to the east for a brief moment before rapidly occluding northward, nearly completing a full cyclonic loop back to the southwest during its occlusion. A distinct convergent path of tree uproots was able to be seen via high resolution Worldview satellite imagery which allowed for the distinction of this tornado from the other two tornadoes in its vicinity. The tornado reached a peak intensity of 100mph and maximum width of 300 yards.

Every storm recorded in Wilcox 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Estelle	1.7 miles	7
Darlington	4.2 miles	7
Camden	4.4 miles	8
Rosebud	5.2 miles	7
Neenah	5.7 miles	7
Fatama	6.7 miles	7
Boykin	7.0 miles	9
Ackerville	7.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138582. 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.