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White City, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Marbury census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36067. The Survey maps it on the White City quadrangle.

White City within Autauga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

250 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of White City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,953 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 38 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 burning124
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism38
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1995Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-14
21 September 1997Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1931 BARRETT HILL LANE, AL
19 September 1997Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Autauga County

Storms near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White City in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWhite City$15,000Emergency management reported numerous trees and power lines down in northern Autauga County in the vicinity of White City.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWhite City$5,000Power lines were reported blown down just east of White City on County Road 49.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWhite City-Trees were downed at County Road 24 and County Road 21 and near County Road 57 and County Road 40.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWhite City-A tree was blown down blocking the roadway near the intersection of County Road 24 and County Road 19.
May 2001HailWhite City-Dime size hail was observed near White City. The hail quantities were so great that the hail nearly covered the ground.
May 1999HailWhite City-Dime to nickel size hail fell all around White City.
June 2009HailWhite City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Autauga 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
Browntown2.6 miles18
Oak Grove3.4 miles18
New Prospect3.4 miles17
Haynes4.2 miles17
Vida4.8 miles18
Hillside (historical)4.9 miles18
Old Kingston5.2 miles18
Wilder Hill (historical)5.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128868. 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.