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Wadsworth, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Marbury census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36022. The Survey maps it on the Marbury quadrangle.

Wadsworth within Autauga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

259 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Wadsworth between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,396 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 41 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 burning107
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Arson/incendiarism41
Equipment and vehicle use25
Recreation and ceremony14
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural1

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 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism26 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Autauga County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wadsworth: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Boyd PitIronPast ProducerSurface
Mountain Creek Iron Ore DistrictIronPast ProducerGOSSAN
Moutain Creek DistrictIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Autauga County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wadsworth in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWadsworth$2,000Several trees were blown down onto US-31, just south of the Chilton/Autauga County line.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWadsworth$1,000Power lines were blown down at CR-68 and CR-139.
March 2025HailWadsworth-Social media photos of up to nickel-size hail in the Marbury area.
May 2025HailWadsworth-Nickel-size hail reported near Marbury.
March 2023HailWadsworth-Two inch hail reported near the intersection of County Road 68 and County Road 143.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWadsworth-One tree was reported down near the intersection of County Road 68 and County Road 99.

Every storm recorded in Autauga 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
Rollins1.2 miles15
Pine Flat1.8 miles15
Marbury2.1 miles15
Pyron3.0 miles15
Wilder Hill (historical)3.7 miles15
New Prospect4.7 miles17
Stoney Point5.9 miles17
Oak Grove6.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128490. 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.