BlockWhitsitt, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Greensboro South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36744. The Survey maps it on the Newbern quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Newbern quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Whitsitt between 1994 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140930-001 |
| 30 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150925-002 |
| 22 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20130922-001 |
| 18 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitsitt in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Whitsitt | $50,000 | The tornado touched down in far eastern Hale County just west of the town of Newbern, and then traveled east-southeast. The most extensive damage occurred in the Newbern area, on Baby Road. Several old barns and metal sheds were lightly damaged, and numerous trees were downed, including at least one that fell onto a mobile home. The tornado then continued on into extreme western Perry County.| |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Whitsitt | $15,000 | The tornado touched down just to the west of AL-25 about 1 1/2 miles north of the the town of Whitsitt. It then traveled east-northeast over County Road 47 and lifted just to the east of AL-61, south of the County Road 24 intersection. About 50 trees were snapped or uprooted, and a metal roof was peeled off of an outbuilding. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitsitt | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down near SR 25 south of Whitsitt. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitsitt | - | Trees were uprooted and fell on a mobile home near the junction of County Road 16 and Rosemary Road. Other trees were uprooted in and around the Newbern area, with another tree falling on a home. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbern | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rosemary | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sunshine | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cedarville | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Casemore | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Laneville | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Grove | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Greensboro | 7.2 miles | 9 |
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 Q122562176 | 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 157255. 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.