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Academy Park, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Blocton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35188. The Survey maps it on the Woodstock quadrangle.

Academy Park within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

219 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Academy Park between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,411 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 62 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 burning83
Arson/incendiarism62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Recreation and ceremony22
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20130903-001
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Academy Park: 22 unknowns, 12 past producers, 12 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Iron. 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
Woodstock Brown Iron Ore DepositManganese, IronPast Producer1830, 1961
Cobern No. 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Woodstock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Woodstock QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bibb CountyIronUnknown
BushIronUnknown
EdwardsIronUnknown
GilesIronUnknown
GreenpondIronUnknown
HayesIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
North Bibb0.3 miles19
Woodstock0.6 miles19
Blockton Junc0.9 miles19
Bibbville1.1 miles19
Woodstock Junction1.1 miles19
Giles2.2 miles19
Green Pond2.4 miles19
Big Springs (historical)2.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1959553. 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.