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.
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.
Joseph Wheeler Plantationlisted 1977 · 0.3 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- General Joseph Wheeler House (Later House), State Highway 20, Wheelerfederal building survey, 15 photographs
- General Joseph Wheeler House, State Highway 20, Wheelerfederal building survey, 17 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1936 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Photographs
7 photographs, 1933 to 1939Taken 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.
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded, 1933. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
173 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 100 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20140919-001 |
| 19 September 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Smoking | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheeler | $5,000 | Trees were reported down at Mallard Creek northeast of Wheeler. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Wheeler | $3,000 | Three-quarter inch hail was reported near Wheeler. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheeler | $500 | A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds in the Wheeler community. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Wheeler | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Wheeler | - | Penny sized hail was reported in the Wheeler area by a trained spotter. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Wheeler | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near Wheeler. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheeler | - | Emergency management reported large trees blown down at Hatton and 60 mph wind at Wheeler. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brides Hill | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lovettville | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Terry Heights | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hillsboro | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Courtland | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Jerusalem | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Reynolds | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| North Courtland | 4.5 miles | 14 |
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 Wheeler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14679610 | 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 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.








