Whitehouse Forks, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bay Minette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36507. The Survey maps it on the Bay Minette South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1941 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bay Minette South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
418 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 418 fires within 5 miles of Whitehouse Forks between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,364 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 130 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 | 167 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 130 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140924-001 |
| 21 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Whitehouse Forks: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitehouse Forks in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehouse Forks | $25,000 | Two homes were damaged by microburst winds estimated at around 80 mph. One of the homes had major roof damage and the other had minor roof damage. Numerous trees were blown down in the area. Some outbuildings were also damaged. The damage occurred near the community of Whitehouse Forks which is southwest of Bay Minette. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Whitehouse Forks | $4,000 | Golfball size hail fell from a thunderstorm near Whitehouse Forks. The large hail damaged a few vehicles. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehouse Forks | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehouse Forks | - | High winds downed multiple trees and power lines in the vicinity of the Crossroads and Whitehouse Fork roads. |
| January 2026 | Hail | Whitehouse Forks | - | no account filed |
| January 2026 | Hail | Whitehouse Forks | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Whitehouse Forks | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Whitehouse Forks | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Hills | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Vangordon | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Crossroads | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Grove | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Douglasville | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Carpenter | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| D'Olive | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Stapleton | 4.6 miles | 18 |
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 Q122552513 | 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 157252. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.






