Stansel, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35481. It stands on Johnsons Branch. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Stansel between 1994 and 2020, burning about 655 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170919-3 |
| 17 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stansel in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stansel | $2,000 | Trees were blown down between Reform and Carrollton, in the city of Stansel. |
| February 2009 | Flash Flood | Stansel | - | Three to six inches of rain caused several roads across Pickens County to become temporarily impassable, including around the city of Reform. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Carloss | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Reform | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lathrop | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bell | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Carrollton | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Beards Mill | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bostic | 5.2 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122554246 | The 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 157102. 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.




