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Vaughanville, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Geneva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36340. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Geneva West quadrangle.

Vaughanville within Geneva County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Vaughanville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 407 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning25
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/ HWY 179A-0507
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-23
21 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRUM RD (30)
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Other causes1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/HWY 179A WEST -0545
20 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Geneva 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 Vaughanville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Unnamed Clay DepositsClayProspect

Every working recorded in Geneva County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vaughanville in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
March 2026Thunderstorm WindVaughanville$3,000A large tree was blocking Highway 27 South near the intersection of County Road 76. Power lines were also down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindVaughanville-Trees were blown down on Highway 27 and Buck Holland Road.

Every storm recorded in Geneva 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
Somerset1.6 miles12
Geneva3.3 miles12
Morrisville (historical)3.4 miles12
Lytle5.2 miles12
Marl6.8 miles12
Thurston7.0 miles12
Costilla (historical)7.1 miles12
Vanlandingham Mill8.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 132198. 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.