Tessner, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hackleburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35564. It stands on King Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hackleburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1936 USGS Hackleburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Hackleburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Hackleburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
112 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Tessner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,806 acres in total. None started naturally. 50 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | WACO FIRE |
| 10 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20130910-002 |
| 4 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20140804-001 |
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 Tessner: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackleburg Kaolin Ala. | Kaolin | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hackleburg Pits | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tessner in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 1 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 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Tessner | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Marion County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 110 mph. The tornado touched down along the Horseshoe Bend area of Bear Creek. The tornado tracked eastward where it produced its most significant damage along Highway 172 and Highway 241, where numerous pine trees were snapped. Additional trees were uprooted as the tornado approached Highway 13, where it also caused damage to a house and barn on County Road 65. The tornado dissipated along the banks of the Upper Bear Creek Reservoir. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tessner | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 172 near Bear Creek Bridge. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 0.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hackleburg | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lumbull | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Allens Factory | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Goddard | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bear Creek | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wiginton | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Brinn | 5.9 miles | 11 |
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 Q122558344 | 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 138074. 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.







