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Shiloh, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Banks-Josie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36010. The Survey maps it on the Josie quadrangle.

Shiloh within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh between 1994 and 2019, burning about 475 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-12
16 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120912-001
18 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 May 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 May 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Shiloh: 38 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese. 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
Barbour County Brown Iron Ore DepositsIron, ManganesePast Producer1944
Bauxite MineAluminumPast Producer
R L Godwin ProspectIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shiloh in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2008Thunderstorm WindShiloh$1,000Power lines were blown down on CR-10, east of Brundidge.

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Buckhorn1.8 miles7
Richland3.4 miles8
Monticello3.6 miles7
Enon3.7 miles8
Pronto4.2 miles7
Broad View5.2 miles11
Hillcrest5.3 miles11
Windmill Hills5.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 126711. 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.