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Snowdoun, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hope Hull census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36105. The Survey maps it on the Snowdoun quadrangle. It stands 282 feet above sea level.

Snowdoun within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

38 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Snowdoun between 1995 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-2
11 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160911-1
24 August 2000Smoking2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2000Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170818-2
18 August 2000Debris and open burning34 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Snowdoun: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Shiloh PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

11 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snowdoun in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2000Tornado (F1)Snowdoun$18,000A small tornado touched down west of CR 39 near the end of Horse Farm Road and traveled nearly due east. A number of trees were downed and several structures sustained minor roof damage. The tornado crossed CR 39 and moved along a residential road with trees and limbs downed. One house in an area of well built, larger homes lost a portion of the southeast corner of the roof. Beginning: 32 14.093/86 13.529 End: 32 14.152/86 10.144
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSnowdoun$10,000Several trees were blown down in the Snowdoun community. One tree was blown down onto a house on Barnes Road, in the Pike Road community.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindSnowdoun$8,000Several large tree limbs were snapped off. One home sustained siding damage. One large barn was damaged.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindSnowdoun$5,000A few trees were knocked down along CR 27 near the intersection of CR 23.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Snowdoun$3,000A brief weak tornado was reported east of Snowdoun. Several trees were blown down. This weak tornado was associated with an outer rain band of the tropical system Ivan. Approximate location 32.23N/86.23W.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindSnowdoun$3,000A few trees were blown down along CR 18 just northeast of Snowdoun.
April 2002HailSnowdoun$3,000Half dollar size hail fell across west central Montgomery County.
May 2024HailSnowdoun-Social media video of penny to nickel size hail along Butler Mill Rd.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSnowdoun-A large tree was uprooted in Snowdoun.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSnowdoun-Several trees were uprooted across Showdoun Chambers Road.
March 2005HailSnowdoun-Pea to penny size hail briefly fell near Snowdoun.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Canaan2.6 miles11
Tharin2.6 miles11
Hunting Downs2.7 miles11
Lagos del Sol3.0 miles21
Wiley3.8 miles21
Hope Hull3.8 miles21
Doral Estates4.2 miles10
Roxana4.2 miles11

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 SnowdounAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21196615The 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 127083. 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.