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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.

Wylaunee within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

69 since 1993

Regional 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
3 September 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-STEWART-005
11 September 2002Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2015Naturalunder an acreEufaula National Wildlife Refuge431 SNAG FIRE
14 August 2000Natural65 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission39 HWY 165, AL
20 July 2000Natural3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-QUITMAN-001
18 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150718-001
7 June 2004Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bar 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Chattahoochee River ProspectTitanium, ZirconiumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Barbour County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2021Thunderstorm WindWylaunee-Several trees uprooted on Highway 165 near the Russell County line.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWylaunee-A tree fell through the windshield of a vehicle along Highway 165, north of Lakepoint Resort.
March 2007Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Barbour 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
Big Eddy (historical)2.4 miles8
Cedar (historical)3.8 miles9
Howe3.9 miles9
Hoboken6.7 miles8
Lugo6.8 miles8
Hawkinsville7.4 miles9
Eufaula7.9 miles8
Tullis9.2 miles8

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 Q122556444The 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.