Vick, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Centreville-Brent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35042. The Survey maps it on the Centreville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Centreville East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Centreville East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
110 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Vick between 1992 and 2019, burning about 983 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 29 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 | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 3842 SELMA ROAD - CENTREVILLE, AL |
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 31 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Vick: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Kaolin, Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forestry Service Pit | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| USGS MR-60 Alabama No.8 Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Weaver Mine | Barium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | Barite, Calcite, Fluorite | |
| B A Coates Prospect | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| H H Coates Prospect | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Weaver Mine B.A.Coates/M.Johnston | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vick in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Vick | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in east central Bibb County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph.||The tornado began northeast of the city of Centreville in an inaccessible area east of Gary Springs Loop Road, where a well-defined tornado debris signature was observed by the KBMX radar. The tornado tracked eastward and crossed County Road 57 and Pine Tree Road before dissipating near Tucker Road. A few trees were uprooted along the path. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Springs | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| East Town | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| East Centreville | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Centreville | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| West Centreville | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Zulu | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Fairdale | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Trio | 3.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160786. 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.






