BlockWhiteside, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35671. The Survey maps it on the Tanner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Tanner quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Tanner quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Tanner quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Whiteside between 1994 and 2019, burning about 188 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150908-001 |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-4 |
| 16 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whiteside in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whiteside | - | Three very large and tall trees were uprooted at Hospitality Park Time was estimated by radar. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whiteside | - | Measured at Pryor Field. |
| January 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Whiteside | - | The tornado crossed the Tennessee River and continued to move toward the northeast. Tree damage was noted on the campus of Calhoun Community College, with minor damage to the baseball complex as well. Cedar trees were uprooted east of Pryor Field on Garrett Road. The final damage point was along Fennel Road and Fennel |Lane, with large branches knocked down. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Whiteside | - | A well photographed and reported waterspout developed around 1800 LST and lasted several minutes. The waterspout appeared as a narrow elephant trunk tube in numerous photos and videos sent into social media or directly to the National Weather Service in Huntsville. From the videos and photos received, the waterspout became a landspout tornado at times on the eastern shore of Lake Wheeler, just a few hundred yards south of the U.S. Highway 31 causeway. Due to reporting requirements, this will be logged as a tornado with an Unknown EF rating since no damage was reported. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whiteside | - | Damage occurred at the Riverwalk Marina dock. 20 large boats were damaged with approximately 5 boats with major damage. |
| May 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Whiteside | - | A UA-Huntsville reserach meteorologist observed a brief funnel cloud looking north from the Bee Line Highway Bridge over the Tennessee River, just northeast of Decatur. The funnel was estimated to be 0.5 to 1.0 miles north/northwest of the observers location over Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decatur Junction | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Irvington | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Sweetwater | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Harris Station | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Orrville | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Mooresville | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Belle Mina | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Murphree Place | 4.5 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137917. 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.