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Wawbeek, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Flomaton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36441. The Survey maps it on the Flomaton quadrangle.

Wawbeek within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

184 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Wawbeek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,293 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 31 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 burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism31
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Equipment and vehicle use20
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2

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
9 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission71 VIVAL PATHE LANE, AL
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-13
22 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use9.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wawbeek: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Red Sand and Gravel - Sunday Road MineSandProducer
Atmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Daniel Sand and Gravel ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Flomaton Sand and Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wawbeek in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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
July 2009LightningWawbeek1 killedMonday morning Dawn Yoder of Atmore was struck by lightning at her home. She was found 10 to 15 minutes after the lightning strike by her family members and transported to the hospital where she later died on July 8th.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWawbeek$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees in Wawbeek.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWawbeek-High winds downed multiple trees.

Every storm recorded in Escambia 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
Canoe2.7 miles9
Robinsonville4.7 miles9
Malta5.0 miles9
Old Bratt Road Estates5.5 miles12
Flomaton5.6 miles8
Southern Estates6.1 miles9
Little Rock6.2 miles9
Briar Lake Estates6.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157224. 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.