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Texasville, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Bakerhill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36016. The Survey maps it on the Texasville quadrangle.

Texasville within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Texasville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 573 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning13
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-15
5 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160905-2
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 1998Smokingunder an acreAlabama 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 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Texasville: 11 occurrences, 6 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Iron, Water, Free. 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
Hartzog 1Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
A P Green Mine & Eufaula MillClayProducer
Barbour County MinesClayPast Producer
Eufaula PlantClayProducer
Eufaula MillAluminumPast Producer
Mccraney PitAluminumPast Producer
Shirley No. 4 ProspectAluminumProspect
T C Green MineAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barbour County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Texasville in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 5 hail, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Thunderstorm WindTexasville$2,000Several trees were blown down in the Texasville community.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindTexasville-Numerous reports of uprooted trees across portions of southern Barbour County.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindTexasville-Several trees uprooted along Stark Bros Road and Bud Gary Road.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindTexasville-A large portion of a metal roof was removed from a residence along County Road 20.
December 2005HailTexasville-Quarter size hail was reported along SR 10 southeast of the Blue Springs community.
April 2002Tornado (F0)Texasville-A weak tornado touched down briefly in open country downing several trees. The tornado occurred north of SR 131 and just west of CR 67. Begin: 31 45.574/85 24.727 End: 31 45.113/85 23.243
August 2000HailTexasville-One inch diameter size hail fell just north of the city of Texasville.
April 1999HailTexasville-Nickel to quarter size hail fell in Texasville.
April 1999HailTexasville-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported by the Emergency Management Agency in Texasville.
July 1995HailTexasville-Dime to quarter-size hail was reported through the Eufaula Police Department in the Texasville area of south-central 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
Spio (historical)1.3 miles8
Black Gum Corners (historical)2.3 miles8
Edgefield2.8 miles8
Lindsey3.8 miles7
Oateston4.2 miles7
Lime Sink4.9 miles7
Tew5.2 miles8
Tyler Crossroads5.5 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.

Wikidata item Q122551113The 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 127783. 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.