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Wiginton, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hackleburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35564. It stands on Miller Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hodges quadrangle.

Wiginton within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

101 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Wiginton between 1994 and 2019, burning about 964 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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 burning42
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2005Debris and open burning27 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2018Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180829-6
24 August 2000Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

11 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wiginton in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2011Tornado (EF0)Wiginton$75,000A tornado touched down briefly just to the northwest of Hackleburg, doing extensive damage to numerous chicken houses, sheds and outbuildings in the area by removing pieces of tin roofing and peeling off metal siding. In a few cases, the roof was completely removed. One chicken house was completely destroyed. Many trees were knocked down, with several damaging homes. The outdoor recreation facility suffered minor roof damage and a couple light poles were knocked down. The tornado also knocked down a TV tower.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindWiginton$5,000Several trees and powerlines were reported down in the Shiloh Community, along County Road 20.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWiginton$3,000A few trees were blown down along highway 187.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWiginton$3,000Several trees were blown down on CR-53, between AL-172 and US-43.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindWiginton$2,000A barn was blown down on CR-118.
February 2019Thunderstorm WindWiginton-Several uprooted trees near Shiloh Church Road.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWiginton-Large garage door blown off auto repair shop near the city of Hackleburg.
February 2016Tornado (EF1)Wiginton-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Marion County just southwest of the city of Hackleburg and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF-1 tornado. Maximum winds were estimated to be around 95 mph. The tornado touched down just south of the intersection of Robert Dyer Road and Howell Road, just off of US Hwy 43 southwest of Hackleburg. From there, the tornado moved on a north-northwest path and crossed Spurgen Dyer Road and Marion County Road 41. The tornado ultimately lifted after it crossed State Rock Road, just east of CR-32. Damage along the path was largely limited to trees that were either uprooted or snapped. A garage near the start of the path had part of its tin peeled back, and one home near the intersection of CR-41 and CR-167 received minor damage to its roof.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindWiginton-South of Hackleburg, trees were downed.
April 2011Heavy RainWiginton-Heavy rainfall produced 6 to 8 inches of water over the roadways.
March 2011HailWiginton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hackleburg2.6 miles14
Pigeye2.7 miles12
Tessner5.1 miles14
Fairview5.2 miles14
Lumbull8.0 miles14
Allens Factory8.2 miles14
Brinn9.1 miles11
Bear Creek9.3 miles14

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 Q122567820The 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 128947. 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.