Wylaunee, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Eufaula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36027. It stands on Cool Branch. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
69 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Wylaunee between 1993 and 2019, burning about 870 acres in total. 6 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 burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-STEWART-005 |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge | 431 SNAG FIRE |
| 14 August 2000 | Natural | 65 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 39 HWY 165, AL |
| 20 July 2000 | Natural | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-QUITMAN-001 |
| 18 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150718-001 |
| 7 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wylaunee: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Zirconium, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Chattahoochee River Prospect | Titanium, Zirconium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wylaunee in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wylaunee | - | Several trees uprooted on Highway 165 near the Russell County line. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wylaunee | - | A tree fell through the windshield of a vehicle along Highway 165, north of Lakepoint Resort. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Wylaunee | - | It has been determined that the damage near Lakepoint Resort State Park was the result of a tornado. The tornado has been rated an EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The tornado touched down about a half mile west of the US 431 bridge at Cowikee Creek. The tornado tracked northeastward through the Lakepoint Resort State Park and ended in the Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge. At least 100 pine trees were snapped off and several power lines were blown down. The tornado was seen by several individuals as it crossed the bridge over US Highway 431. The tornado damage path was 2.4 miles long and was 75 yards wide at its widest point. The tornado was on the ground from 312 PM CST until 315 PM CST. A Tornado Warning was in effect for Barbour County from 257 PM CST valid until 330 PM CST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Eddy (historical) | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar (historical) | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Howe | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hoboken | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lugo | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Hawkinsville | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Eufaula | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Tullis | 9.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122556444 | 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 157284. 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.




