Sidney, Alabama
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Citronelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36522. The Survey maps it on the Citronelle East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1943 USGS Citronelle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Citronelle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Citronelle East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Citronelle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
187 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Sidney between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,018 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 74 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 74 |
| Debris and open burning | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 45 SOUTH, AL |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-6 |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 10370 THREATT LANE, AL |
| 4 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sidney in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | Sidney | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Citronelle | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Scoutshire Woods | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lambert | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Lambert Grove | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Gulfcrest | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Pineola | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Turnerville | 8.3 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143805. 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.






