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Sylvan Grove, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Newton-Midland City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36350. It stands on Seabes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Midland City quadrangle. It stands 351 feet above sea level.

Sylvan Grove within Dale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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 Sylvan Grove between 1995 and 2020, burning about 234 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Other causes1

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
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180920-3
2 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140902-001
9 August 2020Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200809-6
22 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCO.RD. 655, AL
5 June 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 2019Debris and open burning14 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190630-1
21 June 2008Natural6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 June 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dale County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sylvan Grove: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
231 North QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Couch Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gray QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Dale County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sylvan Grove in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSylvan Grove$10,000A tree was blown down onto a vehicle on County Road 14.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindSylvan Grove$4,000Power lines were blown down along County Road 112 as well as a railroad crossing gate down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSylvan Grove$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of South County Road 67 and County Road 14.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindSylvan Grove$2,000A tree and power lines were down across County Road 67.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSylvan Grove-Trees and power lines were blown down at South County Road 67 and County Road 14.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSylvan Grove-A tree was blown down along County Road 14.
March 2011HailSylvan Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dale 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
Napier Field2.7 miles8
Midland City2.8 miles8
Grimes3.5 miles8
Lewis3.9 miles8
Browns Crossroad5.4 miles13
Pinckard5.5 miles14
Waterford7.2 miles14
Snow Hill7.3 miles8

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 Sylvan GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058569The 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 157138. 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.