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Union, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Somerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35670. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Center Grove quadrangle.

Union within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

95 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,241 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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 burning38
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Equipment and vehicle use20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-41
24 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-9
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2018Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180915-4
15 September 1999Debris and open burning17 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Union: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Plant No. 5 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindUnion1 hurtA bowing line segment of severe thunderstorms created damaging straight-line winds. The winds blew a tree on a house and caused 1 injury.
March 2012LightningUnion$10,000Lightning sparked a house fire on Union Road. Time and location estimated with the NCDC Severe Weather Data Inventory. Specific damages unknown.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindUnion$1,000A tree was knocked down and blocking the roadway at 1224 Antioch Road. Time estimated by radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindUnion$500Powerlines were reported down on the roadway on Maxwell Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindUnion$200A tree was knocked down at Nelson Hollow Road at NE Turnery Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindUnion-About 650 customers were reported without power between Somerville and Valhermoso Springs.
March 2011Flash FloodUnion-The Morgan County Commissioner (District 4) reported flash flooding along Cotaco Creek. A water rescue was required for a vehicle that drove into a flooded roadway. Up to 6 non-specified roads experienced flash flooding or flooding in District 4.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Pence1.2 miles20
Stringer1.8 miles20
Six Mile2.5 miles20
Lynntown2.5 miles20
Turney Crossroads2.5 miles20
Woodland Mills2.6 miles20
Florette3.3 miles20
Somerville3.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153756. 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.