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Wagarville, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Wagarville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36585. It stands on Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wagarville quadrangle. It stands 59 feet above sea level.

Wagarville within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

75 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Wagarville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,239 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-3
21 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-22
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionGRAVEL PIT RD, AL
29 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140815-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wagarville: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Wagerville QuarrySilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Garris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Garris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

10 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wagarville in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 7 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
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWagarville$20,000High thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the community. The high winds also damaged the roofs of a church and a gas station.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindWagarville$15,000Trees and power lines were blown down by high thunderstorm winds near Wagarville.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWagarville$10,000Trees were blown down onto 2 vehicles on Ben Powell Rd.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWagarville$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down near the community.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWagarville$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Wagarville.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWagarville$3,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees at the intersection of Highways 43 and 56.
November 1997Thunderstorm WindWagarville$2,500Trees and power lines were blown down near the community of Wagarville.
August 2000HailWagarville-Residents reported dime sized hail in association with a thunderstorm.
May 1997HailWagarville-Dime size hail was reported near Wagarville.
April 2023HailWagarville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Cortelyou1.4 miles14
Wagar1.9 miles11
Bassetts Creek2.0 miles14
Prestwick3.5 miles11
Sunflower3.9 miles14
Carson5.2 miles11
Leroy5.3 miles8
New Wakefield6.1 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on WagarvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7959483The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128492. 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.