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Terese, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bakerhill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36027. It stands on Blacks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Eufaula South quadrangle.

Terese within Barbour 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Terese between 1992 and 2020, burning about 911 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 burning56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Smoking3

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
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200805-3
28 August 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commission318 SUMMERHILL ROAD, AL
24 August 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Terese: 12 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Barbour County MinesClayProducer
Harbison-Walker Henry County MinesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Henry County MinesClayProducer
W M Bledsoe Henry County MinesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Clark MineAluminumUnknown
Eufaula Mining OperationAluminumPast Producer
Republic No. 1 MineAluminumPast Producer
Smith Pit No. 1AluminumPast Producer
Unnamed DepositAluminumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Barbour County

Storms near this place

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Terese in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2007Tornado (F1)Terese$250,000The tornado touched down in the White Oak Shores Community, about nine miles south of Eufaula along Walter F. George Lake. Several hundred trees were snapped off or uprooted along the path. Numerous mobile homes were damaged and some were totally destroyed at White Oak Shores. The tornado then tracked northeastward across White Oak Creek Park and into the far southern part of the Woodlawn Subdivision. The tornado track ended at the Chattahoochee River.
December 2009Flash FloodTerese$5,000A portion of AL-95 south of Eufaula had to be closed for a short time due to flash flooding.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindTerese$2,000Trees and powerlines were blown down, near the Terese Community.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindTerese-Trees and power lines were downed at the White Oak Campground and along White Oak Creek.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindTerese-A metal roof structure was blown off a barn and several trees uprooted at the Country Club of Alabama.
June 2022HailTerese-Hail up to the size of quarters along Highway 431.
April 2017Tornado (EF1)Terese-This tornado began in extreme southeastern Barbour near Sandy Creek Drive and then crossed into Henry County, Alabama. The tornado continued northeast and crossed a small sliver of Barbour County before entering Clay County, Georgia.
April 2017Tornado (EF1)Terese-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in far southeastern Barbour County and determined that the damage was consistent with a EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 105 mph. The tornado touched down near Sandy Creek Drive where several trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado traveled northeast and across White Oak Creek where it entered Henry County Alabama.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTerese-Several trees were uprooted and landed on mobile homes. At least five mobile homes were damaged.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTerese-A large trees was downed along Highway 95, just before the bridge between Ponderosa Drive and County Road 47.
May 2003HailTerese-Dime to penny size hail was reported 1 mile north of the Henry County line in extreme southeastern Barbour County.

Every storm recorded in Barbour 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
Pleasant Hill5.5 miles8
Sandy Point5.7 miles7
Tullis5.8 miles8
Eufaula6.0 miles8
Osco6.3 miles8
Fields (historical)6.5 miles8
Cotton Hill6.5 miles7
Richards Crossroads7.1 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 127766. 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.