Wing, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Falco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36483. The Survey maps it on the Wing quadrangle. It stands 266 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Wing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Wing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,471 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GOOD HOPE (46) |
| 30 August 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | DOUGLAS |
| 19 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | D-8 |
| 17 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | FRACTION |
| 10 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.5 acres | National Forests in Alabama | KIOSK |
| 8 June 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | COTTON FIELD FIRE |
| 5 June 2006 | Natural | 412 acres | National Forests in Alabama | SAND POINT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wing in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2008: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wing | $20,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees along County Road 4 near Givens Bridge. One of the trees fell near a home and damaged a porch and two vehicles parked near in the driveway. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Wing | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wing | $5,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees along State Highway 137, north of Wing. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wing | $3,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Wing. Heavy rainfall was also reported. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Wing | - | Dine size hail was reported near Wing. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Wing | - | Dime size hail was reported just northeast of Wing. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falco | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Beda | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rome | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Shiloh | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Huckaville | 10.9 miles | 7 | |
| Red Oak | 11.1 miles | 7 | |
| Lakeview (historical) | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Lockhart | 13.9 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Wing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8025065 | 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 129115. 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.



