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Southern Estates, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Atmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36502. The Survey maps it on the Atmore quadrangle.

Southern Estates within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Southern Estates between 1992 and 2017, burning about 680 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 burning46
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Natural2
Fireworks1

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
24 August 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2007Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionBRAZZELL HILL ROAD/ROBINSONVILLE ROAD, AL
25 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2008Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia 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
Briar Lake Estates0.8 miles9
Old Bratt Road Estates1.1 miles12
Malta1.4 miles9
Atmore1.5 miles9
Raley Forest Hill2.0 miles11
Canoe3.4 miles9
Pleasant Hill3.8 miles9
Robinsonville4.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 133880. 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.