Upshaw, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Addison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35540. It stands on Soakingwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Upshaw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1935 USGS Danville quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Danville quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Upshaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Danville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Upshaw quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Upshaw quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Upshaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,758 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 43 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MORELAND-A |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MORELAND-B |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MORELAND-F |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MORELAND-C |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MORELAND-D |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | MILL CREEK 2 |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | MILL CREEK 3 |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MILL CREEK 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upshaw in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 2 hail. 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 2016 | Hail | Upshaw | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Upshaw | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inmanfield | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| New Georgia | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Addison | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Moreland | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Grayson | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Ellaville | 8.9 miles | 17 | |
| Eagle | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Helicon | 10.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160781. 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.
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.










