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Yellow Pine, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fruitdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36539. The Survey maps it on the State Line quadrangle. It stands 239 feet above sea level.

Yellow Pine 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Yellow Pine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,604 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism25
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
30 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2004Arson/incendiarism60 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yellow Pine in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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 2011Tornado (EF1)Yellow Pine$300,000The tornado continued east from the State Line, Mississippi area. As the tornado crossed into Washington County, Alabama, it strengthened to EF-1 intensity as it moved into the Laton Hill area along Highway 56, producing damage to several homes, outbuildings, and trees along a 200 yard wide path. One home had a chimney collapse with significant damage to the garage. Other single family homes had sections of the roofing material removed. One manufactured home in the Laton Hill area off Highway 56 and County Road 11 was reported by EMA officials to be completely destroyed.
January 1999LightningYellow Pine$30,000Lightning struck a landmark grocery in Washington county. Smith's Grocery was hit by lightning around 400 am and caught fire. The grocery burned to the ground before fire fighters could extinguish the fire.
February 2018Tornado (EF0)Yellow Pine$10,000A brief EF-0 tornado touched down just south of Hwy 56 and east of Flat Branch Road. The tornado resulted in damage to the metal roof of a residence along with one window blown out. Scattered softwood tree damage was noted along the short path.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindYellow Pine$5,000A shed and storage building was damaged just north of Highway 56.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindYellow Pine-High winds downed large trees blocking a road on Highway 45 near Yellow Pine Road.
March 2010Tornado (EF0)Yellow Pine-Rain wrapped tornado crossed U.S. Highway 45 north of Fruitdale, moving northeast. Minor tree damage observed.
October 2007Flash FloodYellow Pine-no account filed
May 2003HailYellow Pine-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
Fruitdale4.5 miles12
Laton Hill6.6 miles11
Four Point8.0 miles11
Escatawpa8.3 miles12
Epworth10.0 miles12
Tibbie10.1 miles14
Chatom10.2 miles11
Fitee10.5 miles12

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 Yellow PineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16904081The 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 155314. 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.