BlockSnoddy, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Eutaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35462. It stands on Smith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mantua quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Mantua quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Snoddy between 1994 and 2016, burning about 405 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 14 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 378 COUNTY ROAD 60, AL |
| 22 August 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160701-14 |
| 3 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snoddy in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snoddy | 1 hurt | A child was injured by an uprooted tree and transported to a local hospital. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Snoddy | $20,000 | Several locations in northern Greene County became flooded, including CR-60 near the Mantua community. Several homes in the Jena community were also flooded. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snoddy | - | A supercell thunderstorm that started in Pickens County tracked across the far northeast corner of Greene County and then entered southwest Tuscaloosa County. The storm uprooted several large trees along County Road 156. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Snoddy | - | Quarter size hail reported near the intersection of Joseph Wilder Road and Highway 191. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snoddy | - | Several trees uprooted in the community of Jena. |
| January 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Snoddy | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Greene County and confirmed a weak tornado. The tornado touched down near the Greene-Tuscaloosa County Line just south of the Jena Community. The initial touchdown was along Shiloh Road where trees were uprooted. The tornado traveled northeast and crossed into Tuscaloosa County. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Snoddy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mantua | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Union | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Knoxville | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Morrows Grove | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Jena | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lewiston | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Clinton | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 11.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157083. 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.