Suggsville, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Grove Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36482. The Survey maps it on the Suggsville quadrangle. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
On record in Suggsville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Stephen Beech Cleveland Houselisted 1999
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Albert Wilson House, County Road 35, Suggsvillefederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Suggsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
46 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Suggsville between 1994 and 2016, burning about 283 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | US HWY 84, AL |
| 1 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 84, AL |
| 3 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Suggsville: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Quartz | |
| Whatley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Suggsville in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2001: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Suggsville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suggsville | $10,000 | High thunderstorm winds blew trees down near the community. |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Suggsville | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near the community of Suggsville. One of the trees fell on a home and damaged the roof. |
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.
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 Suggsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7635103 | 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 153599. 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.



