BlockWhitehouse, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Bear Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35565. It stands on Hobson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gold Mine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gold Mine quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
85 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Whitehouse between 1994 and 2017, burning about 764 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 32 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150918-001 |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitehouse in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Whitehouse | $85,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehouse | $20,000 | Numerous trees were down northeast of Whitehouse. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehouse | $4,000 | Trees were blown down along SR 129 near the Marion and Winston County Line. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehouse | $4,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down on US 278 in Whitehouse. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehouse | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down in the Whitehouse community, in eastern Marion County. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Whitehouse | - | Up to 8 inches of water was flowing across portions of County Road 70, as well as County Road 46, near Brilliant. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Whitehouse | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Grove | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sunny Home | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Thornhill | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Brinn | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Pearces Mills | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Gold Mine | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Brilliant | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Pull Tight | 7.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128900. 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.