Sweetwater, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mooresville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35671. The Survey maps it on the Tanner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Tanner quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Tanner quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Tanner quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Sweetwater between 1994 and 2019, burning about 215 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-4 |
| 16 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | WWSSPOTNOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sweetwater in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweetwater | $200 | A tree was knocked down on the southbound portion of I-65 just before the Tennessee River. Time estimated by radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irvington | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Mooresville | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Whiteside | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Belle Mina | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Decatur Junction | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Harris Station | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Orrville | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Greenbrier | 4.8 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137908. 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.









