Wedgeworth, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sawyerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35441. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warrior Dam quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1927 USGS Eutaw quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Eutaw quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Warrior Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
81 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Wedgeworth between 1994 and 2019, burning about 576 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150924-001 |
| 22 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-18 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wedgeworth: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wedgeworth in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wedgeworth | $150,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Wedgeworth | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wedgeworth | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down on Clear Creek Road. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wedgeworth | - | Approximately a half dozen trees were reported down near the intersection of Highway 60 and Highway 14. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Wedgeworth | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| New Prospect | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Darrah | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sawyerville | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Akron | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Village | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Melton | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Stewart | 7.7 miles | 9 |
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 Wedgeworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058592 | The 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 155298. 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.







