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Yarbo, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chatom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36558. The Survey maps it on the Millry South quadrangle. It stands 180 feet above sea level.

Yarbo within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

81 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Yarbo between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,114 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190918-3
28 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190828-1
15 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 June 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yarbo in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2011Tornado (EF2)Yarbo1 hurt, $50,000The tornado touched down near Highway 17, moving east and widening to 150 yards. East of Highway 17 the tornado lifted a single story wood frame home off of its concrete masonry unit pier foundation and rolled it about 100 yards. The home disintegrated as it was blown or rolled to the northeast. Trees were snapped, twisted and blown over in a 150 yard wide path to the east. One person inside the home was seriously injured with several broken ribs.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindYarbo$500,000The large bow echo that moved across southeast Mississippi continued into southwest Alabama. Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down near Yarbo. Several of the trees landed on homes causing roof damage. A well-built garage was completely destroyed by the high winds. It appeared that the highest winds along the bow struck the garage broadside. No injuries were reported. This same area was struck by a tornado a few months before.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindYarbo$15,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and power lines near Yarbo. One of the trees fell on a home.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindYarbo$8,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Yarbo.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindYarbo$4,000High winds blew trees down along County Road 15 just southwest of Yarbo.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindYarbo-High winds downed a flag pole at church along with several trees in the road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindYarbo-Multiple reports of trees and power lines down in the area.
February 2016HailYarbo-Quarter size hail reported in Yarbo.
February 2016HailYarbo-Quarter size hail was reported in Laton Hill.
May 2003HailYarbo-Golfball hail Yarbo to Chatom damaged a few automobiles.
February 2016HailYarbo-no account filed
February 2016HailYarbo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Carpenter2.2 miles12
Loper2.9 miles12
Barlow2.9 miles12
Jordan3.1 miles12
Ellisville3.4 miles12
Fitee3.8 miles12
Chatom5.6 miles11
Laton Hill6.1 miles11

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 YarboAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058604The 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 129271. 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.