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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Billingsley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS White City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
250 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 124 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-14 |
| 21 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1931 BARRETT HILL LANE, AL |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 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 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | White City | $15,000 | Emergency management reported numerous trees and power lines down in northern Autauga County in the vicinity of White City. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | White City | $5,000 | Power lines were reported blown down just east of White City on County Road 49. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | White City | - | Trees were downed at County Road 24 and County Road 21 and near County Road 57 and County Road 40. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | White City | - | A tree was blown down blocking the roadway near the intersection of County Road 24 and County Road 19. |
| May 2001 | Hail | White City | - | Dime size hail was observed near White City. The hail quantities were so great that the hail nearly covered the ground. |
| May 1999 | Hail | White City | - | Dime to nickel size hail fell all around White City. |
| June 2009 | Hail | White City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browntown | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| New Prospect | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Haynes | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Vida | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hillside (historical) | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Old Kingston | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Wilder Hill (historical) | 5.6 miles | 15 |
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.







