Wehadkee, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Roanoke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36274. It stands on Stitt Branch. The Survey maps it on the Roanoke 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Roanoke East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
120 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Wehadkee between 1993 and 2019, burning about 907 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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 | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-19 |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-7 |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-32 |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wehadkee in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wehadkee | $20,000 | At least two mobile homes received considerable roof damage. One home and one church also received minor shingle damage. |
| February 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Wehadkee | $10,000 | The tornado touched down in a forested area one-quarter mile west of County Road 296, about 8 miles northeast of Roanoke. It then tracked east-southeastward for just under a mile before lifting near the Georgia state line. Several hundred trees were either snapped off or blown down along the path, but it hit no other structures. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wehadkee | - | Trees were blown down along County Road 30, near Paran. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lee Crossroads | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Paran | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Barrett Crossroads | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| High Shoals | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Big Springs | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Taylors Crossroads | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| White Crossroads | 3.9 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595230 | 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 157228. 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.
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.






