Tuckersburg, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36801. The Survey maps it on the Cusseta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Cusseta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Tuckersburg between 1994 and 2019, burning about 489 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160910-24 |
| 8 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.RD 290, AL |
| 12 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tuckersburg: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T H Clower Prospect | Feldspar, Mica | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuckersburg in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Lightning | Tuckersburg | $100,000 | Lightning caused a house fire on County Road 79. The home was a total loss. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danway | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Bowery | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cusseta | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty Crossroads | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Boyds | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sturkie | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Moorefield | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Nelson | 7.4 miles | 15 |
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 Q122556208 | 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 157174. 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.






