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Wheeler, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35618. It stands on Red Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle. It stands 597 feet above sea level.

Wheeler within Lawrence County

On record in Wheeler

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

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.

Photographs

7 photographs, 1933 to 1939

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Gen. Joe Wheeler Houses and Cabin, Wheeler Station, Lawrence County, Alabama
Gen. Joe Wheeler Houses and Cabin, Wheeler Station, Lawrence County, Alabama
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Employee housing. One of the house types at the construction village at Wheeler, Alabama. Most early house types of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) were more or less in harmony with local traditional building design to minimize avoiding conflict with strongly held prejudices, but improvements in detail and a closer approach to thoroughly modern concepts were sought for and attained on each subsequent project
Employee housing. One of the house types at the construction village at Wheeler, Alabama. Most early house types of the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) were more or less in harmony with local traditional building design to minimize avoiding conflict with strongly held prejudices, but improvements in detail and a closer approach to thoroughly modern concepts were sought for and attained on each subsequent project
Photographer not recorded, 1933. Library of Congress
General Joseph Wheeler House, State Highway 20, Wheeler, Lawrence County, AL
General Joseph Wheeler House, State Highway 20, Wheeler, Lawrence County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
General Joseph Wheeler House (Later House), State Highway 20, Wheeler, Lawrence County, AL
General Joseph Wheeler House (Later House), State Highway 20, Wheeler, Lawrence County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Gen. Joe Wheeler Houses and Cabin, Wheeler Station, Lawrence County, Alabama
Gen. Joe Wheeler Houses and Cabin, Wheeler Station, Lawrence County, Alabama
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Gen. Joe Wheeler Houses and Cabin, Wheeler Station, Lawrence County, Alabama
Gen. Joe Wheeler Houses and Cabin, Wheeler Station, Lawrence County, Alabama
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Gen. Joe Wheeler Houses and Cabin, Wheeler Station, Lawrence County, Alabama
Gen. Joe Wheeler Houses and Cabin, Wheeler Station, Lawrence County, Alabama
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

173 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Wheeler between 1994 and 2019, burning about 3,753 acres in total. None started naturally. 100 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
Arson/incendiarism100
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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
7 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20140919-001
19 September 2003Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism45 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Smoking10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheeler in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2009: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWheeler$5,000Trees were reported down at Mallard Creek northeast of Wheeler.
June 1997HailWheeler$3,000Three-quarter inch hail was reported near Wheeler.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWheeler$500A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds in the Wheeler community.
April 2009HailWheeler-Nickel sized hail was reported.
July 2008HailWheeler-Penny sized hail was reported in the Wheeler area by a trained spotter.
July 2008HailWheeler-Quarter sized hail was reported near Wheeler.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindWheeler-Emergency management reported large trees blown down at Hatton and 60 mph wind at Wheeler.

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Brides Hill1.3 miles15
Lovettville2.1 miles15
Terry Heights2.1 miles14
Hillsboro3.2 miles15
Courtland3.4 miles14
Jerusalem3.8 miles15
Reynolds4.3 miles15
North Courtland4.5 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 WheelerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14679610The 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 128826. 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.