Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Built in 1957. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
From the record
“Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic church at 1002 N. Built in 1957, it was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1985 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.”
Wikipedia article Butler Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church (Tuskegee, Alabama), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 14 National Register listings published here for Macon County · listed in 1995 · category: Building · built in 1957.
National Register reference number.95001022- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
291 since 1994
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,098 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 89 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
95
Arson/incendiarism
89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
44
Smoking
36
Equipment and vehicle use
11
Recreation and ceremony
10
Railroad operations and maintenance
3
Other causes
1
Misuse of fire by a minor
1
Natural
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
2 workings within 5 miles of Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church: 1 past producer, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Tuskegee, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood.
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.
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage between near the Woodland community and determined the damage was the result of a tornado. The tornado touched down at approximately 234 PM CDT near the intersection of County Road 56 and State Highway 199, about 8 miles northwest of Tuskegee. Several trees were snapped off or blown down along the short path. One auto body shop was totally destroyed. A man was injured when he was thrown several yards out of the auto body shop. A shed also sustained damage. At least three vehicles were heavily damage by fallen trees. The tornado damage path was 1/10 of a mile long and 25 yards wide at its widest point. This tornado was spawned during Tropical Storm Cindy.
National Weather Service meteorologists conducted a storm survey in Macon County. It has been determined that an F0 tornado occurred with winds estimated around 70 miles an hour. The tornado touched down at approximately 419 PM CDT about 3 miles northwest of Interstate 85 at Exit 38. The tornado touched down near the intersection of State Highway 199 and County Road 27. The tornado moved north northwest and lifted around 424 PM CDT approximately 1/2 mile southeast of the Woodland community. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off along the path of the tornado. The tornado damage path was 3 miles long and 400 yards wide at its widest point. Begin: 32 29.30/85 44.86 End: 32 31.56/85 46.01
Trees were blown down at several locations across Macon County. At least one home was damaged by the fallen trees. At least one vehicle was damaged, and many roadways were blocked.
A brief weak tornado was reported near Tuskegee. Several trees were blown down. This weak tornado was associated with an outer rain band of the tropical system Ivan. Approximate location 32.32N/85.52W.
Numerous trees and several power lines were downed in Tuskegee and other parts of Macon County. The front entrance of Tuskegee University along Old Montgomery Rd was damaged by uprooted trees.
,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds Dime-size hail was reported by Tuskegee Police near mile marker 34 on Interstate 85. Three-quarter inch hail was also reported in Tuskegee where hail reportedly covered the ground. Wind with the thunderstorm also downed trees in scattered areas across the county. Numerous trees were reported down in Tallassee. A tree fell on an automobile in front of the Municipal Building in Tuskegee.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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