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Uchee, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hurtsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36860. The Survey maps it on the Hatchechubbee quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level.

Uchee within Russell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

137 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Uchee between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,672 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 42 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 burning51
Arson/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-19
30 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Smoking5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 51, AL
27 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2011Arson/incendiarism55 acresAlabama Forestry Commission#8 CLAY RD, AL
16 August 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 1998Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2010Smoking10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Uchee: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Iron. 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
Hurtsboro QuarrySilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Oak Bowery ProspectSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, IronProspect

Every working recorded in Russell County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Uchee in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 dust devil, 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
June 2008Dust DevilUchee$5,000Portions of a mobile home roof were destroyed by what witnesses described as a large dust devil. Firefighters arriving on the scene described debris swirling over 100 feet in the air.
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Uchee$5,000The tornado crossed from Macon into Russell County just west of the intersection of AL 51 and Cowpen Road, and then lifted just east of AL 51. Numerous trees were snapped off and uprooted.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindUchee$1,000A tree was blown down onto a roadway, near the Uchee Community.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindUchee-Trees were downed on Alabama Highway 51, including at Torbert Lake Road and Slosheye Road. Power outages were reported to the south in Hurtsboro.
February 2022Flash FloodUchee-Several roads reported flooded and impassable. Sandfort Road washed out where it crosses over Uchee Creek.
February 2016Tornado (EF1)Uchee-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northwestern Russell County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF-1 tornado. Winds were estimated to be around 90 mph.||The tornado touched down just southwest of Huguley Road, where it quickly intensified and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. The tornado achieved maximum intensity at this location, with winds around 90 mph. The most concentrated tree damage to mostly softwood trees was also observed. Moving quickly northeastward, the tornado crossed Capps Road, Phillips Road, Willis Valley Road, and Herring Road. A large steel truss shed was completely destroyed on Herring and lofted upward over power lines. An adjacent single family home sustained shingle damage, and a brick chimney collapsed. These were the only structures damaged in this tornado. Continuing northeastward, the tornado crossed U. S. Highway 80. Sporadic tree damage was noted along Green Dudley Road before ending at Thomas Road.

Every storm recorded in Russell 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
Hyram6.2 miles20
Wende6.6 miles9
Uhland6.7 miles9
Hatchechubbee7.3 miles9
Sandfort7.5 miles20
Hurtsboro8.0 miles8
Colbert8.3 miles20
Hugley8.4 miles20

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 UcheeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18217553The 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 157184. 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.