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Wilkinstown, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jack census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36079. The Survey maps it on the Victoria quadrangle.

Wilkinstown within Coffee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

67 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Wilkinstown between 1994 and 2019, burning about 626 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning30
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-4
17 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCO.RD.206, AL
3 July 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 201, AL
9 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 1996Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coffee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Wilkinstown: 21 unknowns, 13 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Coffee County

Storms near this place

13 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilkinstown in 13 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2020Flash FloodWilkinstown$500,000During Sally, significant flash flooding occurred across the northern portions of Coffee County with all county roads in the northern part of the county declared impassable due to water over the roads. Damage cost was estimated.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindWilkinstown$7,000Some roof damage was reported along with trees blown in the community of Perdue. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindWilkinstown$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 87 between Jack Post Office and Zion Chapel School with the road blocked.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindWilkinstown$5,000Roof damage occurred along County Road 205 with a picture of shingles blown off.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWilkinstown$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down onto County Roads 304 and 308.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWilkinstown$2,000Power lines were blown down.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindWilkinstown-Trees were blown down onto County Road 206.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWilkinstown-Multiple trees were blown down along County Road 308.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindWilkinstown-Trees were blown down.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindWilkinstown-A tree was blown down onto Highway 87.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWilkinstown-Trees and power lines were down on CR-206 about one quarter mile west of the CR-205 intersection.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWilkinstown-A tree was down on CR206.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWilkinstown-A tree was blown down on County Road 308.

Every storm recorded in Coffee 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
Jack2.4 miles8
Bluff Springs4.5 miles8
Chestnut Grove4.5 miles11
Lowry Mill4.9 miles11
Clowers Crossroads5.7 miles11
Shady Grove6.2 miles8
Victoria6.3 miles11
Arcus6.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128988. 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.